Tuesday 7 May 2013

Our last day in Maui. Our second last day in Hawaii. The holiday is almost over! 

The weather today was fantastic. Still, warm but not too hot. Sigh......

Flew back to Oahu in the afternoon - again another incredibly easy flight. Bags arrived on the carousel as we got to the baggage claim area. Wonderful!

At the airport, we were pounced on by a fast-talking Chinese fellow who assured us he operated an approved shuttle service which could take us to our hotel quick quick. We were a bit dubious, but he had an Hawaiian Airlines badge - so we took his word for it.

He also gathered up a group of Chinese speaking tourists and hustled us across the road, through the carpark, along a back road and to another carpark - talking to us all the time and completely ignoring the other tourists. Wonder if they were family members or something?

We were just beginning to think we had made a terrible mistake when we arrived at his van - very clean, new and professional looking. He took us to our hotel via lots of back streets - but as we paid a set fee, it didn't worry us. He told us all about his family and how his sister had a good friend in Sydney, who she visited every second year. (Every time you tell someone you are from Australia, they have a family member of some kind now living - or who used to live - in Australia.)

Our hotel is fabulous - the Hilton Hawaiian Village - and it really is like a village, with pools, a lagoon, lots of shops, bars and restaurants. The weather was absolutely sublime - still warm late into the evening.

We ate at a lovely Italian restaurant called "Fresco" on an outdoor table. How wonderful to be able to eat outside every night.