ate island destination offers

‘time when Maui meant the.
- beachi by day and the
Picneer. Inn by night.

: It wes a simple formula, taken:
yearly, to help survive the Canadian
winter. ’

: Then my favorite beach begun to

get crowded, and in any. case a dark .
tan became less of a good idea.
The final straw was the recent»,
renoyation at Lahaina’s Pioneer!”
nn;. what was once an‘old whaler-
n’s bar of great character now "
looks like a pizza parlor ona '
Mississippi paddlewheeter. woot
But there is moré'to Maui, such |.
Wailea,. which may well be the:
ultimate ‘destination ‘on the island.
jwded, and offers a wide
range of accommodation from luxu
ry: sesosts to economical condos:
‘There’ are. activities’ galore —
cluding. golf — ~~ and the five’
aches area ‘delight ta look at,
Popular today are kayaking and
rkeling trips. There’s also div-’.

with at least two firms offering bike

downhill with only 400 yards of
pedatling. Mind you, it’s cold up
there, below freezing with wind
chill when I stood on the crater
edge.

There are few sights to equal
Haleakala’s summit. Clouds swirled
through blanking out the crater,
3,000 feet deep and 21 miles
around, and then the biting wind
Cieared them away, and a rainbow
rose from the far side and reached
down the rock-strewrt side.

_It’s so like the moon that
American astronauts trained in the
crater, which is also accessible by
horseback tour and 32 miles of hik-
ing trails.

Tt was here that Maui, superman
of Hawaiian myth, lassocd the sun
and made it travel more slowly
across the sky to give his mother
more time to dry her tapa cloth.

Hence Haleakala’s name, House

“> of the Sun.

It’s an easy drive up good roads
from Wailea right to the top, and
we marvelled at the changes i in cli.

. Mate and vegetaiion.’..-~

_Along the way you'll experience
upcountry Maui and small towns
such as Makawao, where cowboys
ride their horses in the main street.

. And don’t miss the botanical gar-

“the famous Maui onions, pineapples
.and sugarcane.

Tides down’ Haleakala, the 10,023 ft.

olcano, happily ‘dormant, that tow-
TS behind: Wailea. ” :

‘; dens at Kula; you can’t miss the
.. Vivid ice plants, and look forthe .
“small sandalwood tree.

Legend has it that old Hawaiians
were ill-treated by traders searching
for sandalwood, so they destroyed
shoots in order that the species

. would die out and their children

would not suffer the same fate.
These days the mountain is
wilted with flower farms, and the
Nich soil also supports a vineyard, -

One stretch of the road has an
avenue of ettcalyptus trees from

‘ Australia, and here and there the

wonderfully fragrant plumeria.
w-! The scent of plumeria is every-
where on the Blue golf course at

‘Ifa further distraction is needed

the. views of the sparkling Pacific

can be'a remarkable consolation for

a dismal scorecard,

The new Gold course designed
by Robert Trent Jones Jr., has just
opened with the Orange now being
redesigned for play next December.
Makena, just down the road, has a
second golf course in play.

There is a fine beachwalk at
Wailea that encourages guests to
visit the small group of acighbor
properties, You might want to start
the day with breakfast on your lanai
at the Maui Inter-Continental
Resort, which has rooms almost at
the water’s edge.

Sunday brunch at the Stouffer
next door is not to be missed, and
any day is made with 4 visit to the
authentic Japanese restaurant where
Craig has a big following for his
sushi.

For a big blowout there's a fabu-
lous restaurant at the Four Seasons,
reinforcing my ootion that you can’t
have a bad meal in a good hotel run
by an Frishman.

Finally, getting to Maui has

never been easier, with two charter
carriers flying non-stop from
Vancouver to Kahului.

Canadian also has a daily sched-
ule to Honolulu with frequent con-

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