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Our BetterMost Community => Chez Tremblay => Topic started by: vkm91941 on April 30, 2006, 07:29:59 pm
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ROFLOL! Thought I would share little of the travelogue I send Mandy and Chris with you all. 8)
We have been having the best time. We cannot believe how romantic this place it when you're here with the right person!
We arrived 45 minutes late on Friday, due to headwinds…but the limo was waiting and the driver took care of our luggage so we had no delays once we were on the ground. The island is breath taking, I had forgotten how GREEN Hawaii is, the resort is gorgeous. Our suite is on the ground floor with a private patio and hot tub that is surrounded by lush tropical vegetation with a path that opens onto a grassy slope the leads down to the rocks and the beach beyond. So far it has been in the low 80’s during the day and gloriously sunny with just a few clouds here and there.
Friday afternoon we just unpacked, walked around to orient ourselves and went for a swimming in the lagoon then laid out in the sun, had dinner in one of the restaurants here in the hotel, on the terrace over looking the ocean, afterward they had a small band for dancing so we danced under the stars. It was VERY romantic LOL, the time caught up with us about 9:30 so we soaked in the hot tub and turned in realtively early.
Saturday we had breakfast bright and early on our own patio and then went out on the Catamaran and saw Sweetheart Rock and Molokini. Molokini is a crescent moon-shaped islet located less than three miles off shore. Legend has it that Molokini was once a beautiful woman. She and Pele the fire goddess were in love with the same man. The jealous Pele cut her rival in two and transformed her into stone. The woman’s head is supposedly Puu Olai, the cinder cone by Makena Beach. We went snorkeling there. Gorgeous and there were lots of scuba divers. We saw tons of tropical fish, but the most amazing was a mother humpback whale and her baby.
About 20 sea miles away, and standing 80 feet tall is Puu Pehe—also known as "Sweetheart Rock and like everything else around here it has a legend as well. The story goes that a ravishing young princess was captured by a young warrior from the island of Lanai. He took her as his wife and brought her back to his home island. He was so stricken with her beauty that he was afraid to let other men see her, and thus he confined the princess to a sea cave near the rock. One day, when he was away, the weather suddenly changed, and the raging surf began to pound. The warrior rushed back to the cave, but it was too late: His beloved Puu Pehe had drowned. Heartbroken, he retrieved her body climbed the steep rock island, where he buried her in a tomb. Overcome with grief, the warrior then leapt off the rock to his death.
Satruday night we went in to Lahaina for dinner, and to this live show called Ulalena, it’s a kind of Cirque du Solei’ meets Hawaiian mythology…really good, lighting, special effects, costumes, music and dance, engrossing the 75 minutes time just flew.
This morning We rented a Jeep and went up into the hills to Upcountry Maui, home to the paniolo’s ( Hawaii's cowboys) to the town of Ulupalakua. Ulupalakua Ranch, is a 20,000-acre open range that overlooks the Ahihi-Kinau Reserve and La Perouse Bay. We went Horse back riding on their range and into the reserves and along the cliffs…The scenery was breathtaking, we saw axis deer, wild turkeys, quail and cattle, guava groves and patches of ironwood trees, a school of dolphin frolicking in the bay below. The area is also awash in glorious flower farms..the scent in the air is very heady.
Tonight we are going to the luau.
Tomorrow it’s the helicopter tour of the Island and we’re going snorkeling again. We leave Tuesday night and get home early Wednesday morning. So I’ll talk to you all Wednesday night. Take Care. ;D
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I'm *so* jealous. That just sounds outrageously beautiful. Glad to hear you guys are having such a wonderful time. Thanks for sharing that with us! Oh, and if you run into Josh Holloway, tell him Barb says Hello, I love you. ;)
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Have a swell time Victoria!!
Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy!
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Hi Vic and Nick!
" Sounds like some real high class entertainment ya got there!" He he he!
Sorry, had to throw in a BBM quote for you! ;D
Have fun and we'll see you back online when you get state side.
David :-*
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Sounds beautifully romantic Princess. But what can one expect in the land of the Lei?
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Sounds beautifully romantic Princess. But what can one expect in the land of the Lei?
No pun intended right Ray!
This is my last travelogue...As we're coming home tomorrow evening.
TODAY we Went and saw the Petroglyphs. ancient rock carvings appears to be a hunting scene with 13 men, a horse, a dog and either a wild pig or cow. There are also many petroglyphs showing men, women and children in an assortment of poses; they’re sailing surfing, fishing and hunting. Reminds you just how ancient the Hawaiian culture is and how arrogant those Christian Missionary's were who refused to see that.
Then we went on the Helicopter tour. It is a hairaising ride that lasts about 90 minutes, we zipped along cliff faces, over old lava flows, into the caldera of a long extinct volcano, up valleys and past waterfalls that I think must be impossible to see anyother way. Ever minute there is one breath taking thing after another unfolding before you. A staggering site was Iao Valley and the ‘Iao Needle' ( a rock formation) rising more than 100 stories from the valley’s floor.
This has been a dream of a trip and we feel so much closer to each other after this trip, on the same page if you will, very rested and relaxed. We're both having a final massage tomorrow and little shopping for the kids before we catch our 10 pm flight home.
I'll be back on the boards full time Wednesday evening. See you all then Aloha Nui Loa hoapili 8)
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Nono. Pun intended!
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Sounds beautifully romantic Princess. But what can one expect in the land of the Lei?
LOL, that's great, Ray! :)
Vic, sounds like you're having a blast! And you deserve it! Have a great time hun, we'll talk to you on Wednesday! :-* *also jealous*
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"Don't try to fool me no more Vic, I know what it means....Maui? ....Maui Nasty! You don't go down there to swim, sun yourself and snorkel, moma! You go down there with that nice Mr. Twist to fish some!" :o
I hope you are having a nice time, which from your posts so far I guess you are! Lucky woman! ;D *turns green with jealousy*But you deserve a break after all the great mod work you have been doing round here; snazzing up the place and such. I hope you have a great time and bring me back some browns! *ties note to moma's fishing line, price still on it after 5 years!*
Have fun, hunh! :-*
Love,
Beckala
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Have fun! Sounds like an amazing place :o
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Beautiful travelogue Vicky! You made a lot of people jealous here.
Pictures are in order, if not the ones with you in bathing suit :P , at least some sceneries. :)
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Hi Victoria. Glad you enjoyed the land of Aloha!
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http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/vkm91941/?action=view¤t=beaches21024x768.jpg&slideshow=true&interval=3 (http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/vkm91941/?action=view¤t=beaches21024x768.jpg&slideshow=true&interval=3)
These are just a few of the pics we took, and a couple I downloaded because a few of my luau shots came out too dark. Hope it works! ::)
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It wouldn't let me in Vic. ??? That went to a page asking for your password. Can you try to see if there is a link to a public page of your photos?
David :-*
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Me too Vic. I tried to get inside your mind and guess what you would use as a password but I kept getting a pop up window threatening me with the police.
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Me too Vic. I tried to get inside your mind and guess what you would use as a password but I kept getting a pop up window threatening me with the police.
Are you sure that's why they are threatening you Ray? Or was it because of your barrel racing around the traffic lights? :laugh:
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Me too Vic. I tried to get inside your mind and guess what you would use as a password but I kept getting a pop up window threatening me with the police.
Are you sure that's why they are threatening you Ray? Or was it because of your barrel racing around the traffic lights? :laugh:
As if they'd recognise me with my clothes on Bex. THINK girl!
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:( pics didn't work for me either!.....................
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I just heard about the tsunami warning for Hawaii via the BetterMost main page. Vic, please stay in touch and let us know you're all right! Wow what a great site where you can stay in touch with BBM AND current events! Phillip is the uber-webmaster!
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I just heard about the tsunami warning for Hawaii via the BetterMost main page. Vic, please stay in touch and let us know you're all right! Wow what a great site where you can stay in touch with BBM AND current events! Phillip is the uber-webmaster!
No worries.....Vic is safe and sound at home right now.......luckily she got outa there in time...
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No worries.....Vic is safe and sound at home right now.......luckily she got outa there in time...
We even left on an earlier flight! Thanks for the concern! and I finally figurre out how to share some photos on an other thread. I hope you enjoy them!
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At dinner tonite I told my family that a friend of mine went to Hawaii and while she was there she emailed me every day. They looked at me dumbfounded. "Mom, you have a friend?" my daughter said. "One who sends you emails??" "Well, she emailed me and my group," I clarified. "Mom you belong to a group?" they said incredulously. Yes, I belong to a group. I have a life. Thank you, Tremblayans, and Vic, for my new life!!
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At dinner tonite I told my family that a friend of mine went to Hawaii and while she was there she emailed me every day. They looked at me dumbfounded. "Mom, you have a friend?" my daughter said. "One who sends you emails??" "Well, she emailed me and my group," I clarified. "Mom you belong to a group?" they said incredulously. Yes, I belong to a group. I have a life. Thank you, Tremblayans, and Vic, for my new life!!
You are very welcome! Don't you just hate when you're kids assume your life stopped when they were born LOL...I have my first boyfriend in 8 years and he kissed me at the ballpark last night which prompted my 16 year old tap me on the shoulder and emphatically tell me "MOM, people are LOOKING!" Nick and I laughed and laughed about that later.