Bicyling: I'm sitting here at the Ritz in Kapalua. I've been thinking about doing the surise viewing and downhill bicycle trip but this thread has me rethinking that. The biking sounds like fun but maybe it would be better just to go see the crater.

Maui: I been in Maui since Wednesday and am leaving on Thursday. I've enjoyed Maui so far. I went to Oahu last year with my exgirlfriend so I keep comparing the two trips in my head. I've decided that I definately like how Maui feels a lot more relaxed than Oahu. I really disliked the Honolulu rush hour as it reminded me too much of the Chicago rush hours. In Maui, I've run into some minor slow spots, but of course, no major traffic. Things are lot more relaxing and laidback here in Maui. Of course, this is reflected in the nightlife. I used to hate bars, but now I like them for practicing my pickup skills. On Wednesday and Thursday, I was in Wailea, but the bars were dead around there. Friday and Saturdays were good but my understanding is that Waikiki is crazy every night. I never got to experience the night life in Oahu last year as my ex wanted to go to slepe early everyday. I just mention night life because again, it reflects Maui's more relaxed nature.

Oahu: I spent a week last year in Oahu and I felt like I constantly had stuff to do. I definately think 2 days is too little time to experience Oahu. We did plenty of stuff in Oahu, but still missed some stuff. Off the top of my head, I believe we did the long drive around the island one day. Another day, we saw Pearl Harbor and drove on the west side of the island (personally I thought the west side was a waste of time). One day we walked from Waikiki to the Palace and saw most of the attractions in between. Another day, we took the submarine underwater boat ride, went to a luau, and saw the Bishop museum. I think the rest of our time was spend seeing Devilhead, going to the beach, and shopping. We didn't have enough time to see the Polynesian
Cultural Center (though I don't really care about that), the falls park attraction (starts with a "W" but I can't think of the name off the top of my head), and I didn't have time to snorkel in that bay that was in Elvis's Blue Hawaii movie.

Maui sites: I feel like I've seen almost everything on Maui and I still have a few days left. If I weren't stuck with this cough, I'd consider spending 3 days getting an open water Scuba certification. Here's what I've done so far:

Day one (Wed): arrived at 8pm, got rental car, stopped at Walmart in Kahuliu, checked into the Wailea Mariott, got a drink (realized there was no nightlife that night) and went to sleep.
Day two (Thanksgiving): morning jog along the Wailea beach/coast, drove to Paia and the beach (I can't think of the name offhand, and I don't have a map handy) east of there that is known as a good suf spot. After that, we drove along that one-lane road from the Kahuliu area that loops around to Kapalua.
Day three (Fri): Went to the beach behind the Grand Wailea. checkout and dropped off our bags at the Ritz in Kapalua. We killed some time driving again to Paia and to through the hills south of Paia until our room was ready. Then we just relaxed at the Kapalua beach, and I checked out Paradise Bluz in Lahaina.
Day four (sat): Took the drive to Hana, the pools in the national park, and finished the loop around. Then we went home and I went to the club in the Hyatt.
Day Five (Sun): I slept in until 10am-11am. We drove down to Wailea again and onto the state park that has the lava flow. We were hoping we could go offroading there, but the trail that is one some of the Maui maps is impassable now so we turned around. We then hit Jaws Tacos (an Idine place in Kihua (sic?). Then I took a nap. Later, we walked around Lahaina and grabbed some food.

My point is giving my current itinerary is that we've wasted a lot of time. I saw "wasted" in that we did a lot of unnessary driving that was fun, but really didn't help us see any other attractions. In my trip to Oahu last year, I felt that I had little time to waste if I wanted to see all the attractions. If we hadn't spent so much time driving around, we could have probably seen the two attractions that I still need to see.

In the rest of my trip here, I plan on going to the Crater and possibly taking the bicycle trip. I'm not sure if I'm going to go to the Crater at down. Again, I could have already done this in the time that I've been here if I were in a sightseeing "rush" mode. I also have to stop by the whaling village attraction. We could have done that today but I didn't feel like walking around in the rain.

Since I seem to have a ton of time, I think I'm going to dedicate on of the remaining days for a daytrip to Molokai.

I don't currently have a guidebook for Maui as we decided to go on this trip about 12 hours before our plane left on Wednesday. I had a guidebook for Oahu so maybe that's why I was scrambing around more. When I have a guidebook, I get in this mode where I want to try to see almost everything that the guidebook says I should see. Still, the brief research I've done, and what I've heard from other people is that there isn't really that much to see here in Maui.

If I were to plan this trip again I'd do the following: 1) Take the Hala coast drive. 2) Take the northern one lane road that goes north of Kapalua and loops to Kahuliu. 3) See the crater 4) Hit the Whaling town and stroll through Lahaina 5) Go swimming, snorkeling, or kayaking and/or relax. I guess my point is I could easily do that in 3-4 days easily. I don't feel like I could have seen all of Oahu in 3-4 days. Am I missing any major attractions in Maui?

Of course, seeing attractions isn't always the most important thing about a vacation. Looking back at your post, I see that you are mostly into water sports. I don't know that much about that as it isn't my thing, but I guess you'll have plenty to do here in Maui in that area. I was talking to a girl at the Hyatt club last night who happens to be a concierge at the Grand Wailea. I remember asking her about stuff to do and I remembered her saying water sports are a big thing for people that come here. Thinking back on what I wrote, I guess that's why I have lot of free time. I've spent about 4 hours total in "water sports," which for me has just been wading in the ocean.