Another early start today to get to the airport halfway across Maui by 11am. A short flight later, we were in Honolulu again and after a slightly longer flight after that we arrived at LAX. Dean's Wolves shirt exploits continued, with it having the effect of drawing out someone from Telford at Baggage Reclaim - surely Wolves must be one of the biggest clubs on the world stage with this kind of global recognition? We caught 3 buses to the hotel. Sadly while wait...

Another day, another turtle expedition. We drove up to Black Rock at the next resort of Ka'anapali and headed to the beach near the Sheraton. Parking was challenging - we drove round for about half an hour before opting for Whalers Village, which was $4 per hour or 3 hours free with validation. Dean's sandals finally split yesterday, so he was unable to go swimming with Julie and drive back with sandy feet. Julie saw one near the beach an followed it around for ...

We had to be up very early today to drive 20 minutes to Maaleala Harbour and check in by 8am for our boat trip with the Pacific Whale Foundation. As we left the harbour, the captain told us that we were unable to go to Molokini as planned due to adverse weather and we'd be making two snorkelling stops in Lanai'i instead. After the Great Barrier Reef, the snorkelling was unimpressive, but we did get to see lots of humpback whales and spinner dolphins during the d...

Dean made it to the welcome meeting, while Julie had a lie-in. The welcome meeting was a waste of time though - no information given, the free breakfast was about worthless and the raffle to win a free excursion didn't happen. Still at least it had stopped raining and looked like it was going to be a lovely, sunny day. We drove about 10 miles up the coast to Napili Bay because one of the excisions saleswomen we spoke to yesterday told us that there were turtles ...

We boarded a pretty early flight in Hilo for the 30-minute flight to Kahului airport on Maui for the relaxing leg of our trip. Naturally, we were disappointed to see the same rain we'd left behind on Big Island waiting for us on Maui  We hired another car - a funky Chrysler Cruiser in electric blue that really stood out from the typical pick-up / jeeps we saw on the road. We are staying at the Outrigger Aina Nalu - by far the nicest hotel of our trip. We had ...