Maui highlights

Sunset from our veranda. Who could ask for anything more?

Our first stop on the road to Hana. It is the road itself that is most important. It is one of Hawaii's most famous roads. It winds for 50 super curvy miles along Maui's north eastern shore. It crosses more than 50 one lane bridges. It takes about four hours each way. And as the guide books say "it is the journey not the destination." Twin Falls is a little touristy spot with a waterfall at the end of a slippery walk. They also sell banana bread, pineapple smoothies and passion fruit.

A pretty flower on the way to the falls.

A delightful detour. A bit like Pearl Bay. I loved Sea Change and it felt like the television show as we crossed the bridge. No cars had been allowed over this bridge for ages. They didn't want outsiders to see their little bit of paradise. We were going off the tracks as we walked down a leafy lane to get to a picnic spot.

Our guide book described Nahiku as a place where plants go to heaven. It also said that everything green seems so happy and healthy, you can almost hear them giggling.

I felt the same way. It was a magical place.

The walk down to our lunch spot.

And then  back into the car to drive to Hana. A tree had fallen across the road minutes before we arrived and Tom and twenty other people worked together  to pull it off the road. It gave me pause to think that if we had been there a couple of minutes earlier the tree may have fallen on us or if there had been no-one around to help move the tree we wouldn't have been able to drive though to Hana.

Life is very random and often nothing like what we plan for.

As I said before Hana seemed to be more about the road than the arrival. When we arrived we just drove through. It was tiny. After a long hot drive we decided to go for a swim at nearby Hanoa Beach. I got dumped a couple of times but we cooled off before driving home.