Maasdam
Sail date: March 24, 2017
erikgaylene
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Snorkel, swim, dive
Good shopping here. We spent a very pleasant couple of hours enjoying a drink & snacks at the Lahaina Yacht Club, doing our internet and gazing out at the ocean and our ship at anchor.
Do a tour to the National Park to see the volcano and walk through a lava tube.
Take school supplies, first aid supplies, sports equipment, books for the children. Buy woven baskets and shell jewelry.
More swimming, snorkeling...
Buy French Polynesian francs at home before you leave, you get a better exchange rate at your bank than at an ATM on the islands, and better deals using the francs.
As above
The currency on this island is the New Zealand dollar; they also accept US dollars. Good snorkeling and swimming.
Take a 4 wheel drive drive into the hills beyond the main town.
Maasdam
With the condition the Maasdam is in at present, I would not recommend that anyone book a cruise on this ship right now.
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In general, the food on the Maasdam was excellent, as was the service. Although there was a variety of entertainment offered in the theatre, the performers, with only a few exceptions, were just average. The HAL singers and dancers were quite good, but only performed 6 or 7 nights of the 33. On several evenings, there was only a Natural Geographic film offered. There was a wide variety of daytime activities to chose from. Tendering presented a problem in several of the ports, with either rough seas or a very slow disembarkation process upsetting passengers. The ship itself had problems with the air-conditioning and plumbing, and even engine problems. Staterooms and hallways flooded, saturating carpet inside cabins and down hallways. This caused very unpleasant moldy and worse! smells. Snorkeling and swimming in the turquoise waters of the islands, relaxing on white sand beaches, and taking in the French Polynesia culture were the highlights of this trip. It is just unfortunate that HAL, which has a r long-standing reputation for immaculate ships, tarnished its reputation this cruise with the Maasdam, which is definitely in need of maintenance and repairs.