Sunday, 1 January 2023
Overnight we sailed to Maui for the first day of the new year. Today we were on an excursion along the coast to the town of Hana - along the infamous Road to Hana. It is a road of many curves and several one-way bridges.
Our first stop was at Keanae Lookout on a small peninsula into the ocean.
Overnight we sailed to Maui for the first day of the new year. Today we were on an excursion along the coast to the town of Hana - along the infamous Road to Hana. It is a road of many curves and several one-way bridges.
Our first stop was at Keanae Lookout on a small peninsula into the ocean.
Cal had an opportunity to use his tripod and take a slow waterfall picture. Unfortunately the stop was not long enough, and the guide had to fetch Cal and get him in the van.
From an old dock this is Pu'Uku Islet Seabird Sanctuary and Pu'Uku Island.
Hana was decimated in the 1946 tsunami - originally surrounding the bay the town was moved to higher ground when rebuilt. Most of what you see up into the mountains was (or is) owned by a rancher. That rancher provided the funds for the city renovation.
Huge cliffs of black lava rocks covered in green jungle and jutting out into the crystal-blue water. So popular you now need a reservation to get past the gate.
We learned Hawaii has relatively few native flora and fauna due to their location as islands.
The small white church is Coral Miracle Church (Saint Gabriel's Mission). The miracle was a storm washing in loose coral to build the church and once built a second storm took the coral back into the ocean.
