We have some new friends! Raphael and Kutira and the Maui Eco Retreat are new "Home away from Home" in Maui. The retreat is precisely that. No traffic, no tourist throngs and more open space, open sky and open love than can be imagined. If you seek the sprawling resorts of Lahaina or the Luxury of Wailea... this is not the right spot. If you are more about the "Road to Hana" and the way the North shore illuminates the water in silence as you sit in a small bamboo temple on the face of a cliff, then you may never want to leave. This place is literally carved from the jungle and looks and feels it... which, if you are a permaculture type, is the best of the best. We will return here every time we are in Maui, without a doubt.