Maui, nearly a memory - Thursday 6th August

I woke up this morning to our last full day in Maui, and feeling tender and tired.

I didn't sleep much as during the night the burning belly flesh felt even more tender than the day before, making sleep difficult. 

I went downstairs, collected Mini Me and posed for a pic.

As you can see below, Mini Me has taken his time to tan up.

Wise little Buddha that he is.

As we had not gone any further south than 200-300 meters beyond the apartment we thought we would drive south for a little while and take a look at whatever there was to look at.

We drove past a few large condos and holiday apartments until we reached the edge of Wailea.

That's where the south of Maui changes. 

It goes from being ..... nice, to being ..... over the top.

Mainly gated communities for some very, very large and opulent looking places.

We took no photos because large gates and high walls don't make for interesting blogs.

                                        

As we drove around the coast we saw a Camaro!

It must have been one of those tourists from the north of the island 

that had lost his way. 

We drove on to Makena Beach State Park.  

In the middle of Big Beach looking north 

In the middle of Big Beach looking south

The Makena Beach State Park is near the end of the useable road at the southern end of the island.

It is gloriously wide and clean and overlooks various shades of deep blue ocean.

The shore drops away rapidly at the waters edge and reminds me of Gunnamatta (a beach back home) with its treacherous undertow.

Here are few pics we took at and around the beach.

During our way back from the beach we saw a couple of areas that had groups of eateries.

One of those groups had a place called Paia Fish Market 

which we in Oz would call a fish 'n' chip shop.

We decided on this cheap and cheerful place for dinner.

What you see above costs US$45.73

Mmmm ..... food in 'Merica is expensive, 

even if, very occasionally, the serves are large-ish, 

which in this case they weren't. 

A small tub of Maui's excellent Kona Coffee ice cream, some semi-final packing and a movie saw the night to an end.