Saturday November 12 2011

We arrived on Maui on the 8^th. We tried to fly standby to Hawaii but the airlines wanted $50 more for the change. So we spent the night in the terminal. Not the main one but the one for our airline which was very small but a lot quieter than the main one would have been.

The plane from Maui had nine passenger seats. We were the first to check in so we had the front row seats. The plane also flew lower than the big airlines so we got to see more.

We arrived on Hawaii got our rental car and set off to find a place to stay. What a time, both of us were very tired. Not knowing the area that well added to our nerves. We looked at one place, a two bedroom unfurnished for $1200, plus taxes and utilities. Was nice but not what we were looking for and over budget.

We found a hotel with a room for $35 a night, shared bathroom. Not the best room we have ever had.

After a nap and studying the maps we set out again to find a place. The second place we called was easy to find. It is a studio on the second floor with a lanai. It sounded like it was also over budget but taxes and utilities are included in the rent, which is $1000.00.

We had to go to Walmart to get a few things we would need, $150 worth of things we needed.

When we went into the store it was sunny, when we left the store it was pouring rain. I was soaked in the time it took to put the things in the car.

Larry bought a bicycle for $120.00 as we won’t have a car for a while or not at all. I think the street is too steep for me to ride up so for now I will walk the half mile to the beach.

We walked down to the farmers market to get some fruit and veggies. I got two strawberry papayas; they are sweeter than the others, an avocado, one onion and some yams for $6.75.   

Larry also got some papayas, the kind he likes, 3 for $1.00. Bananas were 4 for $1.00.