 November 29 - December 1, 2007:
Grand Wailea Resort
Fun in the sun at the Grand Waileia Resort...Linda and Gene gave me a birthday present of three days and
two nights at the Grand Waileia (a place where we come for happy hour at least once a trip)...it was super, duper awesome!!!!
Lobby
| The hotel was being decorated for Christmas during our stay. This resort abounds with
art; statues, paintings and fountains everywhere you look...nothing is "small" here...
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Room with a view
| We were upgraded to a deluxe ocean view room (woo hoo!) because we are superstars, no doubt...check it out; you can see
Lanai from our lanai...get it?
Also, there was a stream heading to a Koi pond just below our room...very cool.
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Grounds
| The Botero Bar was one of our favorite hangs, due to a super cool bartender and the great setting...
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| Around the grounds you find Koi ponds, statues, huts for hanging out and, oh yah, this giant water park...two water slides and multiple
pools with a river connecting
them. We spent time at the Grotto - the swim up bar - with another cool bartender that lives "off the grid" on the north shore with his wife and two teenage kids...they catch rain
for their water source and are completely solar-powered...we also swam the currents of the river and rode the slides...more pics from the underwater camera to follow.
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 Above the river.
Cave through the pools.
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On our last day we went to the front desk to see if there were any books on the artwork at the resort. They sent us to a gallery onsite, where we were
told there used to be a book but that it was no longer in print...we were able to view a series of Picasso etchings that evolved from realism to cubism (
Les Deux Femmes Nues series 1945-46 was the end result - dig it!), as well as
one of the Marily Monroe reversal pieces by Warhol (Four Marilyns - dug it!).
We then went to the pools for more water slide and swimming fun...followed by lounging
by the ocean while sipping cocktails and reading. It was a great trip!
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