Maui, hawaii

this is our spot!!or my spot!!

love, love, love hawaii - we go there at least 2times a year - make sure our island is o.k =)

and in my wildest dream...someday i will call hawaii home, o.k maybe vacation home - love to stay half of year there

well i think you got the idea i am a hawaii lover

this time we met up with my brother's family - including their 11 years old, 7years, and 3 years (and my 2 little crazy one)

i love how time change for us - like i said we are not early bird so when we go to hawaii, it is perfect we sleep in and it 's a still 8 am and my kids go to bed at 8pm - finally feels like "normal"

we stay westin kanapali villa and here is my review from tripadvisor:

we just came back from maui and this is a best place in maui - we been maui many many times and we found this is the place to stay
hotel have bus to everywhere(free) - lahaina, westin hotel which is right next to shopping mall, and sharaton hotel
somebody is always cleaning, even 2 am - really really clean hotel
if you travel with kids like us (we have a 2 years and a 9months old babies and this time we have 3 cousins with us -ages 11, 8 and 3 years old) you will love this hotel - kids club is worth to try($35) they do art project and feed fish...and lunch is including
close to anywhere and had wonderful service
we will go back!!

other maui lodging option: kapalua villa - love this place to but it is too far from lahaina which we love(i can see why some people don't like...) it is individual condo and manage by kanapali villa so depend on which unit you get you will have different experience but all of them comes with full house keeping service and shuttle to Ritz carton - can access to Ritz swiming pool, gym...you can even do pool side food service and charge to your room, this used to be my favorite before i found westin

hayatt :(believe there's only one hayatt in kanapali ) this is center of kanapali area - you can walk to shopping center, golf couse, other hotel... pretty ground but hotel is ageing at least last time we checked... have tons of different birds and few penguen so even if your not stay here worth to check it out for little kids - helpful tip, this one have island ergent center and this is only oine in this side of islnad it is good to know just in case

food: love, love hawaii food but can get pretty expensive

we did lots of take out last time so we spend less on food - you can pick up food and go to beach front or room

there is one place near star market between westin villa and kapalua(sorry can't recall the name) but all the locals's know this place and it is right next storage(infront of some time share..)...food was sooo goood we had lots of dinner there - japanese such as katsu, american (Italian) such as pasta, and their greatest fish and chip - best place in maui!! - no place for sitting(there is few bar stool and 2 outside table) this place is really for take out

Izakaya : (once again 99% sure about this place name...sorry for my bad memory this is what happenned when you have kids=) it is in lahaina, they share parking lot with big market and starbucks and place is infront of market but super small - do take out only(don't even have single table) katsu was good and all the fried food was good - they only open till 4pm

Aloha plate: best maui ocean view, inexpensive and good food - it is not fancy at all, they serve food in the paper plate and they have super cheapy plastic table but trust me view is good!! especially sunset time and whale season - you can see sunset or whale while your dining and suprisingly have full bar=)

Diner(sorry again no name, place is right next to westin on left side...between kanapali and westin villa, there is only 1center and it's there...)have wonderful pancake for breakfast their coconut syrup is must try on, and this place have lunch box for hana trip, have to call day a head

in lahaina, have lots of fancy resturant - lots of thems are ocean view but check local coupon book for coupon, you can always find coupons for lahaina resturant

when you're in hawaii check the big time share(DO NOT do timeshare tour at MEXICO...they are big fat liars) such as westin, marriott - their 90 minute presantaion is really 90 min., no pushing sales which i hate to death, and their cash gift is good!! (or spa for mom or dinner cruise for whole family,etc...) - and if you happen to purchase marriott, don't forget my name Grace!!(since we are owner of marriott we can gifted too=)

oh, don't forget to take sugar train - it is nothing special but it is something to do with kids, i remember when i was a kid this train used to go sugar cane area but now it goes between houses and mall parking lot - sad!!

and stop by at kapalua airport for superb view, it is small airport with look out view

and aquarium...since our kids are sooo young to go snokling, this is best way to see fish

there is "cultural center" i thought it was wasting of money, bunch of trees - coffee bean, pineapple, coconut...trust me it wasn't good

you can't go wrong in island, just slow down and enjoy!!

mahalo and aloha

Happy Vacation