The Lahaina Walking Tour

We picked up some coffee and some cinnamon rolls (with cream cheese frosting) at Cinnamon Roll Fair in Kihei to take to the beach with us this morning. We were going to try to snorkel at Palauea Beach in Makena again, but were warned by locals that the surf was high again today, and sure enough, a neighboring beach-goer suited up with all his snorkel gear, but lasted maybe 10 minutes in the water. We asked other snorkelers exiting the water, and they confirmed that the water was "hella murky". We enjoyed our beachtime, picked up takeout from Da Kitchen (chow fun for me and chicken katsu for Corey), ate lunch on our lanai, and napped (well, I did anyways).

I wanted to check out a craft fair in Lahaina, but unfortunately it was small and people were already packing up their stalls when we arrived. We decided to explore Lahaina, in more depth than the other day, so we did the walking tour suggested in one of our guidebooks.

We started at the Banyan Tree and the Old Lahaina Courthouse (and jail) and walked north on Front Street. Highlights included along the way included jewelry stores, T-shirt shops, Hard Rock Cafe, Bubba Gump Shrimp (I of course decided to cross the street to avoid the man dressed up as a giant shrimp with a top hat), Honolulu Cookie Company (free samples!), the Baldwin House, Ho Wing Museum, and Ono Gelato (we shared a coconut and strawberry-guava cup).

We headed back to Kihei, stopping at an scenic overlook, where Corey took this picture of Lana'i.

 

We made it back to our condo in time for another spectacular sunset. We will eat our frozen lau laus from Foodland and leftovers from lunch, for dinner.