Maui County Stories


Maui, Hawaii

Aloha! While slowly settling back home from my trip from India and Arizona, an unexpected trip to Maui Hawaii happened. Here’s how it all began. A few years back while I was traveling, friends kept referring my life story to the book of Elizabeth Gilbert “Eat, Pray and Love”. While I vehemently separated myself and identified succinct distinction,...


Maui mania and Lanai luxury

OUR stay in Paia – where we almost ran over Owen Wilson – was mainly because of our good friend Brandon, who also lives in the town. Brandon was at the airport to greet us when we flew in from O’ahu, with ‘lei’ – traditional necklaces made of brown nut shells – and some drinks. We picked up some lunch and went straight to the beach to have a p...


Spotting Owen Wilson

AT first we just thought he was some blonde idiot too busy talking on his mobile phone to look where he was walking. It was only after narrowly avoiding running him over in our friend's chunky truck that we realised it was Owen Wilson. An encounter with the Hollywood star was just one of the notable parts of our trip to Hawai'i. Wilson was just one of...


Three Atop Haleakala

This was a great afternoon atop Haleakala, a striking shield volcano that has been above the ocean surface, as well as the clouds, for about 1.5 million years. The air was cool at 10,023 feet and certainly the freshest I have ever breathed. The boys, though one won't admit it, wanted to leave before I did, saying the air was doing a number on their bre...