The mountains of Maui behind the town of Lahaina.
Our water taxi, the Holokai, took us to our ride on the Atlantis, a tourist submarine. It seated 48 people back to back (on a double sided bench that had each seat hollowed out for your posterior), and we were crowded! We ended up 130 feet under the water and saw lots of fish and reefs. I got a few good pictures, but it was hard to take them because of the low light down in the depths and you couldn't use a flash as it would have reflected on the glass. Our guide was a nut and we had a lot of laughs. This company is located in Hawaii, Guam, and the Caribbean. We wanted to go on the ride while on Oahu because they tour part of Pearl Harbor under water, but it didn't work out.
Notice the limited leg room, not a comfortable position if you are tall and have to sit like this for 45 min. I was beside a really big guy, enough said!
Some of the scenery in the deep blue.
Looking towards the front of the submarine, notice the 107 feet on the left.
The Carthaginian, a 19th century replica whaling ship that was sunk on purpose to help the reefs and oceanlife. It used to be a tourist attraction until it became unsafe for people to tour.
A slow swimmer passed by.
The submarine getting ready to dive in with the next round of tourists. When we surfaced, our group would trade places with the people on the boat so that each had approx. the same amount of people on board.
Dive, dive, dive.
All the way under and ready to go.
A Banyan tree and it is the largest on the islands. It shades more than two-thirds of an acre and measures one-fourth of a mile in circumference. It's huge to say the least!
While waiting for the trolley to go back to the hotel, we enjoyed the beautiful sky. I think I forgot to mention that we only had rain on one day, not bad considering that it usually rains everyday. The temperatures were mostly in the 70's and 80's.
The road in front of our hotel.
Two weary travelers standing on the inside part of our hotel. The lobby area is open like the rest of the places we stayed. We were in the building right behind the girls but we did not have a beach view.
The Ka'anapali Beach, it was divided by these hedges with the sidewalk on the right and the beach on the left. In the distance, you can see a hotel on the black rocks and they have people that will dive into the water from the rocks at night. We didn't get to see it because we were enjoying the entertainment that night at our own hotel.
Waiting for our seats at the Hula Grill. The food was good but our waitress was not the best. Another story for another time! I think we irritated her. ha ha Maybe because we were laughing and having a good time and she didn't like it.
Another beautiful sunset.
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