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JANUARY, 2010: HAWAII, VOLUME IV -- HANA

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The Highway to Hana is spectacular, with beautiful sights along the way. Hana is also beautiful. However, by the time you get here it seems like you have arrived in the middle of nowhere (or maybe the far edge of nowhere). It was a bit late and we went into, I believe, the only restaurant which was open (at the Hotel Hana). As we stepped into the restaurant, an attendant met us, looked us over, and said "I'm sorry, you don't fit our dress code." You must be dressed up and in a tie to eat in the restaurant. As we turned to leave, the attendant said that we could be served in the lounge.<br /> <br /> Somehow, a suit and tie would be about the last things I would consider packing for a trip to an isolated tropical jungle town.
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The Highway to Hana is spectacular, with beautiful sights along the way. Hana is also beautiful. However, by the time you get here it seems like you have arrived in the middle of nowhere (or maybe the far edge of nowhere). It was a bit late and we went into, I believe, the only restaurant which was open (at the Hotel Hana). As we stepped into the restaurant, an attendant met us, looked us over, and said "I'm sorry, you don't fit our dress code." You must be dressed up and in a tie to eat in the restaurant. As we turned to leave, the attendant said that we could be served in the lounge.

Somehow, a suit and tie would be about the last things I would consider packing for a trip to an isolated tropical jungle town.

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  • The Highway to Hana is spectacular, with beautiful sights along the way. Hana is also beautiful. However, by the time you get here it seems like you have arrived in the middle of nowhere (or maybe the far edge of nowhere). It was a bit late and we went into, I believe, the only restaurant which was open (at the Hotel Hana). As we stepped into the restaurant, an attendant met us, looked us over, and said "I'm sorry, you don't fit our dress code." You must be dressed up and in a tie to eat in the restaurant. As we turned to leave, the attendant said that we could be served in the lounge.<br /> <br /> Somehow, a suit and tie would be about the last things I would consider packing for a trip to an isolated tropical jungle town.
  • We found the lounge likely more of what we wanted than what the restaurant would have been anyway. Food was quite good. Entertainment was better than what this video would lead you to believe (I included the video more for our memory's sake -- it was recorded from across the room, so all the noises between us and the singers are distracting). However, if you choose to watch it you may get some feel for how this place seems to be a gathering place for locals. The lady who dances toward the end just got in there on her own volition. It was obvious that she was not part of the regular "act," but that she was respected for her knowledge of local dance. So that was interesting.
  • I think this video captures the talent a bit better. Yep: I think we enjoyed this much more than what we would have in a stuffy restaurant with a tie on (there was no entertainment in the restaurant).
  • In Hotel Hana lobby.
  • A bit south of the town of Hana.<br /> <br /> For those who love to watch waves only.<br /> <br /> Music by Kevin MacLeod of incompetech.com
  • Impressive banyan tree along the Pipiwai Trail, on the way up to Waimoku Falls.
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  • The trail traversed in a couple of places over a deep valley. That's all bamboo behind me.
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  • Bamboo forest. In the scene where Bev starts playing with the bamboo, notice how TALL the stuff is. Hard to believe this is actually a type of grass. Hope no one mows it while we are there!
  • Little adventitious root "skirts" are near the base of nearly every stalk.
  • T'would be difficult to run through here.
  • Waimoku Falls, at the end of the Pipiwai Trail.
  • Waimoku Falls. Time to head back down the trail.
  • This is how Bev quenched her thirst.
  • As you can tell, this is not exactly a "wilderness" type of trail. Very well placed and maintained. Easy walking, for the most part.
  • But it is a walk through a wonderland.
  • Looking up the valley, toward Waimoku Falls.
  • Back to big banyan. I wonder how much torque is pushing downward on the base of some of these branches!
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