May in Maui

Mat and I spend the last few days hanging out in Hawaii. It was both our first visit, and I must say 5 days was way too short!  We stayed at the Kapalua Resort on Maui.  The second photo was a view from our hotel's lobby overlooking the pool and ocean.  Everyday the weather was beautiful in the 80's, breezy, and lots of clouds in the sky.

We went on a road trip down Hana Highway, most scenic with waterfalls and pools.  To avoid the massive groups of tourists, we got up at 4:30am.   It was kinda a good thing we were still on west coast time, just a 3 hour difference, so it really felt like 7:30am.

The mosquitoes were sure up though....  they snacked on my legs big time!  After this stop I had 35 something bites on my leg.  =(   ouch.

Mat was on a video adventure, filming everything in his own way... like jumping into the FREEZING water.  We tried out 2 new cameras: GoPro and an underwater camera.  The pictures came out pretty awesome!

Just taking some underwater pictures of the wildlife.

For some reason, the GoPro camera was much better above water than under water.

We ran out of batteries half way during the scuba portion of the photo excursion...  but trust me it happened and it was awesome.  =)  We saw lots of fish, sea turtles, and a a shark.  We toured with Lahaina Divers.  Since it was my first time, I had to take a mini lesson with an instructor and do a crash course in Scuba Diving.  It was kinda scary, but after figuring out the breathing part it wasn't so bad.



On our last night, we went to a luau.  We sat on the floor at our table and grubbed on some tasty food.









The dancers.

After the show.

Voted "Best Beach in the World"

Chillaxin on a hammock by the Ocean... enjoying a few last moments on the island.