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Also..i guess.. how necessary is it to have a car in maui? i have a 5 and 2 yr old. Can I keep them entertained in the area around the house? WE are staying somewhere near lahaina.
The 5 year old will be going to school soon, so you'll need to drive unless you plan to home school.
Spammasubi puts it very well when stating public transportation is "exceptionally modest". We do have the Maui Bus, a wonderful but fairly new resource that's expanding. Still, it's limited.
I would say, YES you need a car. Hey, if you somehow find out you don't need a car, you can sell yours! With the price of used cars, maybe you'll make a few bucks!
good to know. My husband will be working near the aquatic center so I don't want to be too far from there. I heard rush hour is gnarly between kaanapali and lahaina..is that true? Also I heard that the beaches near Lahaina are kind of ick. Is there a better place to stay where I can walk with the kids to the beach? I dont need a great view. It seems that all of the housing around there is for vacationers.
There are nice beaches pretty close to Lahaina. Baby Beach is in Lahaina and I like it a lot. It doesn't have big expanses of white sand, but it's shallow and warm, with little wave action because of the big chunks of coral. You just have to watch out with kids so they don't cut themselves on the coral. I don't know about the traffic, but a traffic jam on Maui is nothing like a traffic jam in a big city.
I have yet to meet a beach in Maui that I couldn't find something good to say
about it, however I have always thought the real jewel in the crown has to
DT Fleming Beach . It is just around the corner from Napili and Kapalua. These
areas are just a few miles northwest of Lahaina.
Everyone has their favorites, Winkosmosis. I first went to Fleming in 1970. At the time Kapalua was still a pineapple plantation and what is now the Lower H. Road was about the only road linking Lahaina with the small communities that lined the northwest shoreline. I loved the small stall-like shops that used to dot the side of the road and sold warm Primo, fruit and sundries. At that time, Fleming was a secluded and pleasant beach with a lovely, small, one room church situated behind the beach. When the sun would shine down upon that lovely lawn and palms surrounding the church, I thought I had found Heaven. I loved swimming and relaxing on its sand. Molokai is in plain sight from the beach, and I have oftened pondered if I could make that swim. I am sorry I never made an attempt, and I know well enough that I am likely far too old to now try.
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