Well finally taken the plunge and paid for my trip to Maui in june.
Looks like we will be staying near sprecksville for about 18 nights.

I am taking my wife who does not windsurf (hopefully i can persuade her to get some lessons) so was wondering if anyone has suggestions of how to keep the non sailing partner happy!

Can anyone suggest any good tours we can do - ill have a car for maui but will probably also want to do some island hopping to see a few of the sights.

If anyone else is going to be there in first few weeks of june maybe we can have a beer or 2 (hoping we can get good aussie beer over there)

Craig

Roar,
I have always thought of doing the trip myself one day, out of curiosity how much did gear hire cost you and what is the quality/selection like?

da vecta said...

never put lye in a bikini

I thought that sounded nasty too.

Hula dancing classes?

6. cook, lye in bikini's....help rig gear....and other wifely duties

maybe lie in a bikini's.... bikini's never lie

My wife didn't like the sun and prefered to be indoors in the afternoon. Our bungalow had a DVD player so we just went to WallMart and bought a bunch of movies for her to watch and got some others from a DVD rental place in Haiku. Now I would take a portable DVD player and she could watch an entire season of Sex in City lying around in the aircon while I was out sailing.
Road to HANA is long about 3 hour return trip and 69 bends so I hope she doesn't get car sick. A shorter walk up to Twin Falls just pask Hookipa is well worth it through.
Drive to Lahina - very nice town about 45 minutes away.
If she is into shopping the Shops at Wealea (not sure spelling) which is on the Kihei side would indulge her - long drive though.
you can rent MTB's in Haiku
There is some great forest walks in the West Maui Mountains (drive toward Kanaha and keep going until you see the "Hike Maui" vans parked by the side of the road)
good luck

Charter a chopper if you have some spare readies ($400 for thirty minutes) - and stick her in there with the camera while they follow you around sailing.

You'll get some awesome pictures and video that you will treasure forever, and she'll love it.

Driving right around the island is cool too. You can go around the big volcano - "Haleakala" on one day, and you can get around the smaller one "West Maui Mountains" another day. The views are incredible both ways and the road isn't that bad, regardless of what the hire car companies say.

Horse riding in the flanks of Haleakala is another thing chicks like, and both Paia on the North Shore and Makawao further up the mountain are small towns that also have interesting shops and plenty of chick appeal.

If your missus isn't keen on windsurfing lessons (and Maui is not the easiest place to learn by any stretch...) get her SUP or surf lessons around near Lahaina, or in Kihei. It's heaps easier to learn and if she catches a wave she'll feel like she's really been to Hawaii.

Highly recommend helicopter tour over Kananha, West Maui mountains, Moliki (shear cliffs/spectacular)- where they filmed scenes from Jurrassic Park! Worth every dollar!

Can she pick pineapples ???

That will keep her busy......

Anyone going to maui around august got a spare bed? i'm pretty flexible on when, just need to grab a cheap plane ticket.

I'm looking to go as it seems anywhere euro is off the list due to volcano action. Jeri would be fun, but tickets there are twice as much as to maui.

uummmmmmmm,,,,what else to do in Maui,,,,,,uuummmmmmmm

KITESURFNG LOL


or hang out with Bondalucci's wives
I feel sorry for them, not being able to aford a full swimsuit

Or have they got their G-strings on backwards either way, I can see their lips moving but I cant hear what they are saying