United States 1998

HAW-98 - Hawaii (USA) Date of travel: Feb 4 - Feb 10, 1998 ITINERARY: Aramis flew from San Jose to San Diego last night and I took him do Vista. In the morning on Feb 4, 1998 we drive my Mustang 67 to San Diego airport. We leave the car at long term parking. Then we take a United Airlines plane to Los Angeles and another one from Los Angeles to Kahului airport on Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA. There is lunch on the plane. After almost 6 hours flying from Los Angeles our United plane lands on Maui at 2 PM local time. We get a Flower Lei Greeting on the airport. We pick-up a car (Chevrolet Cavalier) at Alamo and drive to our hotel, “Royal Lahaina Resort.” After 4 PM we go to see the town. The following day, Feb 5, we drive to Haleakala Volcano which dominates Maui. After driving about 65 miles we reach the 10,023-ft. summit at noon. There is a Visitor Center there. An hour later we drive down and stop at town Kahului for lunch. Then we drive counterclockwise around the western part of Maui with occasional photo stops above the ocean. Back to our hotel at 6 PM. Next day our plan is to drive along the northern coast of the eastern part of Maui. And we do it. We get as far as Hana at the easternmost Maui and have lunch there. It is a very nice area. Then we return the same way back to Lahaina and our hotel. On Feb 7 we return the rented car to Alamo. Then we board a Hawaiian Airlines plane. Take off is after noon with stopover in Honolulu on Oahu. It is followed by flight to Lihue on Island of Kauai, where at 1:45 PM. In Dollar Rent a Car we get Dodge Neon of violet color. We drive to our hotel, “Sheraton Kauai.” It is in Poipu Beach at the southern tip of Kauai. Next day we drive along the east and north coast to Haena, where at noon. The road ends here. There are caves and beaches there. Then we return and visit Opae Kaa Falls and a Hawaiian Village and later Wailua Falls. We have lunch in the town of Lihue. By 4 PM we are in our hotel. Water in the hotel pool is cold. Later I spend 20 min. on the hotel beach. There are high waves. Then back to hotel pool for a while. The following day we drive to the mountains to the Puu O Kila Lookout and also Kokee Natural History Museum. After that back through the Waimea Canyon State Park. On the coast at Waimea town we visit Fort Elizabeth a “Russian Fort” built in 1817 and used until 1864. For late lunch to Lihue. We take pictures of Lihue Harbor. Then back to our hotel in Poipu Beach where before 5 PM. I go to swim to the ocean and hotel pool. On Feb 10 in the morning we drive to look at the “Spouting Horn” about a mile west of our hotel. The water shoots through an underwater lava tube. Then to Lihue to return the car. After 10 AM we board a Hawaiian Airlines plane flying to Honolulu where at 10:30 AM. Our United Airlines plane takes off at 2 PM for Los Angeles. Lunch on the plane. After 4h35m the plane lands at LAX. Here we take another plane for 24 min. flight to San Diego. A bus takes us to the parking building. Then with my Mustang 67 the 40 miles to Vista where after 1 AM. Next day I take Aramis to the San Diego airport for his flight back to San Jose. Travel office: CWT / Mission Center Travel in Mall in Carlsbad Who took part: Aramis and I