http://www.mauionlineguide.com A Visitors Guide to the Island of Maui Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:02:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Maui Online Guide is moving to davestravelpage.blogspot.com.   Our travels lately haven't included Maui, so it seems like a good time to change the focus of our blog. Dave's Travel Page will be a travelouge of all sorts of places.  We'll be writing about places we've been, places we will be visiting, ... http://www.mauionlineguide.com/miscellaneous/maui-online-guide-is-moving/ Big Beach, officially named Oneloa Beach, and also called Makena Beach, is one of Hawaii's most fabulous strands of sand. It's two thirds of a mile long and 100 feet wide, with transparent waters and a magnificent view. In a Hawaii Magazine anniversary poll, Big Beach was named the ... http://www.mauionlineguide.com/beaches/big-beach-and-little-beach/ 20.6340694 -156.4500275 Haleki'i and Pihana Heiau are two of the most accessible of Maui's remaining pre-contact Hawaiian structures of religious and historical importance. Located about 1/4 mile inland on a hill between Wailuku and Waiehu, they overlook Iao Stream, Kahului Bay, Wailuku Plain and Paukukalo Hawaiian Homestead. According to the State of Hawaii ... http://www.mauionlineguide.com/sightseeing/halekii-and-pihana-heiau/ 20.9047623 -156.4921265 Tedeschi Vineyards is Maui's only commercial winery. Located in the Ulupalakua region of Maui's "Upcountry" Tedeschi Vineyards makes a beautiful side trip. Driving the winding road to the winery you'll climb and dip amid lush rolling hills and ranch land and enjoy incredible vistas of Maui's central valley and ... http://www.mauionlineguide.com/sightseeing/tedeschi-vineyards-a-scenic-maui-side-trip/ 20.6488895 -156.3983154   Maui and beaches are synonymous.  Here's a great online guide to many of them.  Don't forget the suntan lotion. MauiBeachGuide http://www.mauionlineguide.com/beaches/maui-beach-guide/ Celebrating a beautiful Maui sunset - Sugar Beach, Kihei, Maui http://www.mauionlineguide.com/postcards/postcards-sunset-call/ 20.7850647 -156.4676514 Haleakala National Park maintains three wilderness cabins available to visitors through an advanced reservation lottery. These cabins are only accessible by trail.  The cabins are rudimentary, no electricity, no running water and use pit toilets.  A limited amount of firewood is provided along with a propane stove.  The cabins ... http://www.mauionlineguide.com/accommodations/haleakala-wilderness-cabins/ 20.7172623 -156.2242126 Fall is a great time to visit the Islands of Hawaii.  The weather cools from the hot humid days of summer, the kids are back in school so it's not as crowded, air carriers are trying to fill seats so fares are lower and hotels are offering deals to fill ... http://www.mauionlineguide.com/dining/hawaii-fall-food-festivals/ The 86th annual Maui County Fair opens its four day run this year on October 2nd in Kahului. Featured are arts and crafts, livestock, an orchid and botanical display, carnival style rides, games, food, robotech and much more. (We hear the deep fried Twinkies are not to be ... http://www.mauionlineguide.com/activities/the-maui-county-fair/ 20.8918819 -156.4870758 Hawaii beaches are rated as some of the most beautiful and popular in the world. But, because of large waves and tricky currents they are also among the most dangerous. Recently, at Maui's Slaughter House Beach, we witnessed for ourselves just how tempting it can be to enter the water ... http://www.mauionlineguide.com/beaches/website-focuses-on-beach-safety/