Sunday was Emily’s 9th birthday, birthday in paradise!!! Unfortunately there are no friends to invite to a birthday party so she has to put up with her parents, brother and sister as party guests. The best we could manage was trip to Baskin Robbins and a sundae. Never mind -Emily seemed happy enough. After this we went back to the tide pools and did some more snorkelling. Emily used this time to take a million photos with her new camera...she is very good at composing photos and spotting interesting subject matter.Her control of the buttons puts us to shame!Yesterday we flew from Hawaii (Big Island) to Maui. This island is a perfect figure eight in shape, with the vast Haleakala volcano at one end of Maui and the West Mountains at the other end. In between is a long flat, lush valley which used to be a centre for the sugar industry, once a major contributor to the Hawaiian economy. Shortly after landing and picking up our car we hit the shops – well ,Costco! Some people might call us sad folks getting excited about a trip to Costco but Karen almost had a heart attack after our first shopping trip to a store on Hawaii. How the locals cope with the prices is beeyond us!
Satisfied we set off to the old whaling town of Lahaina on the northwest side of Maui. We are staying in a gated residential community called Pu'amana on the ocean front, in a simple 2 bedroom house. It is amazing how much context is important when it comes to houses. If this property were in Canvey Island, Essex then it would be a council house, but here in the Hawaiian paradise of Maui it is a dream. Just a 
few yards from our vacation house the ocean crashes onto the narrow sandy beach – the perfect place to sit with a drink and watch the sun go down, which we do everyday during our stay. This relaxing end to the day works for the grown-up Hoblets, whilst the younger members prefer to boogie board on the impressive ocean rollers that crash down on the beach. A perfect way to end each day!!!
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happy birthday emily-
amelia!!!
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