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<\/a> \nWhat wiki does not tell you is how AWESOME this is to drive, and you need to keep your wits about you and your passengers need strong stomachs. Erich even bought a “survivors shirt” in Hana! Also note I am still the driver despite the change of sides! We knew it would be a long day and wanted to do some walks past Hana on the Pipiwai trail in the Halekala national park. We were up at 5 and the sun had just risen as we hit the Hana road. Only seeing a couple of locals on the drive was amazing and more to be said for the way back. <\/p>\n
On the way back we stopped at some of the beaches including Black sands beach, Koki beach and also watch some surfers on Ho’okipa beach.<\/p>\n Bettys on a Wednesday was lobster night!!! Careful to make sure we made it back for happy hour we got a prime seat on the terrace which meant we could also watch the Hawaiian luau next door. We shared a starter and prepared ourselves for our yummy lobsters…<\/p>\n You may have heard of the “road to Hana”. Wiki says “Although H\u0101na is only about 52 miles (84 km) from Kahului, it takes about 2.5 hours to drive when no stops are made as the highway is very winding and narrow and passes over 59 bridges, 46 of which are only one lane wide.There… Continue reading More Maui<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worldwind-trip-around-the-world-in-72-days","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
\nBlack sand on the beaches from the volcano<\/p>\n<\/a> We were at our trails by 9 am but sadly due to a lot of rainfall the pools and waterfalls we wanted to swim in were not possible as so dangerous, at risk of flash flood and also brown from a the sudden water. Still we set off on an extremely sloppy muddy path to go through the bamboo forest and see the Waimoku falls<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nEntrance to bamboo forest<\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nIt was beautiful and a truly unique walk or mud slide and we returned covered in mud, hot and devoured by mosquitoes. The seven efficient pools above that you normally could swim in looked like the chocolate river from Charlie and the Chocolate factory. Still it was all well worth it!<\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nThe drive back took hours and traffic was heavy but we were appeased by spotting whales along the way and rewarded by a most beautiful sun set again taken from the car window…even traffic jams are beautiful in Maui!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nNext morning was another early start to do some more exploring on the Halekala national park but this time on the volcano crater rim. Another fantastic drive to the park entrance then another 45 minutes on a twisty windy road to the top! You get out your car like you’ve landed on another planet…<\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nYou can see some other Hawaiian or “Sandwich” islands around. This one in the distance is Big Island which is our next destination and also has a lot of volcanic activity. <\/p>\n<\/a> Not well equipped to do any major hikes and also knowing we had to be back pretty early for Bettys beach cafe! <\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nThey didn’t last long and so decided on a desert treat. We thought it was strange that after we ordered one desert the waitress said thanks and went to walk away. So my desert was pretty big and I did not even manage half. Erichs was an enormous mud pie and he pretty much polished if all off washed down with a couple more cocktails. I don’t know who was more surprised me or the waitress!<\/p>\n
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\nI don’t know if he’s looking at the plate or his tummy!!!<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"