Sunday, February 10, 2008

Road to Hana

615am. We were on the road from Wailea to Hana. The trip took us back to the airport direction on the NE side then turn right on Hana Hwy along the coast. We stopped at Charley's for b'fast. It was good. Menu choices were different from your normal Western b'fast selections. Egg benedic with canjun pork, black bean burritos that could feed 3 people, to name a feel. After gotten everyone well fed, the trip officially began.

Twin Falls. Too muddy walking into the location; plus with all the rain, the water was just mud flow more than anything else. Later on the trip, we talked to this local lady selling coconut candies; she did not go into the water since the 70's. Too dangerous with the current and the water was full of bacterias. Seeing enough water falls around the world, I wasn't too thrill seeing another one anyway. After a short stay and witness this tourist did a flip on the muddy walkway, we continued our Road to Hana....

The road began to narrow and winding after Twin Falls. Narrow was right. Some places, you need to take your turn with the incoming traffic. There was black sand beach, lookouts, bamboo forest to see along the way. But again, u get really desensitized after seeing the same around the world. There were so much rain before we visited the area (one week of solid rain), land slide was common. We had to stop once for the work crew to clear a falling tree across the road. On the way back, we saw more signs of recent slides. Hana itself was not spectacular at all. Just a town. Apparently it was severely damaged during a recent tsunami in the 70's. The water falls along the way, all muddy. Too much water.

On the way back we had Thai food for lunch. Some young girl cooked it in front of us with a wok! Who would have thought? Getting authentic Thai food in Hana.

We bought some coconut candies - roasted with different flavours. Nice. Plus you want to support the locals.

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