Aloah! - Day 5: Part 2

After the hike we got back in the Jeep to head back to Kaanapalli and hit some of the sights on the way back down the Hana highway.  Our first stop was black sand beach or the technical name is Wai'anapanapa Beach. This was absolutely beautiful to see.  We started with our picnic lunch that we had packed. 

View from our picnic lunch.

We then headed out to explore the sights and there was another blow hole here.  The sign said not to get too close, but since the water was not shooting up I got close to get a good picture.

Sign that I ignored.

 

 

 

Entrance to the blow hole that was not shooting out water...another fail for us to see a blow hole.

Here are some pictures I took of the area.

View of the "bridge".

View of the beach from the blow hole and bridge area.

Waves crashing against the coast line.

We walked along the beach and onto the other side to get some more pictures.  The tide was high so we did not swim at the beach and it was loud as the waves came crashing against the coast.

Black sand beach.

The black rocks on the beach.

Picture of the "bridge" from across the way.

Standing on the coast line.  What a view.

After the breathtaking views we headed back to the beach and walked into a "cave" area.  The waves have carved out this cave.  Good thing the tide wasn't too high that we could walk in and take photos.

The "cave" where the waves came crashing in.

An attempt to get a picture of me with the waves in the background.  Too much back light to make this happen.

The entrance to the cave.  Andy basically had to crawl to get in there.

We then got back in the Jeep to head down the Hana highway and make more stops that are mentioned in the Maui Revealed book.  We quickly learned why you make the stops on the way to the national park and not on the way back. After seeing the 400 foot waterfall all the smaller ones were disappointing.  If we would have done what the book suggested and stopped on the way there it would have been a nice build up to the giant waterfall.  Here is a photo of one of the "sad" waterfalls.

This would have been neat on the way up, but was definitely a disappointment after the huge waterfall.  Needless to say we didn't do many more stops after this.

Once we arrived back in Kaanapalli we were exhausted from a full day of activities so instead of getting ready for dinner we decided to pickup takeout at Honokowai Okazuya Deli. It was mentioned in the book as being good and the Campbell's had it highlighted so we decided to go for it.  I got the Mahi Mahi saute and it was fabulous.  Andy loved his meal too.  I was really impressed how good the takeout food was.  One thing Maui did not disappoint on was the food.  Rather it was takeout or an expensive dinner the food was fabulous.  We had our dinner in the room and then headed to the beach, cocktails in hand, to watch the sun set.

Cocktails on the beach are always a plus!

Watching the sunset with my husband.

After the beautiful sunset we shared a few more cocktails and hit the hay since we were exhausted.