You Have A Friend In P.A.: Hawaiian Honeymoon Part 2

John, our luggage and I finally made it to Maui late Friday night after a hellish time at the airport. We were originally supposed to fly Aloha but they went out of business right before we were to go on the honeymoon and we switched to Hawaiian who was feeling the brunt of another fellow airline now gone. This was our only hiccup in 10 days, though, so hard to complain at all.
The first night there we went to a luau called the Feast at LeLe. We had a great time eating and drinking but most importantly seeing a fantastic show that included, in our minds, getting to watch the sun go down over the water. Truly romantic.

And honestly, I'm not sure how this happened aside from the fact that I booked this thing months in advance, but we had amazing seats. Front row, dead center. This meant that John and I had an up close and sometimes too personal view of the dancers. Take a look...

At one point this manic looking warrior guy comes out and the host explained to us would be extending a peace offering to a man in the audience. This wound up being John. My poor husband kind of sat there as this guy grunted at him with a stick. I laughed my butt off.

One of the best parts of being in Maui for us was the delicious food we ate. Fresh fish galore. We had sushi one night that was the best I've ever had. Here we are at Kimo's a spot in the old whalers community of Lahaina where we stayed. That dessert is their Hula Pie and just as big and tasty as it sounds. We went back a second time after eating at another joint just for it again.

One day we mountain biked down Haleakala (a dormant volcano), which they said is a 38 mile ride, though John swears it wasn't that bad. We had to get up at 3:30 AM so that we could watch the sunrise before heading down. I was kind of hurting that day and it was extremely chilly at the top of this mountain so I rode in the van with our driver Joe most of the way. He was a native Hawaiian and totally cool. John was more of an experienced rider so he was in the way back as you can see here...

The views from the top were awesome. You could see all the different areas of Maui down below. We weren't always so interested in that though. Hey, it was our honeymoon! ;)

We did get a few days of beach time which was ultimately the most relaxing thing we did on Maui. The water was so blue! Here John is taking a dip. I'm not that great a swimmer so only go in so far.

We also went on a long drive one day to a place called the Tedeschi Winery where we took a tour and had some fun tasting the wine and champagne they make locally. Some even out of pineapple. You know that came home with us!

This is my favorite picture of John and I. We took it in front of the skeleton of a huge Sperm Whale after dinner our second to the last night. Note I'm wearing my new V.S. dress.