First Stop on the Road to Hana...














"There's no point in driving directly to Hana, because there's nothing there." So began the CD tour we listened to on our 12/22-24 trip over to this easternmost town on the island. (The CD was right, by the way.) The point is to stop along the way to see waterfalls and other sights. Of course, we had to stop at Ho'okipa and watch the surfers in the North Shore waves (even though we've done that a few times). The drive is long and windy on a narrow road with lots of tourists; it rained most of the time and when we did stop we got soaked. It hadn't rained in a while, though, so the waterfalls were mere trickles and sort of disappointing. On top of that I had walking pneumonia and had the worst day in my three weeks of being sick. Sound like fun?! It actually was; we saw lots of interesting things (several photos follow) and now we can check it off our list of things to do while we're on Maui.