The Lantern Floating Festival Hawaii is an emotional revelation only experienced on Memorial Day in Waikiki, specifically at Ala Moana Beach Park.

So, before my sister got married, we would do year end holiday trips with each other. In the year of 2014, I made plans with her to go all the way to Australia! And luckily with the airline routing rules back then, we were allowed one stopover.

Oh man, Maui was great. Where do I start? First off, this was a trip planned by my boyfriend. So I had no idea what would happen other than that there was an itinerary set in motion once we land down in Maui.