One of the airport gate agents made this lame joke on our way out of Kaua'i. What's the term for when you want to pistol-whip someone but all social norms allow you to do is chuckle politely? Oh yeah. Awkward.
We checked in to our hotel in Maui. We are at the Outrigger Aina Nalu in Lahaina, which is in West Maui. This turned out to be a pretty cool place - it's like a motel, but super nice, and all the units have kitchenettes.
After checking in we decided to take a look around town and get some dinner. Lahaina is neat because it's a walking town. A bit touristy and kitschy, but cute. It's also home to what must be the world's biggest Banyan tree. This thing is awesome, it has like 12 different new trunks it has dropped over the space of a small city block, apparently about 2/3 of an acre. It's the only tree in the park, and the park is very shady.
We had dinner at Pacific'O, which is right on the beach. They served up some amazing veggie food for Jamie: crispy tofu spring roll wraps with chili yogurt dip and poha berry gastrique, roasted maui onion and herbed goat cheese salad with smoked tomato dressing. I didn't miss out either and got prawn and basil wontons with spicy sweet and sour sauce and hawaiian salsa, and crispy coconut rice roll with seared diver scallps, arugula pesto, and yuzu lime sauce. The meal was topped off with a glass of wine a beautiful sunset over the beach. Doesn't get much better than that.
Maui is definitely more built up than Kauai. It feels like it could be California (and it's even more familiar than some parts of California). That's just fine - we miss California anyway.
Picture of the day: Jamie, clearly elated, strolling around Courthouse Square in Lahaina.
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