Guest Writer - Travel - ERin

From ERin in Edmonton:

My Best Trip

This past February I went on a week’s vacation to the island of Maui. This was a big event- simply because I had planned the entire thing all by myself (I am not a planner) and Matt had absolutely no idea what we were doing, where we were staying or really, how long we were going to be there for.

We flew West jet, stopped in Vancouver and then went straight to Ka’anapali, Maui. We arrived just after midnight to warm, humid weather having left Edmonton which was sitting at a balmy -20°C. Maui, if you haven’t been, is an absolute paradise. There were no bugs, the weather was gorgeous, everything was lush and tropical and…the food is fantastic. There was tons of fresh seafood, amazing sushi and sashimi and fantastic fruit.

During our one week stay, we went to a luau, visited Pearl Harbour and the USS Arizona, saw the Dole pineapple plantation, went snorkeling in the pacific and also did a dinner cruise that included whale watching. The closest town was Lahaina, where we went for dinner and did some shopping. Our hotel was set along the beach with about 7 other hotels as well as a shopping district called “Whalers Village”.

Both of us agreed that we could easily become bums, teach surfing lessons to tourists and give up our jobs in Canada so that we could live in Maui.