The Road to Hana

On Tuesday morning, Matthew and I took a self-guided tour "The Road to Hana". It is an interactive CD that has its own map and tells you about all of the wonderful spots to see along the way! It was our intention to get going early (mind you, early in the Poulin Household is 10:00 a.m.) Thus after a very quick and unsatisfying breakfast we took to the road about 9:30 a.m. By the time we had stopped for gas and beverages it was 10:00 a.m. Not very early as we eventually learned!

The drive is very scenic and is indeed winding! (Next time: Melissa's drives). Each site is a recommended stop and there are about twenty of them along the way! They are in fact beautiful and very different from the previous stop. It was about 2:00 p.m. when we finally stopped for lunch and we were still 3 miles from Hana and had a lot left to see. It was then that I decided we had left too late! We would definitely be driving down the mountain at night! (Ever seen Melissa scared? Drive down a winding road with crazy drivers behind you and your husband is zipping along the curves like it is a straight-away! I wore myself out just from the stress of riding down hill! This is why Melissa drives next time!!)

Below are some of the pictures from our many stops!

Unfortunately you can no longer drive around the entire island due to a major earthquake in 2006 that took out part of the road! Thus when we were ready to head back home we had to go the long way! It was 3 hours! It was very obvious that there are a lot of locals who drive this road on a regular basis, maybe even daily and they would drive like crazy people! All of the bridges are 1 lane and do you think they would yield...heck no!

All in all we survived and it is something I would do again! One funny note: on our CD the lady narrator began speaking about the Charles Lindburgh grave site. (He is buried on the East side of Maui). All of the maps we have been given indicate the site, many people mention that it is one of the stops you should make, yet the CD tells you not to go there out of respect for the family. ??? Then why is it printed on every map? If you don't want people to come to the grave site, then don't publish it!!! Enough said!

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