..." <tonylima2@att.net> wrote in message news:1221142801-sch@news.lava.net... My family is vacationing on Maui. The two "kids" (24 and 26) want to take one or two hikes. Suggestions greatly appreciated, especially ... and (b) are relatively close to Kihei. Mahalo in advance. - Tony Link here to listing of Maui hiking trails: http://www.mauimapp.com/information/hiking.htm

On Sep 11, 4:20 am, Tony Lima <tonyli...@att.net> wrote: My family is vacationing on Maui. The two "kids" (24 and 26) want to take one or two hikes. Suggestions greatly appreciated, especially those that (a) don't involve too much driving up winding roads and (b) are relatively close to Kihei. Mahalo in advance. - Tony Don't drink running water... You'll get sick.

My family is vacationing on Maui. The two "kids" (24 and 26) want to take one or two hikes. Suggestions greatly appreciated, especially those that (a) don't involve too much driving up winding roads and (b) are relatively close to Kihei. Mahalo in advance. - Tony

I missed this article when it first came out. Looks like it applies only to Maui county, but it is consistent with the emphasis of encouraging the high end tourist and of discouraging the budget tourist. ( http://www.emc-hawaii.com/draftsummary.htm ) It'll be interesting to see how all this plays out in the years ahead. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/...

My girlfriend and her two kids want to go to Maui early July and stay for one week. Her parents will be over there and have a condo available so my girlfriend will ...need to pay for living space. However, checking airfares right now, it appears the going rate from St Louis Missouri to Maui is abt $800 per person.... or $2400 for all three of them..ouch!! We live abt two hrs north of ...

...://starbulletin.com/2008/01/05/news/story04.html> " The Hawaii Superferry is adding a second trip to Maui instead of " returning to Kauai, ... " The company also announced that a promotional fare of $39 will be " extended through June. There are Some on Maui (probably the same ones who wish that O`ahu would go off and form a separate state or something...

..., etc., are regularly prosecuted for marine mammal harrasement. Even in Maui. You can't get close; you can't get within ...> And it happens regularly. People are watching you. (In Oahu/Maui waters, certainly.) Have you been on a private boat? ... afternoon during calving season down in Lahaina (you're on Maui, right?). Look at the traffic (the *boat* traffic, Jerry)....

..., etc., are regularly prosecuted for marine mammal harrasement. Even in Maui. You can't get close; you can't get within .... And it happens regularly. People are watching you. (In Oahu/Maui waters, certainly.) Have you been on a private boat? I'm ... an afternoon during calving season down in Lahaina (you're on Maui, right?). Look at the traffic (the *boat* traffic, Jerry)....

... all the pertinent court cases hail from Hawaiian waters, and are available at the Advertiser site. People in Hawaii, recreational boaters, jet skiiers, etc., are regularly prosecuted for marine mammal harrasement. Even in Maui. You can't get close; you can't get within a hundred yards of a whale unless you are drifting and the whale approaches you. (Doesn't mean people don't do it ...

... all the pertinent court cases hail from Hawaiian waters, and are available at the Advertiser site. People in Hawaii, recreational boaters, jet skiiers, etc., are regularly prosecuted for marine mammal harrasement. Even in Maui. You can't get close; you can't get within a hundred yards of a whale unless you are drifting and the whale approaches you. (Doesn't mean people don't do it anyway; ...