AT#226 - Travel to Island of Maui, Hawaii revisited part 1

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Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 3 April 2010

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks about a recent trip to Maui as the guest of the Maui Convention and Visitors Bureau. In this first half of a two part episode Chris gives an overview of the island and talks about the Hawai’i Nature Center, the beaches and the road to Hana. Learn about swimming or hiking in lava tubes, hidden beaches and some of the naive plants of Maui.Show NotesVisit Maui BlogRainfall map of MauiWailea Beach Marriott Resort & SpaThe Ritz-Carlton, KapaluaKamehameha IHawaiian LanguageBeaches: * Makena (big beach) * Chang’s Beach * ‘Ahihi Bay * Maluaka Beach * Wai’ anapanapa State Park * Ka’eleku Caverns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good
0:08.0	in my passport photo.
0:11.0	Amateur Traveler episode 226. Today the amateur traveler talks about
0:16.5	fancy hotels, roadside food, and black sand beaches as we return to Maui. I'm going to Maui.
0:24.0	I know that I should be heading home.
0:29.0	Maybe not, maybe not today.
0:32.0	Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Today's
0:36.2	episode is going to be a little different. We're going to skip the news
0:38.7	section and I'm going to do a shorter episode because I'm going to be following
0:42.3	this up with at least a part
0:43.7	two and that's because I am traveling in Maui this week as a guest of the Maui Convention and
0:49.1	Visitors Bureau and so I haven't had as much time to podcast.
0:52.6	So I'm going to put this out, but I'm going to put it out in pieces.
0:55.7	And I hope that's okay with you.
0:57.6	Without any further ado, let's get in to talk about Maui.
1:01.4	And when I say Maui, I think a number of you would immediately be able to put a pin in your map to this particular Hawaiian island. But in case you don't know, Maui is the second largest of the Hawaiian islands, and it's second to the big island of
1:14.8	Hawaii and it's also the second newest then of the Hawaiian Islands. The
1:20.0	Hawaiian Islands the newer ones are at your right or to the east and the older ones are at your left or the
1:25.0	Hawaiian Islands, the newer ones are at your right or to the east,
1:26.0	and so Hawaii would be the newest of the Hawaiian Islands, still with active volcanoes.
1:30.0	All the Hawaiian Islands are volcanic islands islands and so as they get older they also get
1:36.0	flatter because the volcanoes wear away more.
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