Road to Hana

Here is the Road to Hana its so popular because it is filled with waterfalls and rainforest. 

Although it may look like a short trip, the road is so windy that it takes 3 hours just to get to Hana. 

We decided to take the back road to get back to our hotel (between Lahaina and Ka'anapali)

Even though the back road was mostly a narrow dirt road, hanging off the cliffs with signs that warn of no emergency services provided we actually preferred it to the much more popular north side. But on the North side we did see this...

and more waterfalls then we can remember. One of which empties out into O'heo Gulch or the 'Seven Sacred Pools' You can totally swim in any of the ponds that the waterfalls empty in to. Of course all is at your own risk. 

If you find yourself on the Road to Hana, skip the Twin Falls(first stop on the journey) its about a half hour hike to see a waterfall that isn't even as good as some of the other ones that can be seen off the highway. 

We meet an interesting character who makes beautiful shell leis. Although she had a strange obsession with Elvis and his family, all her leis had a story. The one we bought for ourselves is made out of large shells which have to be reborn by being sanded down and polished and they represent Christ. The white represents the waters of Maui and the Green, the rain forests of Maui. She may have been slightly off, but we love our keepsake. 

On the backside of the road we really had some fun. 

And we preferred the off road terrain. I guess we felt more like a local? Or maybe that we were discovering uncharted territory?

There is lava rock EVERYWHERE. 

Open Road

We probably should have taken footage when it was a little more exciting. You know when the cliff was hanging over us, on a one car road, when we couldnt see if someone else was coming at us. But I guess documentation wasnt really un the front of our mind at that moment.