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Saturday in Paradise....
Jul. 4th, 2010 08:41 pmWest Maui is beautiful and overrun with resorts and tourists.
We drove to Lahaina for the submarine excursion. Now I have never even seen a submarine in person let alone been inside of one. Perhaps this was why this captured my imagination. I'm incredibly bouyant, particularly in salt water. I've tried to dive down to see things closer. I bob right back up to the surface tout suite. My feet are barely belowthe surface when I pop back up again. (ergo, if I am ever found drowned, suspect foul play!). A sub that would drop me down 120 feet to see what's down there? Yup, sign me up.
Well, we saw a white tipped shark, something they see perhaps 2 times a week on these dives (& they do 4-5 each day' 7 days a week), a pair of spotted eagle rays (seen 1 dive in 3) plus a shipwreck in 80" of water which is seen on every tour only this time, there were divers on it. All & all a very remarkable tour. 2 hours went by very quickly.
We got bounced from the time share presentation. We're staying at a friend's condo and hence not eligible. So after fast light lunch, we headed west to Honoloa bay to snorkel. The beach there is very rocky & the footing is awkward and unsteady, but the bay is calm & sheltered. There is a small stream running off of Halemahena that feeds into the bay. The snorkeling was excellent right off the shore. In my book, this place is a must for the novice snorkelers.
With Luck, tomorrow we swim with dolfins.
We drove to Lahaina for the submarine excursion. Now I have never even seen a submarine in person let alone been inside of one. Perhaps this was why this captured my imagination. I'm incredibly bouyant, particularly in salt water. I've tried to dive down to see things closer. I bob right back up to the surface tout suite. My feet are barely belowthe surface when I pop back up again. (ergo, if I am ever found drowned, suspect foul play!). A sub that would drop me down 120 feet to see what's down there? Yup, sign me up.
Well, we saw a white tipped shark, something they see perhaps 2 times a week on these dives (& they do 4-5 each day' 7 days a week), a pair of spotted eagle rays (seen 1 dive in 3) plus a shipwreck in 80" of water which is seen on every tour only this time, there were divers on it. All & all a very remarkable tour. 2 hours went by very quickly.
We got bounced from the time share presentation. We're staying at a friend's condo and hence not eligible. So after fast light lunch, we headed west to Honoloa bay to snorkel. The beach there is very rocky & the footing is awkward and unsteady, but the bay is calm & sheltered. There is a small stream running off of Halemahena that feeds into the bay. The snorkeling was excellent right off the shore. In my book, this place is a must for the novice snorkelers.
With Luck, tomorrow we swim with dolfins.
