My OperaMaui!
Saturday, March 7, 2009 11:18:41 PM
It has been far too long for me to be just getting to writing this, but, in my defense, I have been back on the road a lot. I arrived on the mainland on a Wednesday and then G-Love flew into town that Sunday night and left Tuesday. I was in DC the following Friday, and I just got back from Atlanta and I am writing this from Seattle.
I am fairly certain the black and white of this text, and my lack of Chatwinesque abilities make it impossible for me to impart the beauty of Maui. I have been to many beautiful places, other wonderful islands and exotic locales, but Maui had a calmness and beauty to me that was welcoming and relaxing. It reminds me of the same comfort I feel in my own town, at my local grocery, driving around streets I know. I love traveling, and most Targets are pretty much the same, but combing the aisles of mine is comforting. That is the effect that Maui's landscape had on me.
I arrived in the evening, flying around the island, affording my window seat fantastic views of the coast, en route to the airport and my buddy Trippp who was waiting at the airport but was unaware that he was picking me up, or that I was even coming to the islands. After he was thoroughly surprised and provisions were procured we made our way up the volcano to Makawao for dinner. Maui is the land of world class surf, beauty and very rare volcanoes; Maui is not the home of world class pizza. But I ate it on a porch with one of the most beautiful views I have had the pleasure to see.
My first full day in Maui was spent indoors, admiring the rain and hundreds of rainbows that popped up outside the porch. In the days that followed I surfed, swam, spear fished, cliff jumped and relaxed. Much thanks must go out to Charlie and Aaron, Trippp’s roommates for their hospitality and especially to Aaron for his tours and history lessons. They really added to the majesty of the island.
Later Brahs.
I am fairly certain the black and white of this text, and my lack of Chatwinesque abilities make it impossible for me to impart the beauty of Maui. I have been to many beautiful places, other wonderful islands and exotic locales, but Maui had a calmness and beauty to me that was welcoming and relaxing. It reminds me of the same comfort I feel in my own town, at my local grocery, driving around streets I know. I love traveling, and most Targets are pretty much the same, but combing the aisles of mine is comforting. That is the effect that Maui's landscape had on me.
I arrived in the evening, flying around the island, affording my window seat fantastic views of the coast, en route to the airport and my buddy Trippp who was waiting at the airport but was unaware that he was picking me up, or that I was even coming to the islands. After he was thoroughly surprised and provisions were procured we made our way up the volcano to Makawao for dinner. Maui is the land of world class surf, beauty and very rare volcanoes; Maui is not the home of world class pizza. But I ate it on a porch with one of the most beautiful views I have had the pleasure to see.
My first full day in Maui was spent indoors, admiring the rain and hundreds of rainbows that popped up outside the porch. In the days that followed I surfed, swam, spear fished, cliff jumped and relaxed. Much thanks must go out to Charlie and Aaron, Trippp’s roommates for their hospitality and especially to Aaron for his tours and history lessons. They really added to the majesty of the island.
Later Brahs.
