We are a family of five that decided to leave our normal lives behind and travel around the world for 180 days. Joey and I are both physicians back home in Lexington, KY and our kids are Wilson (a smart, funny, pragmatic 14 year old who approaches life with the wisdom of an 80 year old and the mischievous grin of someone who gets the inside joke), Bailey (an opinionated, strong-willed, compassionate 12 year old who never misses anything and may rule the world someday), and Gus (an energetic, passionate 9 year old who lives every second of his waking life with everything he has and would give the shirt off his back to ease the suffering of an earthworm). We love traveling, trying new things, meeting awesome people, eating good food, and adventure sports. In this blog, we will be sharing the stories of the places we experience along the way. We will share our successes and our failures in hopes that this is inspiring, helpful, and entertaining to our friends, family, and anyone else who happens to discover us. For more on why we decided to do this, see our blog post on “Traveling is my favorite thing”. Read More About Our Philosophy.
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Which Hawaiian Island is Right for You?
If you have ample resources and can only visit one island: Maui.
If you want to see Hawaii but you are on a budget: Oahu.
If you are into hiking or less developed destinations: Kauai.
If you want to see volcanoes: The Big Island.
Ideally, when planning a trip to Hawaii, I would recommend picking two islands and taking a weekday Southwest flight between the islands if possible. The inter island flights are super easy and cheap and you get the bonus aerial view of the islands. When we come back, I will likely plan 9 days in Maui and 3 days in Kauai to hike the Na’Pali coast. My advice would be to pick one island for a longer stay (7-10 days) and then a second island for a shorter stay (3-4 days) just to hit the high points.
12 hours in Maui - Why You Should Stay Longer
Tips for Maui:
1. Don’t plan on spending only 12 hours there. It’s a beautiful island with so much to see! Give yourself 10 days.
2. Allow for plenty of driving time. I really stressed Joey out by packing too much into the day and not accounting for traffic.
3. Visit Lahaina for great food and the largest Banyan tree in the US.
4. Visit Maui between the months of January and March for prime whale watching and perfect weather. (You can see whales November-May, but January-March is prime viewing.)
5. If you do a whale watching tour with Trilogy and you don’t want to have to climb a moving, slippery ladder in the ocean to board the boat, do the tour out of Lahaina.
6. If you are in a hurry, don’t order a deep fried dessert.
The Sun Rising over Kauai from Poipu Beach. January 23rd, 2022