Almost our last day. We had decided to spend the last full day on the north side of the island. We had intended to drive the loop around the West Maui section of the island but after the Road to Hana we were tired of driving. So, instead we were going to snorkel, go to the Whaler’s Village in Kaanapali, and then to see the torch lighting at Black Rock before going home.
As we were driving that morning we realized we had forgotten the Maui Revealed book. So we sort of remembered where the first place (Honoloa Bay) to snorkel was. We finally found it and there were a ton of cars there. Once we got into the water it felt a little more crowded than some of the other places, but not bad at all. We started on the left side and it wasn’t bad, ( I don’t think that we went far enough) but then we decided to swim across the bay. As we did, we saw a small stingray. He got away pretty fast but we were able to get a decent picture before he was gone. He was only a foot or so across, but had a 5 foot long tail. Seeing a sting ray was freakin' awesome!! He was small, but holy cow.. a sting ray!!!
When we got across the bay we ended up in the middle of a school of fish. This was really cool. The completely surrounded us and then all of a sudden two large tuna type fish came flying through and the school of fish went crazy. They were swimming in a circles and darting around us as they were chased. It was like swimming in a Discovery channel show. The rest of the snorkeling was very good and the corral just kept getting better as you went further up the right side.
After a couple of hours of snorkeling, we went to the Whaler’s Village (it's a mall on the beach)and looked around for awhile, had lunch at Leilani’s on the Beach. The food there was excellent. I got the fish tacos and Shawnna got fish and chips. Both were great, the fish tacos were huge for the price. A great bargain and great food.
Next we went up the road to Kahekili Beach Park. I did some quick snorkeling but there was a strong current and breeze that made it a little more difficult. Otherwise, we just relaxed on the beach. The beach had some nice facilities so we were able to change before we headed back to the Whaler’s Village to watch the torch lighting at sunset. It is pretty cool as he walks out to the Black Rock point, lights the torch, throws the fire into the ocean and then dives from the 25 ft high rock. After this we had the kind of long drive back to Kihei.
We ate dinner at Fred’s Mexican Café after everyone in the condo guest book raved about it. But, we weren’t really that impressed with either the food, or the service. By this time it was late and time for bed before our last day in Hawaii. This place was packed every single night we were there. We thought it must be good if it draws that much of a crowd. It was terrible. We waited forever for water. Had it not been so late, we would have left right then. Waited forever for food. We've been to plenty of packed mexican restaurants and have never had to wait so long or had food that bad. I honestly didn't know you could mess up a burrito that badly. A pretty disappointing last dinner.
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