All Around Maui: Alan Batie's visit to Maui. September 16-30, 2002.: Hana Highway, including Blue Pool, overnight in a treehouse, red sand beach, and waterfalls. September 28, 2002.

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Waikamoi Ridge Trail


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This is a pretty large tree for the area.


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Monique listens to what the tree has to say.


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Heliconia plants.


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Heliconia plants.


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The hillside across the gulch is covered with bamboo.


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Native ferns share the mostly non-native forest.


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Climbing vines have this tree in a strangle hold.


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I bet there's really good hiking beyond this sign.

Lower Puohokamoa Falls

Shown here with a very light flow, this is a large waterfall, and the road passes almost directly over it. But most drivers don't even know it exists. There's no evidence of it from the road.


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This is where you park to walk to the lookout for Lower Puohokamoa Falls. This is 8/10 mile past the 10 mile marker.

Treehouse in Hana

We stayed overnight in a two-story treehouse (three stories if you count the "kitchen," which is on the ground at the base of the tree. The master bedroom (pictured here) has a king-size bed in it. There is a queen-size bed and a double bed elsewhere in the treehouse. We had hoped for a nicer treehouse for our $140/night, but this was comfortable enough.


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Alan relaxes after a long day of driving.


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One of several views of the master bedroom.


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The view off of the treehouse, in the morning.


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The view off of the treehouse, in the morning.


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The master bedroom in the morning. Tree is holding the door open.


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Putting insect repellant on Tree (he's behind the mosquito net).


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This is the view from the main treehouse balcony, looking toward the back. The queen-size second bed is visible with a blue sheet on it. Access to the tree house is by the stairs visible at the left.


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This is the kitchen. There was a propane-fired stove, and running water. The bathroom was a separate shelter about 40 feet through the woods. It had a flush toilet, a sink, and a shower with hot water.


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Blue Pool

In Hawaii, it's rare for a waterfall to fall right into the ocean (or almost). This is one of those rare occurrences where there is a waterfall on one side of you and the sea on the other.

I made this vertical panorama using the free Panorama Tools and PTAssembler software packages.


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This is the view looking northeast from Blue Pool.


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With the sun behind the pool, rainbows graced the waterfall

Red Sand Beach


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Notice the contradictory messages on this sign. This is the trail that leads to Red Sand Beach.


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You can see why the sand is red here. The beach is carved out of this red cinder cone.


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The ocean was really rolling today, like a big boiling pot.


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The ocean was really rolling today, like a big boiling pot.

Hana Ranch

Many cows and nice hills. This was taken in front of the Hana Hotel.


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Wailua Falls

This is a few miles past Hana.


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Wailua Falls is a very popular spot for organized tour groups.


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