New Year’s Eve we decided for a chilled day and went for a beach walk and chill by the beaches in Kaanapali. It’s a beautiful area but also very touristy and a lot of high class hotels on the beach front.
We came to the Whalers village and did a little shopping before deciding that we would head back to our hotel as had a special event booked for New Year’s Eve.
The old Lahaina Luau also came highly recommended and we had booked far in advance which meant we had fantastic table reservations. Having arrived too early we headed next door to a little bar for happy hour $3 dollar Mai tai and $1.75 Buds. Unbelievable! So already in a good mood we arrived at the Luau to receive our beautiful Leis and introduced to our server for the night.
We played some traditional Hawaiian games which was similar to bowling, and I managed to win yet again! Next was the digging up of the pig from the Kalua, an oven pit in the ground where it had lay for about 30 hours cooking. Not good to have front row view bring a vegetarian!
Dinner and the show was fantastic. A history of Hawaii, dances and the people. It was beautiful and with the warm haze of never ending Mai Tai’s and other cocktails it was even more mesmerising.
We decided to walk, or sway our way back to our apartment and watch the firework and celebrate from our Lanai. We managed to get back before midnight even despite the large number of galleries which were open late tempting us with beautiful art pieces and plying us with local pineapple wine. A very happy new year!!!
Welcome to 2016! With slightly fuzzy and sleepy heads we decided on an easy day. First we took a little stroll into the town for a little shopping before relaxing at our apartment, reading and soaking up our beautiful view
We both absolutely loved Maui and hope to return one day. Our last morning we let our Lei go into the sea with prayers and thoughts for our family and friends. Tale will have it that if the Lei comes back to shore, you will return one day. I really hope we do…
