Hana Trip

Well, it's hard to believe, but we only have one more day here. We are planning on heading up north to catch one of the beaches we missed on our last rip up there. It's supposed to have some good snorkeling.

Our trip to Hana was great! We ended up with 200 pictures. Don't worry, I won't put them all on. But it was hard to pick the ones to use. It was such a spectacular drive and stay.
One of our first stops on the road to Hana was at Twin Falls. This huge plant was on the walk in.
Here we are at Twin Falls. We didn't swim at this one, but at some later pools along the way we did. If you notice there's a rope hanging there in front of the falls just waiting for someone to take a swing on.

One of the many amazing vistas along the road. This is looking back across a bay at where we just came from. The road to Hana is only 52 miles long, but it has over 600 turns in it and I can't remember how many bridges--lost and they're all one lane bridges. It took us over four hours to drive it.
This is tropical rain forest country... lush and green. Here's Deanna hanging on to some vines that where hanging down from this tree.
At a Botanical Garden stop along the way we took a short walk through the different plant. This is a Rainbow Gum (or Eucalyptus) tree.

... and some interesting flowers...

There were some incredible sea-scapes along the way. This was Deanna's favorite stop. The waves crashing over the lava rock was beautiful. There were also some tide pools to look through. We ended up eating our box lunch here.


same stop as above.
Our only full day in Hana we went on a hike up to Wailuku falls. It was about two miles each way. Along the way the trail was lined with these Guava trees. We must have eaten a dozen guava each or more.

Here's what the fruit looks like after you peel it. You eat seeds and all. So sweet and juicy!
Can you guess what this is? It's coffee beans. There were a couple of trees in this one area.
The coolest thing on the hike, though, was the bamboo forest. As we walked through, the wind blew the bamboo and it was like walking through a giant wind chime. These bamboos were so tall and the bent in over the trail making a canopy.

Looking up in the bamboo forest.

Another waterfall

We also made it down to the Red Sand Beach. We almost missed it. There are no signs or anything point the way. We were about to leave when we saw another couple walking out across a field, so we followed. And, boy! were we glad we did.

Finally, a Hana land mark--the Hasegawa General Store. It was established in 1910 and is an experience all in itself. There's even a song written about it! They have more stuff piled into this little store than you can imaging.

Anyway, that's about it for now. Got to get some school work done. I need to work ahead here and get my Tuesday work done by tomorrow. Mahalo for spending time with us. Aloha.