Got up nice and early today at around 7 and made breakfast of hash browns, eggs and bacon.

We then took our guide book, got on highway 30 (Honoapiilani Hwy) and headed west. Our first stop was at Kapalua and went hunting for the Makalua-puna Point (Dragon’s Teeth). The guide book didn’t give detailed directions to the exact spot so we had to guess a little. We ended up at a parking lot and after some debating about whether to skip the stop or go look for it, we got out of the car and walked around looking for some sign. We eventually walked across the Ritz Carlton golf course, dodging balls and hiked through large pointy rocks to get to it but the view was worthwhile. The Dragon’s teeth were created by the lava flow during the dying days of the volcano. The salt spray on the upwind side etched the lava into pointy teeth. The view from there was spectacular. This spot was so hidden that no one else showed up while we where there. It truly is a hidden gem. After taking some pictures we hopped in our car and headed to our next stop.

Next, we went in search of the Nakalele Blowhole, this is where the ocean undercut the shoreline and spits through a man-sized hole in the lava shelf. The strength of the blowhole varies with the force of the ocean. We didn’t see the blowhole when we first got there, after a few minutes of hiking we came to the edge of a hill and saw the blowhole in the distance. Rocks, lots and lot of rocks and the rest of the hill stood between us and the blowhole. I just had to see the thing up close, so we went back and got our tennies, then we carefully climbed down the hill. After about 15 minutes of making our way through the rocks we reached the bottom. The blowhole was blowing, a good one every few minutes. We spent the next 20 minutes trying to take pictures during a good gust. We got a few pictures but was never able to get a really good one, oh wells. Someday I will learn to take a proper photograph and capture moments like this.
The climb up wasn’t as bad as going down, but half way up I was wishing for the fully commercialized tours of other places. Where are the stairs, rails, guides, and trails? By the time we got up we were breathing pretty hard and dripping in sweat. Good thing I will be marrying Jae, because I sure don’t feel very attractive after this workout =P After a short break we continued on our road trip.

Our third stop is the Olivine pool, this was a place that the guide book touted as their own discovery, which is probably true since there weren’t as many people. We actually missed the pool on our first stop and had to drive further down to the next turnout to find the Olivine pool. When we got to the edge we saw that once again our destination is far away below us with quite a difficult climb down. This time it looked worse than Nakalele. We decided not to go down and instead took tons of pictures to document the event. A few brave vacationers went down there and swam in the pools. It looked like a lot of fun. I shall come back someday soon and make that trip down to the pool.

By now, we were both very tired and hungry, so we decided to head back and find lunch. On our way back we stopped by Lahaina town and ate at Cheeseburger in Paradise. This seems to be quite a famous spot in Lahaina town. The burgers are all right, I’d say Islands is better, but their pina colada is awesome. On the way back to the car, I bought a cute Plumeria charm at the Lahaina shopping center to validate our parking ticket (2 hr parking is free with validation).