KAHULUI TO HILO

I remember the first air flight I ever took.  I must have been around 10 years old, and it was from Honolulu to Kahului.  Visited relatives.  One cousin is now a doctor living in New York City, married to a psychiatrist.  Saw Hayden Mango for the first time.  It was large, beautiful and sweet.  I was only familiar with Common and Chinese Mangos. 

Anyway, yesterday was my final day on Maui.  I had a small adventure.  Make it tiny.  I walked from the Pride of America all the way to Maui Mall, for the primary purpose of tasting Guri-Guri.

Lunch of pork cutlet and pasta fagioli soup, with beer and a rose wine.

Off I am to have Guri-Guri.

Found Tasaka Guri Guri...and it was closed for Labor Day.

But I had to have something, so went elsewhere and ordered a lychee boba.  This is that drink from Taiwan with tapioca balls.

Found a table with a view of the Pride of America.

Walked back to the ship.

The ship left Kahului before sunset for Hilo.  Had a drink on our balcony and watched Maui slowly recede.

Dinner at Liberty was outstanding, the food and service.  An excellent cheddar potato soup, Caesar salad and New York Steak, with Bananas Foster.

Early this morning, and arrival in Hilo.

Walked 6117 steps yesterday.

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  On the sports front:
• Americans are getting by in their own Open.
• Madison Keys shocked #3 Jessica Petula, 6-1, 6-3, to make the quarterfinals.
• USA players Ben Shelton met Frances Tiafoe faced each other tonight in the quarterfinals.  Taylor Fritz of the U.S. is already in the quarterfinals.  It's been two decades since an American won the men's U.S. Open.
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  Coco Gauff roared past Jelena Ostapenko, 6-0-,6-2, to reach her first Open semifinal.  What made it sweet is that she had beat her in the Australian Open, and had just dispatched champion Iga Swiatek on Sunday.
• A couple of stunning NCAA football results, as Duke beat Clemson and Colorado upset TCU.  Prime Time is looking good. 
  
  
  About Duke, this is first time they beat an AP top ten team since 1989, and this was Clemson under Steve Spurrier.

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  The NFL season begins on Thursday with the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Detroit Lions.  I have a bunch fantasy players in this game, but will be on the Pride of America, which has very limited TV offerings.

Incidentally, I might add that the WiFi internet on board sucks.  If you need this week to be an important work site, forget it.  What might take 10 seconds for one of my photos to transferred takes more than 10 minutes.  The Seabourn Odyssey, even in the open Pacific Ocean was almost as good as my service at home.  Norwegian Cruise needs to something about this ship, for it is obsolete.

Tomorrow, my Big Island experience.

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