Hawai'i - The Road to Hana

Like all good tourists we decided to drive the road to Hana.  A coastal road round Maui to the remote village of Hana.  The road is; a, narrow; b, twisty and c, full of tourists stopping to take photos of the magnificent scenery.  It drove me mad, what it must do the the locals I can't imagine.  It's 52 miles long has 620 curves and 59 narrow single lane bridges and it takes between 2 to 4 hours to complete.

Did I mention the scenery?

 And the waterfalls?

The plants?

Did you spot Jakki in this pic - giving a sense of the size of these Painted Gum Trees.


The road cut into the rock (you can just make out the cars and tour buses on the far side;

Of course we stopped on the way for the obligatory 'Plate Lunch'.

Once you get passed Hana the scenery changes from dense rain forest to grass land to barren rocks within a couple of miles;

We made it back just in time to capture the sun setting behind the clouds;