Date:         Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:55:24 -0800
Reply-To:     mst@AK.NET
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From:         Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Maui Rental Westy
Comments: To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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Maui is a nice Island but it is one of the hardest to camp on due to a
lack of legal locations.  We were there in December/January and I ran
into some fellow Alaskans driving a rented Westy.  They had been on
Hawaii, Oahu, and Maui with it and found Maui to be the worst for
camping.  It was bad enough for them that they ended up at a friends
condo.

Mark in AK


On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM , Tom Buese wrote:

> 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