We took things easy on our seventh day in Maui, because we were still pretty exhausted from the Road to Hana the day before, and because my brother Ted needed to get dropped off at the airport to fly home in the evening. We decided to just drive around and leisurely explore, hitting a couple food places we wanted to eat. One place we wanted to try together before Ted left was Geste Shrimp Truck!

The Yokoyama siblings at Geste Shrimp Truck
Geste Shrimp Truck in Kahului.

 

Geste Shrimp Truck
Putting our orders in.

 

Waiting for our shrimp!
Waiting for our shrimp!

 

One of the foods I’ve been dreaming of having again since our trip two years ago to Oahu was garlic shrimp from a shrimp truck. The shrimp at Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck in Kahuku had been pretty amazing, and I was eager to find out how Geste measured up, as the two are often compared to each other.

My shrimp scampi
I got the shrimp scampi, loaded with garlic – yum!

 

Miwa's lemon pepper shrimp
Miwa’s lemon pepper shrimp

 

Dan's hot shrimp!
Dan got the hot, spicy shrimp… of course.

 

The verdict? Geste Shrimp was pretty good… but Dan and I agreed that Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck in Oahu is better, especially with their garlic shrimp and the garlic rice that accompanies it. In terms of their variety, though, Geste has a better selection of flavors to choose from.

After stuffing ourselves with shrimp, we drove over to Leilani Farm Sanctuary in Haiku for a Mio-friendly attraction — with goats, rabbits, donkeys, cats, peahens, pigs, tortoises, ducks, chickens, and deer residing at this animal farm, it’s known as “a paradise for rescued animals.”

 
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