I had an unnerving exchange w/ a "touron" who had rented a Westy to travel around Hawaii. See pic of said vehicle & primo beach location in Makena on the south shore of the island of Maui last week: http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/571627.jpg
I was driving down a local beach road when I came upon this idyllic scene of the westy backed into a choice camping/parking spot & noticed 2 volks sitting in their beach chairs behind the westy & what appeared to be a wonderful day/place & way to be traveling in Hawaii. Evidently not! When I approached them to compliment them on their nice westy/ parking spot, the gent went off & started complaining about the "piece of crap" & the nightmare of a trip getting permits to camp, etc. At that point, my wonderful morning shattered, I told them to have a nice day & walked away! The atmosphere was so far from what I could imagine, that I didn't even want to further ruin my day by geting into the nitty gritty of what the problems were, so I left to keep my delusions intact. Anyone on the list? (I hope not) Sorry if your trip was not to your satisfaction, & I have no relation to the rental co. YMMV, Mr. BZ |
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