Wailea

The tsunami did not stop us from a much needed vacation to Maui. We arrived Saturday and boy, I cannot believe it's been over 4 years since we were last there. It was very relaxing - every day was absolutely perfect, the water was chilly but felt great after being in the hot sun, and we had amazing dinners and tasty drinks. I enjoyed several morning jogs along the water and resorts while Brian continued his triathlon training - running the island and he rented a bike and trekked up the side of one of the mountains.

Upon arrival, we were greeted with a lei for me and beads for Brian along with a yummy Hawaiian punch to cool us off a bit. Next stop...the bar for lunch. My first drink was a Lava Flow. So awesome!

 

View from our room

 What we woke up to

View of our beach

Part of our beach

 

Dinner at Nick's Fish Market at our hotel, The Fairmont Kea Lani. I had a yummy mahi mahi and Brian had lobster. My dessert was so good - bananas foster - yet so huge I couldn't eat it all!

 Before we headed to Lahaini for dinner at Kimo's. 

I didn't take any pictures, but this town was so cool. It was an eclectic beach town that reminded me of a glorified Key West. I would love to go back and spend more time checking out everything - think lots of shops, art galleries, restaurants, and as Brian said "a lot of jewelry stores." There were! We had really good Mai Tai's and then swordfish for me and mahi mahi for Brian.

 Some pictures I took on my walk one morning.

 

 I loved this tree.

 View of the Grand Wailea and Four Seasons hotels.

 Parts of our hotel. It was so pretty. My pictures don't do justice.

 These pictures don't do the size of the waves justice, but they were huge. We had some strong winds in the afternoons. On Tuesday night, we headed to Mama's Fish House, which was about a 30 minute drive from our resort. This was a view from the beach in front of the restaurant and these waves were definitely a surfer's paradise.

 Such an amazing dinner. Brian had a local fish - I believe it was called Opah. I had a coconut crusted mahi mahi stuffed with lobster and crab meat. It was delicious! We also had the best sashimi. We had a trio and each were paired with a different sea salt. So yummy!

 Brian's boo boo from body surfing.

 

 

 More pics from our room our last day

 Last day on beach.

And, last pic of our resort I took:( Wish we were still there as we came back to rain and cold (imagine that).