June 12th - Tuesday morning, Shawn and I borrowed the Element and drove North from Kihei to Lahaina, which is the 2nd most bustling city just after Honolulu.This was definitely where all the tourists congregated to, with quaint little shops, oceanfront restaurants and art galleries.In the middle of Lahaina is a really neat park called the Banyan Tree park, where one single Banyan tree has expanded into twelve -twenty other Banyan trees, branches expanding every which way.We bought a bit of stuff at David and Goliath (funnest store ever! "Boys are stupid?throw rocks at them"), and then sat down and ate a delicious lunch on the lanai (balcony) at Kimo's - Shawn had mahi mahi fish 'n chips and I had a delicious coconut crusted ahi with pineapple salsa, mmmmm!After Lahaina, we continued heading north on the narrow winding highway that curves along the coast and stopped for gas and beer (I love how you can get beer from the gas stations here, and it's so CHEAP!).We drove another 20 minutes to a private little bay, perfect for snorkelling (turtles can be spotted here) and surrounded by a rainforest, called Honolua Bay.We sat here for over an hour soaking up the rays and feeding the colourful birds with Kukui nuts that Shawn cracked open.Unfortunately we didn't have any snorkelling gear with us - next time!

Afterwards, we continued driving northwards around the West coast of Maui.The state highway eventually ends and turns into a single lane road (yes, there was still oncoming traffic!) - so I took it real slow as we rounded the corners not knowing if there were any vehicles on the other side.We stopped to check out the Olivine Pools (check out the photos in the Maui album), which are these natural pools carved from the huge rocks that protect the island from the huge ocean waves - by the time we got there, the waters and wind were getting really rough so we dared not swim in them, but they would be really nice in the mornings, when the waters are much calmer.

-Sheenah