Hana, Maui

[sourmilkpinky]

I am in need of a little advice. I am about to embark on an incredible journey. My husband and I are going to Maui. We plan on riding a bike around the isalnd and I plan on stopping in Hana.
I do not want to intrude on 'George's space' as a fan, but I want to certainly experience all I can that was dear to him.
If that makes sense, does anyone have any suggestions, or reading material that I could look into. Thanks.
Also...does anyone think that it would be wrong to wear a Beatles shirt when I go....

[beatlelover45223]

I wish I could say I had been there, you "lucky lady"to offer some advice, I definitely would wear a Beatle shirt and you have to get a flowered shirt while there too... a bike ride sounds great! :teeth1:

[Hari's Chick]

Oh, you are going to have so much fun!!!!

Hana is wonderful! You gotta see so much... like the Seven Sacred Pools (here is a link to get you in the mood... http://www.boomercafe.com/beatleswimming.htm), and Haleakala (maybe when you can say "there goes the sun/ Here Comes the Moon"!), and there is that uke shop George went to in Maui (anyone have that link? I forget and could not find it...but it was posted here at Links before).

A great book is called Maui Revealed by Doughty and it has great info and pics... about 27 pages on Hana alone. I have titles of some books I read on hawaiian mythology I can dig up, back from when I went, that were interesting to read, too. :smile1:

Hana highway is supposed to be about 38 miles and take an hour to drive, but took us three because it is so beautiful...so even on bike especially don't miss that! We stayed at Hotel Hana Maui .. it has a nice localish art gallery and decent but overpriced food. For excellent food try Mama's just before Hana highway for at least one meal. It is famous for how awesome it is with the local folks! It is so so GREAT!

On the other side of Maui, don't miss Hard Rock cafe, but watch the Hurricane (drink) because even though you get to keep the glass (!!!!!!!) if you can finish the drink.... it is not worth that the next day!!! :barf2:

Oh, you are going to have an amazing time! Hana is a quiet place and any Beatle shirt will only be met with smiles I think!

[sourmilkpinky]

Thank you very much. You have certainly helped. Believe it or not I was having a hard time getting excited about going,lol. I would love it if anyone can remember the uke shop. I am kinda hoping to get one as my 'one' souvenior.

[FPSHOT]

Everything I have heard from and seen of Hana makes me smile and want to be there :smile1:

[Sally]

I want to go too.

[Hari's Chick]

Pinky,

Nadine's music is in Kahului, which is central Maui. Here is the link to the article about it~
http://keola.editthispage.com/stories/storyReader$873

I am really excited for you! You won't even imagine how beautiful Hana is. When are you going? You know in June they hold the annual Slack Key Guitar Festival at the Maui Arts Cultural Center! I believe they also have a big uke thing in that same show. :smile1: Oh, you lucky girl!

[Siobhan]

Sounds wonderful Pinky. Hana sounds beautiful. Hope you have a great time and tell us all about it :smile1:

[FPSHOT]

Hana is beautiful :smile1:

[beatlebangs1964]

And so is the song, "Soft Hearted Hana." How wonderful that you get to go!

[sourmilkpinky]

Thanks everyone... I plan a full (although I am sure not as eloquent as HC's) report when I return.

[beatlebangs1964]

Just as long as we get a report, Milk. :smile1: :laugh4:

[Hari's Chick]

Thanks everyone... I plan a full (although I am sure not as eloquent as HC's) report when I return.

You are very sweet... (((hugs)))

You will never believe how beautiful it is! (until of course, you see it! lol!)

[beatlelover45223]

Thanks everyone... I plan a full (although I am sure not as eloquent as HC's) report when I return.

pinky you underestimate yourself.... :teeth1:

[FPSHOT]

You will never believe how beautiful it is! (until of course, you see it! lol!)

I want to find that out about Hana too...very much

[sourmilkpinky]

Pinky,

Nadine's music is in Kahului, which is central Maui. Here is the link to the article about it~
http://keola.editthispage.com/stories/storyReader$873

I am really excited for you! You won't even imagine how beautiful Hana is. When are you going? You know in June they hold the annual Slack Key Guitar Festival at the Maui Arts Cultural Center! I believe they also have a big uke thing in that same show. :smile1: Oh, you lucky girl!


I leave tomorrow!! I guess I will miss the Festival. I promise to leave a few ukes in the shops tho.

[FPSHOT]

Have a great time Pinky :smile1:

Hana is beautiful

[luvsthebeatles]

Have a great time Pinky! Sounds great, I can't wait to read your report :smile1:

And the bike you're going to be riding wouldn't happen to be a motorbike would it? :wink1: I want a motorcycle :wink2:

[Celebrian]

Have a great time! I've only ever been to the Big Island, so I have no clue what Maui is like, but it's all beautiful. And the pineapples! Oh the pineapples!!

Remember your lei! And take plenty of pics for us back home!

[beatlelover45223]

Aloha Pinky, have a great time, travel safe! :cool1:

[sourmilkpinky]

thanks again everyone! And luvs...of course a motorbike...a Harley of course..
see you all on the 30th. Aloha

[luvsthebeatles]

See you later then Pinky! Have a totally fab (:wink1:) time :teeth1:

[sourmilkpinky]

just a quick aloha from Maui :) This hotel internet is not fun,lol. Have not made the trip to Hana as of yet. I have never felt more like a tourist.
It is warm,sunny and windy...and I am having fun.
I would like to send individua pms...but time is awasting..and this is slower than the computer from home....

[twovirgins]

just a quick aloha from Maui :) This hotel internet is not fun,lol. Have not made the trip to Hana as of yet. I have never felt more like a tourist.
It is warm,sunny and windy...and I am having fun.
I would like to send individua pms...but time is awasting..and this is slower than the computer from home....
I hope and know you are having fun ~!!!! keep your toes in the sand

[beatlelover45223]

just a quick aloha from Maui :) This hotel internet is not fun,lol. Have not made the trip to Hana as of yet. I have never felt more like a tourist.
It is warm,sunny and windy...and I am having fun.
I would like to send individua pms...but time is awasting..and this is slower than the computer from home....

Aloha friend! :teeth1: are you tan like this :cool1: now?

[luvsthebeatles]

just a quick aloha from Maui :) This hotel internet is not fun,lol. Have not made the trip to Hana as of yet. I have never felt more like a tourist.
It is warm,sunny and windy...and I am having fun.
I would like to send individua pms...but time is awasting..and this is slower than the computer from home....
Hope you are having fun Pinky!:cool1:

[beatlebangs1964]

thanks again everyone! And luvs...of course a motorbike...a Harley of course..
see you all on the 30th. Aloha

Ever ride on a Honda?

[chiliace]

just a quick aloha from Maui :) This hotel internet is not fun,lol. Have not made the trip to Hana as of yet. I have never felt more like a tourist.
It is warm,sunny and windy...and I am having fun.
I would like to send individua pms...but time is awasting..and this is slower than the computer from home....

Pinky, you are not a tourist, per se. I would think you are a more of a pilgrim on a journey. Have fun on your journey, see you when you get back.

[Sally]

just a quick aloha from Maui :) This hotel internet is not fun,lol. Have not made the trip to Hana as of yet. I have never felt more like a tourist.
It is warm,sunny and windy...and I am having fun.
I would like to send individua pms...but time is awasting..and this is slower than the computer from home....

Have fun babes, missing you!!!

[Celebrian]

just a quick aloha from Maui :) This hotel internet is not fun,lol. Have not made the trip to Hana as of yet. I have never felt more like a tourist.
It is warm,sunny and windy...and I am having fun.
I would like to send individua pms...but time is awasting..and this is slower than the computer from home....

Hope you're having agreat time on the motorbike! Look forward to hearing your report :wave1:

[Hari's Chick]

just a quick aloha from Maui :) This hotel internet is not fun,lol. Have not made the trip to Hana as of yet. I have never felt more like a tourist.
It is warm,sunny and windy...and I am having fun.
I would like to send individua pms...but time is awasting..and this is slower than the computer from home....

I know that tourist-y feel! LOL! Warm, sunny, and windy.... mmmm... can you hand me a pina colada from there?? :wink2:

[Hari's Chick]

Ever ride on a Honda?

That reminds me of George's remark in Japan, getting out of his car ...(to the interviewer), "Sorry it's not a Honda"! :smile1:

[beatlemad]

Sounds Great!

[sourmilkpinky]

Had a little drizzle rain this moring...so I popped in!! Loving it and wish you could all be here with me. I would pass out the pina colada's. mai tai's and my new fave the lava flow....and of course a few fruit punches too! As for the Honda....oh yes..I went to Alaska on a Honda Goldwingalmost 23 years ago :) well the sun is out again...and my lazy friends are waking up...the beach is calling...talk soon Aloha

[twovirgins]

Had a little drizzle rain this moring...so I popped in!! Loving it and wish you could all be here with me. I would pass out the pina colada's. mai tai's and my new fave the lava flow....and of course a few fruit punches too! As for the Honda....oh yes..I went to Alaska on a Honda Goldwingalmost 23 years ago :) well the sun is out again...and my lazy friends are waking up...the beach is calling...talk soon Aloha
Aloha!

[luvsthebeatles]

Had a little drizzle rain this moring...so I popped in!! Loving it and wish you could all be here with me. I would pass out the pina colada's. mai tai's and my new fave the lava flow....and of course a few fruit punches too! As for the Honda....oh yes..I went to Alaska on a Honda Goldwingalmost 23 years ago :) well the sun is out again...and my lazy friends are waking up...the beach is calling...talk soon Aloha
The rain in Hawaii feels so much better than the rain here inland. I'm glad you're loving it! :teeth1:

[beatlelover45223]

:cool1: Aloha, see ya soon, I know sooner than you want it to be, hopes Hawaii was way more than you anticipated!

[sourmilkpinky]

Hmmmm a full report... I knew this would be difficult.

Quite simply..had a very good time. Not the trip I envisioned...but I am not sure what I thought it would be. Like I already said..the touristy feeling was hard to deal with. We went with three other couples who had plans on what they wanted..so even tho we were there for a week...I felt alot of time was 'wasted'.

But on to the good things about the trip. We did a little snorkeling which was fun..and the only time I actually went in the ocean. We did a Luau, good food, fun entertainment..and unlimited maitais...unfortunatley at that altitude...they did little for me,lol. I do believe we travelled just about every highway on the island..and many 'side roads'. Beautiful country when you look past the 'civilization'.
The highlight of the trip for me was the one day Harley ride to the top of the volcanoe. I felt at 'home' on the bike....and the scenery was much like home. I got very little color...but that is okay... I can lay out and get tan here.

Now on to the 'topic' at hand. For those of you that do not know Hana, I will be cliche and say just go......It is the kind of place that you will get out of it exactly what you want.
The time restraints and company that accompanied me there did not show me the side of Hana I wanted to witness....but I saw it...felt it...knew it was there. I quaint little town..no, village that seemed to speak true Hawaii to me. I didn't even get out of the car...but that didn't keep me from seeing the beauty. And for those that don't know about 'The Road to Hana'....it is in itself is a road to the heart of the island. It is 52 miles, 37 of which is a narrow, winding, 15 mph, at times one lane road...laced and full of beauty...side trips...and sights to behold. It took us 4 hours jut to go those 52 miles.....exhausting,lol. The other road 'out' of Hana I can only imagine is even more full of the magic...much of it is 'forbidden' for rental cars.
I could certainly see how it attracted our George there. And of course every little driveway I passed..I thought..could that be his piece of heaven?

No uke purchase....but that is okay...

Glad to be back.

[sourmilkpinky]

Oh and the humorous side of the trip....we actually had two separate groups of people comment.." How cool that you rode your Harley's here" :)

[luvsthebeatles]

Wow, that sounds amazing :smile1: Glad you had a good time!!

[beatlelover45223]

:flower1: I am so glad that you did the snorkel thing, that is the best, I have snorkeled several times for hours in the Caribbean, bliss to me!!!

I am sorry that you didn't get to do more things you perhaps would have liked more, glad to see you got out on the bikes....That volcano sounded cool! I went to the top of an active one on one of the islands in the Caribbean, awesome!

Were the people of Hawaii friendly? I would have been in the water all the time, how was the place you stayed at? was it a resort?

[sourmilkpinky]

I found the people of Hawaii friendly.....This is a hard concept for me cause I am the type to rarely begin/carry on 'personal' conversations with 'strangers'. I figure they are there to do a 'job' and don't have the time for the 'likes' of me,lol. But some of the people I were there with were the 'talkative type' and from listening in (as well as I can) to their conversations..very friendly...except for much of the resataraunt wait staff..but that is a whole other topic :)

We stayed at a typical hotel type..not quite a resort...no golf course on the property...they didn't do there own luau or shopping mall...but had the salon..massage palour, 2 pools and such... right on the beach..maybe a mini resort,lol.

I think the only reason I didn't spend the whole time in the water...my husband doesn't swim...at all...doesn't float and doesn't do the 'beach thing'. I was quite surprised and impressed we got him out on a boat and snorkeling in 35 feet or so water ;)
But I think we saw more of that island than most...and if we had a bike the whole time...we would have covered every square inch of road dirt or paved,lol.

[DizzymissLizzy909]

Will your husband do the 'wading in the water' thing at all? :wink1:

Glad you got to do some snorkeling! I bet that'd be tons of fun to try. Sorry you also had to travel with the other groups and didn't get as much done as you would've lliked, but it still sounds like you enjoyed the trip. Did you get a tan?

[sourmilkpinky]

LOL...nope no tan...a tad of color maybe. Every one said use the sunscreen...so I did...hmmm...and a hat.... and yes the husband 'wades'.....but not when there is more exploring to do :) It is funny, we couldn't get him off the rocks. Every place we stopped he would wander out on the slippery rocks overlooking deep choppy water...I was just glad that he never fell in...He kept saying...it is okay..Shelly's an experienced swimmer....I see a big difference between fresh water lake swimming and ocean swimming,lol.

[beatlelover45223]

Love that salt water, makes swimming so easy, you can't sink with all that salt content, makes you very bouyant.... :cool1:

[Hari's Chick]

Oh, your trip sounds wonderful~ ***smiling about the driveway comment*** ~ it is a feeling like..hmmm, maybe there? there? there? LOL... Isn't it so beautiful? And taking so many hours for the Hana hwy, yes yes! There is just so much beauty there...the waterfalls... lush surroundings... we also had someone try to sell us pot, lol, and someone did sell us a hat woven from long native leaves. I saw one woman meditating nearby a waterfall on the Hana hwy. Did you happen to see the roadside grotto with Virgin Mary? That was in Hana~ someone had put a garland of flowers around her.

I'm glad you guys snorkled! That's fun! :smile1: :fish:

I hope you got heaps of pictures!

[sourmilkpinky]

I did see the Virgin Mary...also noticed the Budhist Temple...kinda wanted to check that out....Lot's of pics..for us anyways. I will try to post some a bit later.
Absolutely gorgeous tho...very interesting people along the roadside there...If our car hadn't been full...I would have loved to pick up a few of the hitchikers ;)