The entertainment was Hawaiian and Tahitian dancing (hula) and music, telling the story of Hawaii from the Polynesian’s initial 2,000nm migration from Tahiti in open canoes in the seventh century to the present day.
Hawaii Sunshine Fly-Away
May 30 - June 7, 2004
Hawaii
Island tour of Maui....
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We then crossed the Alenuihaha (allah new e ha ha) Channel between the Big Island and Maui and flew up the windward coast of Maui to the airport. |
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This took us over the remote town of Hana and the virtually unsettled fifty miles of coastline between Hana and the population centers of Maui. Maui is one of the few places in Hawaii that still grows pineapple. |
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We checked into the Maui Coast Hotel in Kihei on the leeward (south) shore of Maui. After a couple of hours to rest and refresh we were off to the evening’s entertainment – a Hawaiian luau in the historic whaling town of Lahaina. This was our first introduction to real Hawaiian food, including pig cooked in an imu (an underground oven) and it was delicious. |
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The entertainment was Hawaiian and Tahitian dancing (hula) and music, telling the story of Hawaii from the Polynesian’s initial 2,000nm migration from Tahiti in open canoes in the seventh century to the present day. |
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The luau was outdoors on the beach offering another great view of the sunset before the start of the food and entertainment. |
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Lynn, Marianne, Christer |
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Mike Graves |
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Peter & Shirley |
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Christen and Peter |
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The Watsons: Peter, Nancy and Tony. |
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Steve & Joanna Bobko, Joe Kiefer. |
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Mike Graves, Bev Fogle and Christer Liljenstrand |