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Hawaii, Maui, Road to Hana

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I am planning to blog about my recent trip to Hawaii in a series of posts. There was so much to see and do that I do not think one post would do justice so I'm starting at the beginning! I went to Hawaii with a friend and co-teacher from school, her sister, her sister's friend and her sister's friend's mom. Confused yet? From now on they will be Amber, Kimberly, Val and Ms. Anne.

We flew into Maui pretty late the first night so we stayed in a hotel near the airport. Amber left her wallet at home so she didn't travel with us, found the next set of flights to Hawaii and met back up with us at noon the next day. This was wonderful because we were all so tired and had a lazy morning before picking Amber up.

Palm trees were everywhere and they were beautiful! The weather was awesome perfect for the entire week that I was there!!


It was so cool to see mountains and beach so close together! It was pretty windy by the water so I had to hold onto my hat!


This was our hotel for our first night in Maui!! 


Before we set out on the Road to Hana, we stopped to get some "local" food :)



The Road to Hana is one of the "must-do" activities in Maui. It's a 52 mile long highway along the eastern coastline of Maui. The highway has 620 curves and 46 one lane bridges. I was glad that I packed motion sickness medicine!


The views were gorgeous the entire way to Hana! 


We were driving through a beautiful rain forest for most of the way!


We found this adorable roadside stand along the way and all bought fresh fruit smoothies...AMAZING!


I couldn't find a picture to represent the twisty-turniness of this road but here are a few attempts...



This is the gang...me, Amber, Val and Kimberly. Ms. Anne decided to stay in the car for this picture. PS My magnetic Gorillapod came in handy this trip!! It's sit on the car for this picture!



We were really close to big rocks at times...I was tempted to reach out and touch them...but I resisted.


Along the road, there are several places to pull off and park to walk to waterfalls and pools for swimming. 


                               

We decided to stretch our legs and explore at one of the popular sites! 

It was a short hike on a narrow path! Kimberly's outfit matches the rain forest well!


It was gorgeous! Kimberly and Val got in to swim while we watched and took pictures. I would have swam as well but I fell on some rocks right when I got out there and got hurt. :( 


Here is one of my battle wounds- a cut and bruise on my foot. My other battle wound was on my butt- a huge bruise....


Next post...Haleakala National Park!!!
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