Camping on Maui – Mangoland

By on May 28, 2012 in Blogging, Family Fun, Nature, Pets on Maui, Photos

Maui Camping

Yey for camping! As I shared with you on my previous post, we have lined up many activities for this Summer 2012.  We started off with camping this weekend and it was so much fun.  Instead of camping on Kipahulu like we did before, we camped on a private property we fondly call Mangoland.  It is owned by our dear friends who became our hanai family here on Maui. Lucky for us!

There were five families altogether in the camp including TutuMan (the owner of Mangoland).  There were 9 kids ranging from 7 to 15 years old, and a 4 year old dog, Sonny Iggy.  You won’t see much photo of the kids here because I wanted to respect their “privacy”.  I know that the famlies we were with are not so “into” the social sharing online as I am, and I respect that.

In addition to respecting their privacy, I actually really did not photo from there this weekend.  Somehow I went into a relaxed unplugged mode while there. No use of digital and electronic tools (the photos here are from my hubby), no internet, no phone, simply unplugged. I loved it! See my smile on the photo below? Yep, I am one happy camper!

A Maui Blog Camping

We went camping on Saturday, stayed overnight and came home Sunday mid-day.  It rained while we were there, and that is not unusual for Haiku. As many locals know,  it rains a lot in Haiku, Maui.   I liked it though. Living on Kihei, a town with very little rain, it is refreshing to experience rain once in a while. It’s also a “bonding” element. We were all squeezed under the tent talking story.  At night Chris, played ukulele and we sang (ahem, yes, we, I sang very softly just to participate, and let the ones with the good voice actually sing :)

Notice that huge empty can of chili on the photo? That’s what we had for dinner.  Warn chili and rice is perfect for camping! We also had saimen (ramen noodles).   How about you, if you were to go camping, what kind of food do you usually bring?

Here is another photo of Mangoland.  Can you tell why we called the place Mangoland? :)

Mango Land

I am really excited about blogging our summer adventures.  It makes blogging a lot more fun and the posts a lot more interesting. Today we are off to a Beach Family Day and Baptism at Kamaole Beach III in Kihei.  Maybe we’ll see you there?

 

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Maui Summer Fun Is Here

By on May 26, 2012 in Beach, Blogging, Community, Events, Family Fun, What to do, Where Local Eat

 

My kids’ last day of school is June 5th, then off to a fun summer vacation!  Although there is no huge vacation plan in the horizon, we live on Maui and therefore we can also opt for staycation and still have fun.  There are so many things to do and experience – I love living on Maui!

Here are a few of the things to do already on our list:

Camping – we are scheduled to go camping with our friends in Haiku.  We love camping, it’s a great family bonding time.

Barrio Fiesta – today is the Barrio Fiesta at Wailuku Memorial – I’s take lots of photos as I eat  turon (banana limpia) and halo-halo.

Fun at the Beach – On Memorial Day, Hope Chapel is having a Baptism and Family Day at Kamaole Beach III in Kihei.  We’ll put our sun screens and will stay there all day :)

Restaurant Hopping -  We want to try some of the restaurants we have not tried before.  There is this new restaurant at the Grand Wailea – it’s Alan Wong’s Amasia.   My mouth is getting watery as I think about this!   Yes, I’d blog about it and will let you know how it goes.

 Canoe Sailing  - We are going to the Ka’anapali Beach Resort on Saturday, June 2nd at 10:00am for our annual Wa’a Kiakahi event. It’s a great cultural event that I want to take part of.   A Tweetvite was sent out to public, come and join us for fun!

 
Zip Lining – On June 9, my daughter and I have  a date to go Ziplining at Piiholo Ranch.  Weeeee! I  had done ziplined before and it’s fun.  This is my daughter’s first time and she is so looking forward to it.
 

 

Wine Tasting – I am also going to the “Four Pinot at Four Seasons”  - it’s a wine tasting event happening at the Four Seasons from June 7th through the 9th.  I won’r be taking my kids there, it’s “me” time – or maybe I’d bring hubby with me if he likes ;)

Trip to Keanae and Hana – I am thinking that this summer we should do at least one trip to Keanae and Hana. I love these places.

Snuba Diving – I have heard of snuba diving and I have heard tourists enjoying it but I my kids and I have not tried it – so put that in our summer bucket list!

How about you?  Are you creating your summer bucket list  or things to do this summer list?  Can you share some of your ideas with us? I would like to read about it in the comment section.  Your ideas might be something we would like to do too. Please share :)

 

 

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