Cruising and Maui

Our first port of call was the Island of Maui. We have spent time here before and done most of the touristy activities, so while our companions went off on a whale watching excursion, my niece Pattie picked us up on the pier, and took us off to Ka'anapali Beach.

There we took a walk along the beachfront to see the penguins at one of the large hotels, and had a delicious lunch at a beachside restaurant.











This was a beautiful resort area, with many lovely tropical flowers growing in well tended gardens.





In Lahaina, which is the original whaling port, we saw lots of shops, and the magnificent Banyan tree, which had been planted in 1873. This photo does not do it justice at all, it covers about fifty square metres with lots of smaller tree growing from the roots.





We enjoyed dinner with Pattie and Phil, in their lovely up country home, which overlooks one side of the island. Their home is 3700 feet above sea level, so it was slightly chillier up there. It was a little cloudy for a wonderful sunset, but the sun did still set.


Coming back onto the ship involves showing your ID, in my case, my passport, along with your ships room key. Of course, everything needs to go through the X Ray machine, as do we. This room key is used for everything on the ship, you don't even need money...you can even shop with it!





This cute little towel dog greeted us upon our return to our stateroom.

Location:Haili St,Hilo,United States