Waking up to warm and baumy mornings overlooking the Pacific Ocean, showing forth its spectacularly blue color as I stand on the deck of the house at which we stayed my senior year in high school revives a yearning to return to the island of Maui. Flowers adorning the island in bright colors of all variety, palm trees, coconut trees, banana trees, and lush green vegetation create a natural garden from one end of the island to the other. Wandering through hotels of exquisite charm with exotic birds, swimming pools, chandeliers, and private beaches awakens a person to a world that exists in picture books or paintings. Sugar plantations offer tours of a continued industry, and treks to mountain rivers provide cool refreshment from the heat felt on the beaches under the blistering sun. Another world exists under the sea with brilliant colored coral and a variety of fish opened to exploration either through snorkeling, deep sea diving, or glass bottomed boats. Spectacular sunsets leave one breathless with the sun, a big orange or red ball, hanging in the sky almost as if it is being let down slowly by an imaginary string from the heavens coloring the clouds and the horizon as it says goodnight to the island. The passion fruit drink forever will be a favorite of mine. Drinking this iced cold fruit mixture on a hot, baumy, day on the island, brings together all that Maui has to offer. This is Hawaii, the island of Maui.
Please visit the slideshow to the right hand side of the page for a voyage to the island of Maui, 1998. Enjoy.
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