That's a Big Beach!

Makena State Park on the island of Maui near Kihei is comprised of three beaches. There is Big beach, Little beach and Black Sand beach. Black Sand beach is one of the most unused beaches on Maui, a fact I find hard to fathom. Two of the  beaches are also known by their Hawaiian names which are far prettier and much more interesting than their Haole names. Little Beach is also known as Pu’u Ola’i and Black Sand Beach is Naupaka Beach. They are both named after either the lava or the bushes that make up their landscape. Read More »

Yes, yes…I know.

Picking up hitchhikers is not always the safest of ideas.

But she doesn’t look like that mustached-stranger [usually named 'Kenny'] our Mom’s always warned us about, right?

And what better way to learn about the real Hawaii.

I drove.

She answered.

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