This is the outdoor dining structure at O’o Farms in upcountry Maui. For $50 per person you get a tour, a chef-prepared lunch, and unlimited coffee and chocolate truffles. It’s probably the best $50 we spent all week.
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We scrambled down the rocks and had a great view of the couple dozen surfers at Honolua Bay today. Gail talked to a surfer man who said it was probably one of the last days for good waves on this part of the island. This same surfer told Gail, “It’s a gentleman’s sport” and that the snorkeling on the other side of the bay is killer.
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Upcountry Breakfast At Grandma’s Coffee Shop
Okay, maybe this food tourism is getting a little out of hand. But, we needed breakfast, so why not go out of the way a little and go to a place where we can linger? And linger we did, because we had a few hours to kill before our farm lunch tour.
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Coffee At O’o Farm
I participated in the cycle of coffee today. This gives me some insight into how much goes in to a cup of coffee and will make me savor every cup from now until I die.
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Maui Day Four In Food
We have a new leader in the clubhouse for best meal of the trip. Sansei, right up the street from the Ritz-Carlton was some of the best pan-Asian/sushi we’ve ever had.
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Solid Maui Guidebook
We used Maui Revealed the last time we were here but this time some friends loaned us the Lonely Planet guidebook (which included personalized, analog annotations). I’m not here to assess which one was better, but we loved the Lonely Planet. It was accurate, well-organized, and insightful. Thanks Mike and Linda.
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Lazy Waves Rolling In During Kapalua Sunset
These things roll in all day. I can’t stop staring at them. I shot this next to the fifth tee box on the Kapalua golf course (not the Plantation course, of course).
These statements are reflective of a closed mind and lack of experience in consuming sports. If you hear them, immediately begin ignoring the speaker if they’re talking sports. (1) Soccer is boring (2) the NBA is better than/worse than NCAA basketball because of blah blah blah (3) Golfers/Race Car Drivers aren’t athletes (4) Hitting a baseball is the hardest thing in sports (5) I’m rooting for so-and-so team because I have so-and-so player in my fantasy league.
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Maui Day Three In Food
After a stressful but beautiful drive along the tight, little traveled roads of northwest Maui, we continued on to Paia and stopped at the Paia Fish Market. It was quite a scene. There was a line to the door about 30 seconds after it opened at 11am on this beautiful Saturday.
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Nice Wave On Honolua Bay
This person caught a nice wave on Honolua Bay in the desolate northwest corner of Maui.