Alice graciously offered the use of her 2nd room at her timeshare condo in Maui, and I graciously accepted. 

So at the beginning of March, I spent a week in Maui... and what a week it was!  It was definitely the most solidly packed vacation week I've ever had - up before the sun everyday and active right up til I fell into bed at night.

So what exactly did I do there?  Well, let's see:

• Took in sunrise at an altitude of over 10,000 feet (that's over 3km!) on Mt. Haleakala
• Hiked the inside of a volcano crater - and almost didn't make it back out
  
• Drove along The Road to Hana - arguably the most beautiful drive in the world
• Swam in the Blue Pool - a beautiful waterfall pool hidden along the cost of Maui
• Explored Maui's West Mountain from mountain-top down to the coast - all on horseback
• Viewed Maui from the sky in a helicopter flight
  
• Swam with turtles and multitudes of tropical fish while snorkelling in Turtle Town and Molokini crater - also saw lots of dolphins during this trip. 
  
• Tried some poi (some kind of nasty tasting taro-based paste) as well as a pig roasted in a sand-covered pit at an ocean side luau
• Went whale watching, where I missed a couple breaches - just kept looking in the wrong direction!!!
• Saw the MASSIVE and fairly creepy Banyan Tree in Lahaina
• and of course, hung out at the beach

So I had a great time there... but I needed a vacation just to recover from all that activity!!