Road to Hana... or Road to Divorce?

On the last full day of our trip we decided to tackle the Road to Hana.  This road consists of approx. 620 curves, and 59 one lane bridges.  Hana is about 52 miles from Kahului and takes about 2 and 1/2 hours to get there.  Most rental car companies forbid you to drive all the way around due to rough roads, landslides, and no cell phone service and since our trip down Haleakala wasn't our best moments... we decided to take a charter bus on the road to Hana. 

I have a tendency to get car sick, so when I booked our tour they made our stop the first pick-up so I could sit in the front.  I also purchased some motion sickness medicine to help.  Good news... I did not get car sick during our trip to Hana.  Yeah!

If you look closely.  You can see the road cut out in the side of the landscape.  This is part of the road we have already traveled on our way to Hana.

Lava rocks

There were lots of big and little water falls along the Road to Hana.

Rainbow Eucalyptus Tree!  This has to be my new favorite tree.  It is beautiful.  This picture does not do the tree justice.

Black Sand Beach

Going into the lava tube.

Looking out of the lava tube.

Black sand beach.

Seven Sacred Pools

Seven Sacred Pools

Banyan Tree

Charles Lindbergh's Grave site

The landscape on the other side of Hana is drastically different than the rain forest side.  This is called the Little Grand Canyon of Maui.

Here are some pictures of some flowers we saw at a flower garden we had lunch at during our trip to Hana!

Maui was a beautiful place and we can't wait to plan our next trip.  Thank you to my co-worker Betty and her husband Tim for letting us stay at their condo during our trip.