Life with Mona & Brent: Hana Tour

Awoke at 5 am to catch a shuttle to Kahului at 6:25. The driver of this shuttle must have still been sleeping as he didn’t know where to pick us up. Good thing Brent was keeping an eagle eye out for the shuttle! ...and it was slightly raining of course...

This was a great tour around the crater through the rainforest, along the ocean to Hana and beyond. Best part was Brent didn’t have to drive and he could also enjoy the view as once again there were some amazing sights. Kimo was our driver and liked to repeat himself several times. Quite often it was in the same sentence... and everyone is related to everyone. Kimo had many cousins and aunties and he grew up around Hana. Makes one wonder if some of his stories were true?! He gives the true meaning of “hang loose”...grew up surfing and living day to day.

I did manage to get just a “couple” of photos so enjoy the ride with us 😉 a lot of them are through the van window!

Rainforest is so lush

Coastline

Roads are narrow and windy

African tulip brought here by “Lord what’s his name” 😂

Lots of pictures of wave action...so cool...hard to take these as it was pouring rain! I had ducked down beside this van and of course you couldn’t see inside for all the “smoke” 😉

Every once and awhile structures pop up...and cousin so and so lives there 😉

You’re about to see a waterfall or two or three

Brent and I would pass the camera back and forth...so whatever was on his side he would take the shot...like this one

Rainbow eucalyptus...very cool tree

Roadside bbq chicken...sooo good...better than the lunch we got served

Food trucks everywhere!

These shots were at Black Sand beach

Kipahulu Falls...stopping here was crazy busy...it was like if I could stop in the middle of the road I would...people and cars and tour vans and the road was barely passable! But the Falls were so cool