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Hawaii Honeymoon

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Maalaea Maui Condo Rental - Condominium Maalaea Maui Condo Rental Property Owners Join us VRBO ® is Vacation Rentals by Owner ® Home USA Hawaii Maui Maalaea Edit Vacation Rentals by Owner Listing #24649 Panoramic Oceanfront Views!! Location: Maalaea, Maui, Hawaii, USA (10 miles from Kahului Airport between Lahaina and Wailea) Accommodations: Condominium - 2 Bedrooms - 2 Baths - (Sleeps 4-5) View from the lanai - Maalaea, Maui, HI - Hawaii Condo Rental Quiet, romantic Maalaea Bay offers the ideal setting for your Hawaiian vacation. Located at the water's edge on a quiet street, this complex offers lovely grounds, pool, and barbeques. Completely upgraded, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, oceanfront condo centrally located to all of the wonderful areas for fun Maui has to offer. The unit is located on the 4th floor of a 4-story building and offers spectacular unobstructed views of the blue Pacific Ocean, the South Shore of Maui, and Haleakala. From your double lanai enjoy some of the best whale watching in Maui, as the Humpback's bring their young to the protected waters of Maalaea Bay (in the winter months). Also, when the surf picks up, Maalaea produces the "Freight Train," one of the fastest and longest surfing waves in the world (Best in summer months). Night-time affords wonderful views of the lights from Kihei to Wailea, and upcountry. PEACEFUL... PERFECT FOR UNWINDING! Master bedroom is located in direct view of the blue Pacific Ocean and offers it's own private bath. Unit is air conditioned, offers a tastefully updated kitchen, washer and dryer inside the unit, Marble floors, countertops and bathrooms. Murphy bed in second bedroom. Jacuzzi tub in guest bath. Living area features comfortable seating with fantastic views. Other features include a large screen television, DVD,VCR, surround sound, and stereo with a multi CD player. A real nice unit that's affordably priced. Just a few feet from your doorstep, enjoy snorkling and swimming...one of the best locations in Maui. The unit is located just a short walk from a secluded, 4 mile, white sand beach that borders the Kealia Nature Preserve. Perfect for the beachcomber, a good long walk, or getting away from it all. A short walk the other way, takes you to Maalaea Harbor which is a popular place for boat excursions to Molokini for snorkling, fishing, sunset cruises and even more whale watching. Maalaea Harbor is also home to several resturants including Buzz's (famous for their Tahitian Prwans and their Maui Onion Rings), The Waterfront (a 5 star resturant), and The Maalaea Grill (awesome Mahi Mahi fish and chips). Shopping, an ice cream parlor, The Pacific Whale Foundation, miniture golf, even a fast food place (Carl's Jr.)is located at the Harbor. Maui's #1 tourist attraction, the Maui Ocean Center makes it's home at Maalaea Harbor. Bottom line...this place is central to unlimited activities in Paradise!! VRBO Bear stayed here - on site review: Huge, unobstructed views of the Pacific ocean, the south Maui shoreline and Haleakala... wow! I couldn't keep my baby blue eyes off of those views... what a great place to watch for Humpback whales in the winter months, I can bearly wait to come back! I bearly set my furry paws in this Maui condo, when I noticed all the recently upgraded features such as granite counter tops in the kitchen and baths, marble tile floors, big screen TV, stereo system, etc... all the features of home PLUS this condo is centrally located in Maalea - not far from the Maui Ocean Center aquarium. Just down the street, begins a 4 mile beach that's to die for - great for strolling or beach combing. When you get a "rumbly in your tummy", there's lots of great Maui restaurants nearby too. What are you waiting for? Signed, VRBO Bear Pool as seen from the lanai - Maalaea, Maui, HI - Hawaii Condo Rental Amenities: Phone, Air Conditioning, Cable TV, VCR, Stereo, CD Player, Full Kitchen, Microwave, Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Ice Maker, Cooking utensils provided, Linens provided, Washer, Dryer, Jetted Tub in Bath, Pool (shared), Charcoal Grill (BBQ), No Smoking Activities (on site or nearby): Hiking, Biking, Golf, Tennis, Miniature golf, Fishing, Wildlife Viewing, Horseback Riding, Shopping, Restaurants, Cinemas, Museums, Sightseeing, Swimming, Snorkeling/Diving, Boating, Sailing, Surfing, Windsurfing, Parasailing, Jet Skiing, Shelling Rates (in US Dollars): Personal Currency Assistant ™ May-Oct ................... $165/night.Nov-Apr ................... $185/night.Nov 23-Jan 03 (Holidays) .. $235/night (10 night minimum).Rates are subject to 11.43% Hawaii's hotel tax.Rental dates held by $500 deposit.Discounted rates for stays of over two weeks.$100 cleaning fee for stays of less than 5 nights.Full payment due 60 days prior to arrival.Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice. Left view from lanai - Maalaea, Maui, HI - Hawaii Condo Rental Note: Each property is individually owned or managed. Dates available: Year Round Before contacting us, please check our calendar for your desired dates. Phone: (925) 648-7700 ext. 108 (California, USA) Please say: "I saw your listing #24649 on VRBO" Interior of unit Remodeled kitchen - fully equipped. Master bedroom with ocean front view and lanai Master Bath - all granite. 2nd bath has large jetted tub. View from living area and master bedroom. View of nearby beach from unit Whale watching in Ma'alaea Home USA Hawaii Maui Maalaea Edit Vacation Rentals by Owner Listing #24649 There have been 16003 visitors to this page since the counter was last reset on January 16, 2005 This listing was first published here on May 19, 2003. Maalaea Maui Condo Rental Date last modified - December 16, 2005 VRBO® is Vacation Rentals by Owner® - The largest and most popular vacation rental site. 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Experts2Hawaii: Cruise Offer Detail 800-852-8338 Hotel/Resort Vacation Search Cruise Search == Travel Dates == January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 When you stay at any Starwood property in Hawaii you can receive up to a $50 Resort Credit absolutely FREE!!! Click here for details 11-night Hawaii Cruise call for pricing 7-night Hawaii Cruise call for pricing 5-Nights Maui, Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa starting at $799 Land Only More Offers Featured Specials Home Hawaii Home Calendar of Events Golf Site Map Contact Us About Us Interactive Island Guide 7-night Hawaii Cruise Norwegian Cruise Line: Pride of Aloha Ship Tour: Overview | Statistics | Activities & Services | Staterooms | Deckplans 7-night Hawaii Cruise sailing roundtrip from Honolulu. Many of our best deals are specials that are only offered to customers in specific cities and/or states. Prices change frequently, so please call us for the best offers in your area. Say “Aloha” to a spectacular ship that allows you to experience the freedom of Freestyle Cruising and the many splendors of Hawaii. With a seemingly infinite array of amenities, accommodations, dining options and activities, the pleasures aboard Pride of Aloha are boundless. Tell A Friend About This Offer! Itinerary Destination Arrival Departure Oahu 02/05/06 --- 02/05/06 8:00 PM Kauai 02/06/06 7:00 AM 02/06/06 --- Kauai 02/07/06 --- 02/07/06 1:00 PM Hilo 02/08/06 9:00 AM 02/08/06 6:00 PM Kona 02/09/06 7:00 AM 02/09/06 6:00 PM Maui 02/10/06 8:00 AM 02/10/06 --- Maui 02/11/06 --- 02/11/06 6:00 PM Oahu 02/12/06 7:00 AM 02/12/06 --- Itinerary subject to change without notice. Please confirm itinerary at time of booking. 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Electronic pricing information for this offer is currently not available, please telephone our expert agents to find you the best possible vacation deal! Departure Date: 02/05/06 Number of Nights: 7 Itinerary Description: Roundtrip Honolulu Cruise Inclusions: 7-night cruise, meals and entertainment. Remarks: IMPORTANT NOTE: Prices are updated DAILY and are valid for 24 hours. Many of our best deals are specials that are only offered to customers in specific cities and/or states. Please call us for the best pricing in your area. Prices are per person, cruise only, based on double occupancy. Airfare, government fees and taxes additional. Information and pricing is subject to change without notice. Information and pricing is subject to change without notice. While we do our very best to ensure that information and pricing appearing in this website is complete and accurate, we cannot be responsible for incomplete and inaccurate representations, which may or may not be under our control. 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Collections - Special - North American Indian and Native Hawaiian About special collections North American Indian and Native Hawaiian Quilt Collection [ click here to see samples ] Native quilters in the Hawaiian Islands and on the North American continent have long used colors and designs distinctly their own to make quilts which function in ways both similar to other cultural groups as well as in ways that have specific tribal or pan-Indian meanings. Quilts have been used in nearly every Native community for everyday purposes such as bed coverings, shelter coverings, infants' swing cradles, weather insulation, and providing a soft place to sit on the ground. In some communities, quilts are also used to honor individuals, in ceremonies, and in a variety of activities that strengthen community life. Native peoples in the Hawaiian Islands and North America have always had many indigenous traditions of textile production and use; the materials and skills of quiltmaking had many precedents in these communities. When commercially-manufactured cloth and steel needles became available to native peoples, it was not surprising that, adept at similar craft forms, they quickly picked up quiltmaking. Native needleworkers continually combine or replace old materials and technologies with new. Finger-woven animal pelt blankets have been replaced by wool blankets and quilts, hides replaced by cotton fabrics, and awls and needles replaced by sewing machines and rotary cutters. The initial conveyance of quilting skills to Native peoples occurred in the nineteenth century with the establishment of mission schools and churches in Native communities. Numerous references in missionary diaries and letters, mission records and newsletters, and oral histories point to the substantial influence that Christian denominational mission churches and schools had in introducing quiltmaking to Native peoples. Through both formal instruction and in the context of affiliated women's social groups, missions promoted Euro-American domestic arts, including quiltmaking and other forms of needlework. Whether Mennonite missions on Hopi land, Mormon missions in Utah and Nevada, Quaker mission schools in Pennsylvania, or Catholic missions in frontier outposts, these Christian evangelical and educational efforts were instrumental in introducing and sustaining interest in these crafts. Within Native communities, quilts are often used to mark rites of passage or special occasions and to honor individuals for their special achievements or contributions. At naming ceremonies, quilts are given to friends and family in honor of the loved one being named. Students graduating from high schools or college are given quilts as a sign or recognition of their academic accomplishments. Athletes winning competitive events are given quilts for their physical achievements. Veterans returning from military service are honored with quilts to thank them for their bravery and personal sacrifice. Any one who has contributed significantly to his or her own, family's or community's well being is honored, either by being given a quilt or having quilts given away on their behalf. Production techniques (patchwork, appliqué, quilting, tied work), material preparation (batting, recycling cloth), patchwork patterns, quilting designs, and quilt names were shared among Native and non-Native quiltmakers. Yet choices of patterns, construction techniques, materials, and names often are tied to Native or tribal identity. Native artists adapt the beadwork, rug weaving, and basket weaving patterns of their cultural heritage of their own experience into their quilts. Color choices often reflect the Native quilter's close spritual ties to the natural world. Many times Native quilters, irrespective of their own tribal background, will select printed fabrics that incorporate Southwestern or pan-Indian imagery, such as eagles, running horses, or motifs from or resembling those of Navajo rugs. Of all the discrete collections of the MSU Museum's quilt collections perhaps the most important is the collection of North American Indian and Native Hawaiian quilts. Several museums have one or a few samples of Native quilts and a handful of museums have quilts specializing in the quilts of one culture or tribe (for instance Native Hawaiian or Lakota Sioux) but no other musuem in the world has a collection that not only represents the breadth and diversity of Native quilting in North Amercia but also is accompanied by documentary information resulting from historical and ethnographic research. There are a number of reasons why Native quilters have been so little known to those outside their families or communities and that museums have so few examples in their collections, but perhaps the chief reasons were that it is an art form that has appeared so extensively in everyday life and that it was primarily the result of indigenous cultural contact with outsiders. Considered commonplace and perceived firmly tied to a European rather than a Native artistic tradition, quilts, unlike other Native arts, were historically not collected or studied as items of ethnographic, aesthetic, or marketplace value. In addition, most quilts made within Native communities were made for everyday use; even those made and given in ceremonies were intended for everyday use. Thus, there are few extant historical quilts in either private or public collections. The first Native American quilt acquired by the Michigan State University Museum was one documented in a Michigan Quilt Project Discovery Day in 1985. The quilt, made c. 1920 by Margaret (or Anna) David, an Odawa quilter, from Peshawbestown, Michigan has distinctively Woodland Indian floral motifs in the corners and sides of a traditional Star quilt pattern. It was donated by a non-Native family who had acquired it from its maker. Subsequent research has uncovered five more quilts done in this style and has revealed that the quilter was probably affiliated with a group of women who quilted together in the basement of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Peshawbestown, Michigan, a community where Ojibwa and Odawa had long resided. Additional research by museum staff on Ojibway, Odawa, and Potawatomi quilting resulted in the collection of narratives, photographs, and quilts documenting the long-time engagement in quilting by many Native women in the region. Working in tandem with the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, Atlatl (the national service organization for professional Native artists), and many tribal museums as well as quilters, collectors, and other scholars, the Michigan State University Museum staff continued to document Native quilting traditions throughout the United States and Canada. These efforts have resulted in the exhibition "To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions" that toured to major museums across the nation, a smaller version of the exhibit that is touring to tribal museums, a publication, and the collection of well-documented quilts and related materials at MSU. -- by Marsha MacDowell [excerpt from Marsha MacDowell, ed., Great Lakes,Great Quilts. Concord, California: C&T Publishing, 2001] GLQC Home About GLQC Collections Exhibits Programs Publications Internships/Volunteers Quilt Index On–Line Newsletter Virtual Quilt Sponsors/Endowments Links Quilt Care Site Info Contact Us