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Located in Maui Meadows (an upscale residential area), all the rooms here have private baths and separate living rooms. There’s a heated pool, a Jacuzzi, and fresh breakfast foods are left in the fridge each day.

For any activities high up the slopes of Haleakalā, you must take warm clothing.

Most easily described as male vocalists singing above their regular range, there is nothing so sweet as the sound of the Hawaiian falsetto.

Cloaks, lei , headware, and kāhili (standards) for the ali’i (chief) were all once fashioned from feathers. The birds were trapped so that specific feathers could be plucked, and then the creatures were released. Yellow, red, and black were the colors most often used. Today, artisans still craft lei of feathers from pheasant and other introduced species.

Maui’s only brewpub is a favorite hangout of west side residents who enjoy the nightly live music. The wine list has received the Award of Excellence for three years running. The beer is brewed in three large copper vats which can be seen by the patrons.

Fishing is good all year in the waters surrounding Maui and the neighboring islands. Halfand full-day charters are available on boats leaving Mā’alaea and Lahaina Harbors. You can troll for billfish, ono, mahimahi, ahi, and opakapaka. Lines can be cast from the rocky seawalls along the harbors and northshore beaches such as Honomanū.

Lahaina’s the place: Hinatea Sportfishing (667 7548), Luckey Strike (661 4606), or Start Me Up Sportfishing (667 2774).

Olonā fiber, derived from a native shrub, was commonly used in the old days to make fishing nets (a practice performed by men only). Strong and durable though it was, manmade materials such as nylon replaced olonā in the 20th century.

Each of the islands in the Hawaiian archipelago is actually the top of an underwater volcano. The oldest of the seven major islands (formed some 70 million years ago) is Kaua’i; the youngest Hawai’i, where the active Kīlauea volcano adds more landmass daily. A new island, Lō’ihi, is forming far below the ocean’s surface, southeast of Hawai’i.