Maui

I arrived Maui on Tuesday 1st of September after one night in Honolulu. Lauren from Idaho met me at the airport with a alei. It’s been over two years since I’ve seen her (in South Africa) so it was pretty cool to meet her again. The fist thing we did was head to some of her friends house. We decided to hike, and i thought hiking up a volcano would be pretty cool. But it was not going to be anything like that!

Back of the pickup

In the jungle, the mighty jungle

Fist we drove to the jungle, where a family lived. They had made a paradise in middle of nowhere. A big pond, a slackline, a treehut with a climbing wall, a swing and all sorts of stuff. So ofcourse we stayed there for a while before making a move. It was such a hot day, so it was good to cool down, and just chill.

Landon jumps in the pond. Slackline and surfboard in the water.

In the middle of the jungle. Awesome!

Before hiking we had to drive a few miles in the jungle, passing a lot of «NO TREPASSING» signs. Then we were told to behave like ninjas, since we were going through some private properties, and they didn’t like people going through, escpesially not foreigners/mainlanders.

Driving in the jungle. With Lara, Carlone, John and Trent.

Silently and quick we ran to a field of bungee plants. We jumped from one bunch of plants to another. It was so much fun, and it didn’t matter how hard we jumped we didn’t get hurt. The is a sacret place only for the local-locals. Such an awesome start of my Maui holiday, and it was not getting any worse. We got to a river, avoiding some bulldogs (more ninja-work). By the river we got to jump from cliffs and climb walls in the ponds.  After hiking/swimming/jumping down the river we got to the ocean. Here was a massive cave, and by the shore there were coconut trees with ripe coconuts. Our local «guide» climbed up within 10 seconds, kicking down the nuts for us. Then we cracked them opened on the rocks. Coconut water have never tasted better.

Awesome plants. jumping like crazy

Pointing in the next direction we are going

We are everywhere

Hidden ponds in the jungle

So much to see, so much to do

In the end we reached the ocean

We had to head back to the pickups, walking through wasphive, tall grass and more private property. In the end we got back to my new friends house in the jungle, and cleaned up in the pond. Some of the guys went to the shop to buy food. We had a big dinner in the main house and chilled with beer and vodka. By this time I was pretty tired, and when we drove home in the back of the pickup the sky was full of stars and a full moon.

Lauren enjoying a drink from the coconut

It was easier to break the coconut in Hawaii than in Zambia. Landon shows how it's done

Pretty decent view

Lauren coming up the hills. We hiked through the jungle in the background.

The next day

The following day I woke up around 6:30 AM, and I thought Lauren had gone to work, but she was still sleeping downstairs. Her boat trip got cancelled, not good for her, but good for me. She could now show me more of this beautiful island. I made myself some breakfast and when she got up we had a workout in the sunny parkway before going to the shop.  

During the day we went to the beach, had a mai thai (local drink), sushi, and watch the sunset in Kihei before heading back to her house. Tomorrow she is going to work (for sure), and the plan is that I’m coming with her to go snorkeling. Else than that we haven’t planned much.

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