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Summary: A MUST for Maui
Review: OK, I'm prejudiced... I LOVE these guidebooks by Andrew and Harriet! I just raved about the Kauai book, and now I'm gonna rave about this one... truly, this is the BEST, most informative, honest, accurate, humorous, sweet, and priceless book you're EVER going to find on Maui... the authors live on island and know what they're talking about, so take advantage of it... oh, good story-- we were going to spend big bucks to go see the Hawaiian theatrical play/musical, I forget the name, but then I read in the book that it wasn't as great as made out to be, but NOT TO MISS the WARREN and ANNABELLE magic show! So, we trusted our fearless friends in print and WENT and ALOHA! IT WAS THE BEST LIVE SHOW, THE MOST ENTERTAINING, MOST AMAZING SHOW, not just MAGIC show, THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN! SERIOUSLY, YOU MUST GO TO WARREN AND ANNABELLE'S IN LAHAINA AND THANK YOU, ANDREW AND HARRIET FOR TURNING US ON TO IT! Ok, so are you catching this wave, or what brah?
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Summary: Maui is truly revealed with this book
Review: My husband and I just returned from our first trip from Maui. What an unbelievable place! This book truly is the "ultimate"! Great descriptions and pictures really help non-locals confidently find and experience all the wonderful sights, activities, food, etc., of this wonderful island. We appreciated the authors' frankness in describing shortcomings of many restaurants and sights. This helped us make smart decisions with the little time we had there. All reviews...good and bad...are told with authority and a great sense of humor. We also appreciated the hints and tips about Maui's "secrets" (i.e., sights not covered in most travel books) that rivaled the recommendations given to us by a friend who has lived on Maui for 10 years. We recommend this book w/out reservation. It's a must have for Maui locals and non-locals alike.
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Summary: What a guide book should be
Review: Based on other Amazon customer reviews, I bought this book and "Driving and Discovering Hawaii: Maui and Molokai." The latter has great photos, but we ended up using Maui Revealed exclusively. I have only one quibble--noted below. This guide is what a guide should be: informative, accurate, thorough, helpful, often funny, with its own personality. We have lived and travelled on six continents working for the USG (Foreign Service and Peace Corps before that), been to locales as remote as the Bolivian jungle and Sao Tome (off the coast of central Africa), and are veteran travelers. Even my husband, who has become somewhat jaded remarked after one stop "Wow, that book is REALLY good!" For example, on the drive up Haleakala to the crater, they advise taking the short Leleiwi trail which most people "blow by" on their way to the top. As promised "five minutes to the end and the crater itself suddenly explodes into view." That tip alone was worth the price of the book, and there's lots more than that to recommend this volume. In another instance, they suggested visiting the Four Falls of Na'ili'ili'haele. The directions were perfect (p. 234): "the trailhead is 6/10 mile past the 6 mile marker on Hwy 360 across from some tall Cook Island pines. There's a dirt turnout on the right and a gate." It continues "At first the trail can be slippery and awkward as it goes down through bamboo, across a ditch, through more bamboo, then right to the stream. After you boulder-hop across--important--follow the trail as it hugs the bank upstream to the left." Here comes my one quibble with the whole guide. I am 45, and moderately fit and nimble, though a bit leery of slippery rocks. I was wearing grippy-bottom sneakers. The bit about slippery through the bamboo was dead-on accurate. But, their description makes it sound easy to "boulder-hop." No way. If I had reef shoes (sneakers designed to let the water flow through), crossing the stream would have been easy the day we were there in February. However, the placement and steepness of the boulders was such that I wasn't sure if I made it across that I could make it back. And, we had our 9 and 5 year olds with us. There is NO way we could make it with them. In pretty much all of their descriptions, plan on doing some scrambling and locomoting while seated, then be pleased on those occasions when you don't have to. But if you are travelling with anyone under the age of 14 or 15, or someone who isn't physically fit or willing to clamber around gripping rocks with fingers to get up or down, it just isn't as easy to reach some of the cool places mentioned as the authors make it sound. That said, if anyone I knew were going to Maui, I'd tell them this is the guide to get. I enjoyed the Driving Guide, and am glad for the high quality pictures I can share in it with folks at home, be we honestly didn't use it while there. Stick with Maui Revealed!
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Summary: Best guide book!
Review: This was the most amazing guidebook ever! I felt like I had an experienced guide in my back seat telling me exactly where to go ( turn here, go up 1/2 a mile, etc.). This book is amazing!!
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Summary: BEST GUIDE EVER
Review: this book was a trusty companion for our five day trip to maui. i had been to the island previously, but this book made this trip an entirely new experience. excellent resource for camping and back country hiking, exploring, etc. Oftentimes we found ourselves in the most beautiful locations, completely alone--where many guidebooks claim to be letting you in on a well kept secret, Maui Revealed really is. the directions are extremely concise and easy to follow. the set-up is organized in a practical manner that makes planning your trip based on the book quite simple. also, the reviews are honest. the writers live on the island and do not hesitate to tell you where to go as well as where NOT to go. they tell you places to avoid so as to not waste your money and clue you in to things that are worth the hike, the dollar, the drive, etc... i highly recommend this book or any of the other 'revealed' books. we left the island feeling as if we'd used our time and not wasted a minute driving around looking for things to do or wading through droves of tourist traps that other guide books often lead you into.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: An absolute must for travel. I wish there were more books like this with honest and often humourous reviews. Really saved us money as I was falling prey to the activity booths.
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Summary: The Best Book on Maui
Review: Having been to Maui a dozen times, this book is the best Maui guidebook I have ever read! The combination of this book and the related webpages makes this book outstanding! It is nice to be able to check out your accomodations via aerial photos before you book them. Plus the nice sense of humor that runs throughout the book is enjoyable, makes you realize that these two have not only a sense of adventure, but, a real sense of the time and money a tourist to Maui might have. They seem to be completely honest about accomodations, tours and
restaurants. While we might think that having tons of money to spend while on Maui is ideal, they show you how to get by and have a great time without spending a fortune. Don't think you have to do all the trips and tours that they give you in this book on your first trip, save some for the 2nd, 3rd and more trips back to Maui. I can hardly wait until they publish
a book on Oahu.
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Summary: Best guidebook out there
Review: These Hawaiian locals have a series of books covering each of the major islands (we used the Maui and Kauai books). They contain far more information than any of the Hawaii guidebooks--extensive reviews of hotels and restaurants, as well as recreational activities. What makes these books stand out is their coverage of hidden or off-the-beaten-path sights. The book directs the reader to hole-in-the-wall shave-ice stands and to waterfall overlooks three telephone poles from the intersection with some road. We bought several books before going, but this was the one we kept in the car--it took us to many places that we might have missed (and other tourists did miss), but are grateful that we saw. It also comes with a link to a website for post-publication updates, which unfortunately we failed to check before leaving.
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Summary: An insider's guide to Maui
Review: I discovered this book on my first day in Maui and it was very helpful guide for my trip. To contrast this to Fodor's Hawaii, which covers all the Hawaiian islands: Fodor's devotes about 75 pages to Maui, and this book provides 300 pages of background information and tips. It has detailed guides to each section of the island covering sights, activities, beaches, hotels, dining and more. The introduction gives a history of Maui and the "basics" gives overall background information and great local maps are sprinkled throughout. To give you an example of the valuable tips: we got information about a great magic/comedy show in Lahaina that was rated the best entertainment on the island--and I thoroughly agreed. Lots of budget tips like where to get quick meals and snacks reasonably at Kaanapali, details on lots of activities, suggestions for best snorkeling/windsurfing beaches. A few minor issues--the authors' dining awards, onos (delicious in Hawaiian) seem to go to some cheap eats places that were just mediocre (Cheeseburger in Paradise in Lahaina is an example). The description of the danger of the downhill biking from Haleakala volcano to the sea was so vivid I almost cancelled my trip. Luckily I checked with some locals who assured me that if accidents happened everyone on Maui would know, and I went on the trip and had a great time. Overall though I would rate the information in this book very highly. In their introduction to this book, the authors stated their goal of providing information to bring independence to visitors in exploring Maui. With my insiders information from this book, they succeeded, I felt like a local. Mahalo (thank you in Hawaiian)
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Summary: The Best Book of Maui
Review: Wow!! I had visited Maui in 1998 and was so impressed that I wanted to go back asap. Reading this book reminded me of my last trip, and inform me of more activites and locations that I didn't get a chance to do. I read this book in two sittings and felt as if I were there again. This is not like a text book of Maui, it's like a friends story of everything good and bad of Maui,pictures included. Highly reccommened for the first timers and returning ones.
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