Wes beats P.T. but not Maui

I took the poll down but was a little surprised to see how handily Wes Anderson beat P.T. Anderson (9-1). However, I admit I was the lone vote for P.T., and I was a bit conflicted.

Back to Maui, the Crater was amazing. I have never been any place like it and could have explored longer...but then again, we were staying here:

So coming back to the hotel was not such a bad thing. We could snorkel right off of the beach from our hotel! We saw many colorful fish and several friendly sea turtles. I was slightly appalled by the people who insisted on petting the turtles, but they were indifferent.

Our hotel was the Sheraton Maui, which was really nice. But it had a few flaws:
1) employees seemed required to say 'Sheraton Maui' at least once per sentence [For example, every evening at dusk, they have this cliff diving ceremony, which reenacts a native Hawaiian tradition. During the 5 minute or so description, they must have said Sheraton Maui about 15 times. It was distracting to say the least.]
2) they charged for everything [we paid $20/week for our snorkel gear offsite; they charged $20/day!]
3) the food was pretty mediocre and definitely overpriced.

Stay tuned for at least for one more Hawaii post---the Road to Hana