Good morning from lovely Maui, Hawaii.
In the previous video, I showed Maui's west side,
which is located over there, the area around Lahaina.
Mmm, this might be the best burger ever.
Wow, look at that!
In this video here now, two amazingly different places:
beach...
and mountain.
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Filmed before the pandemic
As I explained before, we're staying in Kihei,
so we're seeing the beaches south of here in the morning,
and Haleakala volcano in the afternoon.
Believe it or not, it is an easy drive all the way up there.
Now, you cannot even see the summit,
but people say that the weather here changes so fast
that with the Haleakala, you never know
A few hours later
Now, one thing you need to know before coming to Maui
is that accommodation here is very expensive.
Even more expensive than Oahu, I think.
I ended up not mentioning in the vlogs there,
but every hotel has a resort fee.
It varies between $25, $50 a day,
even if you're not staying at a resort,
even if it's just a hotel with a pool,
they still charge a resort fee.
Here in Maui, it's the same thing,
but prices can be even higher, at least in our experience.
So we thought we'd go for an Airbnb.
They're not much cheaper and there may be additional fees,
but at least you get more space, and there's free parking.
Yes, you must rent a car for your entire trip to Maui,
unless you want to spend the whole day at the pool.
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Here is another advantage of staying at an Airbnb:
Your host may leave you a few things,
like ours left beach chair, beach umbrella,
and there's also this board here.
I used to bodyboard when I was a kid, when I was a teenager.
So when I saw this, I thought...
I cannot come to Hawaii and not bodyboard here.
The ocean today is definitely not helping,
basically no waves here.
It's like a swimming pool, but I'm gonna try.
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It feels so good.
I didn't do too bad, right? 10 years later.
[laughs]
What is that no? You agree or no?
I didn't do too bad. I know, I did good!
[laughs]
10 or 15 years later, baby.
Once you go in, you never forget.
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We're now in Wailea Beach,
and this area here is one of the most beautiful
I've ever seen in my life!
Not only the beach, but the entire drive here,
the community, the resorts, all this green.
Just look around.
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What face is this? Is it the sun?
Maui is very famous for whale watching.
Keep our eyes open, we may see some whales there.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-They just saw a sea turtle.
-A sea turtle? Here?
-Yeah. -Oh, no way! Where?
-Right there. -Oh!
There are a lot of boat excursions, too,
for people to go whale watching.
You think that's what this one is?
-That's a party boat. -Yeah, that's a party boat.
It's too close to shore.
A turtle this big just passed here in front of me right now.
This water is a paradise.
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You got to bring your own drinks, your own snacks.
There's nothing for sale here.
That's what everybody does.
People come with coolers, ready to spend the whole day.
Alcohol is not allowed.
On the other hand, look at the infrastructure here,
got a shower, bathrooms,
everything totally free.
You don't pay a dime.
You don't even pay for parking.
Look at this, all free.
One more beach now.
Let's go to the one that is probably the most famous.
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We're now arriving at Makena Beach, also known as the Big Beach.
Here there is parking, but it costs $5.
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This beach here is more isolated, compared to the others.
No resorts around, no condos.
It's just like a desert road leading to here.
And look at how wonderful,
we found some shade here underneath this tree.
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The water here is even more clear than on the other beaches.
It's so, so beautiful,
but the beach is like this, so you got to be careful
when you're getting in.
So no shower here, only chemical bathrooms,
and paid parking.
For the infrastructure alone, I'd go for the others,
but the color of the water here beats the other two.
The beach itself is prettier here.
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Quick stop to change clothes...
Keep watching to learn why
Wait for me there.
That was a wonderful morning.
And for the afternoon, we're going for something
a little more adventurous.
There's a volcano here very close to where we are.
It's right there.
But we can't see the summit, it's totally covered.
We're going up there. You can drive.
And we're hoping that we can pass the clouds,
and see the summit above the clouds.
Let's see how that will work.
What's the name of the volcano?
-Halalalakalala.
-Haleakala. You say it.
-Halalakelalakelala.
-Haleakala.
[laughs]
That is crazy, isn't it?
Beach and mountain on the same day.
And it should be very cold up there.
Gordon, you know, he came dressed in shorts.
Not sure that's gonna work.
[laughs]
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This volcano is dormant.
The last explosion here was in the 18th century.
Oh, my God!
Look at this!
Are you up for that?
-Oh, I'm not going down.
-[laughs]
Wow, look at the view already from up here.
And it is so cold.
It's getting cold, isn't it?
-No.
-Look at you, totally not prepared.
[laughs]
I am, I am.
I brought clothes.
Let me go back to the car. It's super cold.
We are in the clouds.
We're literally in the clouds.
Look at this
-Does that guarantee sun at the top?
-Yes. -[laughs]
-The sun is at the top.
-Yeah. -If not, we got bigger problems.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
-Bye. Have a good day.
$30 per vehicle to get in.
Need some extra layers here. Now I'm ready.
Baby, I spy some blue sky.
[laughs]
-That's not how you play the game. -How do you play the game?
I spy with my little eyes something that's blue.
Okay, so I spy something blue.
-The sky. -Yeah!
[laughs]
-I won.
-There's the summit.
Yeah. -It's the crater.
-...for the walk... how we're breathing...
-Yes, it's exactly what I was about to tell you.
It's harder to breathe.
Wow!
The observatory is here.
And here it says that the reason they built the observatory,
was because the site here offers the fourth-best viewing conditions
on the planet.
Above the clouds, the atmosphere is clear and dry.
Wow!
-The best place to study the stars.
This is so impressive.
Here the exact elevation we are right now.
Where is the crater?
There? I guess. -Uh-hmm.
We're above it right at the summit.
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Is this cold enough for a Canadian?
-No. -[laughs]
You noticed we went from 28 degrees C to 10 now, on the same day?
-It's still balmy... this time of year for Canada.
Ah!
Not cold, but look at Gordon rushing to the car.
So we are right here, Kihei,
and we went to the beaches right here... Wailea,
Makena.
And on this side of the island here,
it doesn't rain as much as this side right here.
So you know the road to Hana, everybody talks about.
Hana is located here.
It rains a lot.
And the road is here somewhere.
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Here there are a few hiking trails that you can do.
We're in one of them right now.
Got to see what's down there.
We're on this Sliding Sands trail here.
Won't do everything, it's really long.
We're going until the viewpoint. I think it's right here.
Oh, Gordon. Can you see him there?
This is so crazy, look at this slope here.
Straight to the crater.
If you slide here, you go all the way down there.
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Here you got to be alert, too,
because this other side is full of rocks.
They could slide easily.
Look at that view.
There are trails all the way down.
-Yeah. -There's a guy down there.
If you ever want to go for a hike with someone,
invite me.
Don't invite Gordon, because you're here,
he's all the way over there.
[laughs]
What's the point of doing it all by yourself?
You know it takes twice as long to get up?
[laughs]
And you have run at half speed already, so it's four times for you.
[laughs]
-I was filming.
-So am I.
I wanted to get here to make sure we got a view.
With all the clouds, you never know, right?
Yeah.
You have this plant, you got this grass,
and then you've got this right underneath right there.
Yeah, these are all endemic to here, right?
All these plants are endemic,
meaning you only find them here.
And there are some animals, too.
We haven't seen any,
but there are some birds.
-Was it worth? -Yeah.
-This is such an impressive view.
Should we start going up?
-Half an hour to walk down,
an hour to walk back,
because it takes twice as long to get up.
-I'll start going up because I'm slower than you.
You'll catch me anyways.
Coming back up, it is so tough.
Wow, altitude is no kidding.
This is not a time-lapse. This is the real-time.
This is the real speed of this cloud.
Coming back up, Gordon is the one that can't keep up with me.
I can't even see him anymore.
About time!
It only took you half an hour longer than me.
[laughs]
My turn now.
-To drive? -No.
-To get back at you.
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Picnic time watching the sunset.
Look at this view. We're above the clouds.
This volcano here alone formed 75% of the island of Maui.
The other 25% were formed by another volcano.
The entire archipelago of Hawaii was formed by volcanoes.
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Still not cold enough for the Canadian?
-No. -No? This is like nothing?
-No. -It's below freezing now.
-No, it isn't. -Yeah, it is, it is.
-No.
-Here we are at 10,000 feet,
but if you really count the total height of the volcano,
from the seafloor, from the real base,
the real beginning, real bottom of the volcano,
it's about 26-27,000 feet.
For you to have an idea, Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world,
is 29,000 feet tall.
Now it really looks like a volcano.
This is so beautiful!
We came up here with one T-shirt,
and I'm finishing here with one, two,
three, four,
five layers. [laughs]
Is it cold?
Freezing!
Is it worth it?
Totally.
-There are still people coming up.
-No way!
-They missed it. -They missed it.
-They missed it. -Yeah.
Oh, above the clouds now.
There's a very important thing I forgot to mention.
You can come up here for the sunrise, too.
Actually, the sunrise is more famous than the sunset.
But for that, you need to book a parking spot.
You need to go to the website of the National Park Service
and make a reservation right there.
You need to do this as soon as possible,
because they run out very fast.
There's a lot more competition for the sunrise.
Oh, my God! Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Careful, the cow!
She just appeared out of nowhere.
I should be doing this sitting
while you're standing!