KAUIA TRIP

BEFORE MY HUSBAND AND I HAD OUR SON WE HIKED ON THE KALALAU TRAIL ON THE NAPALI COAST WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SHORE AND IS A RUGGED AND BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE OCEAN. CENTURIES AGO HAWAIIAN SETTLEMENTS FLOURISHED HERE AS THEY WERE SELF SUFFICIENT ON FOOD THEY GREW AND FISH THEY ATE. THIS TRAIL IS OFTEN FLOODED AND HAS MANY MOSQUITOES HERE. BE SURE TO BRING SOME BUG REPELLENT. WE BROUGHT OUR BACKPACK TENT AND STAYED OVERNIGHT. WE TRIED TO GET TO AN ISLAND WATERFALL BUT THE TRAILS BECAME SO SLIPPERY AND FULL OF FROGS WE TURNED BACK. WE HAD TO CROSS THE RIVER MANY TIMES. THE CLIFFS DROP 4000 FEET DOWN TO THE OCEAN AND THERE ARE MANY WATER FALLS, HEIAU OR SACRED SITES. THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP THEIR CULTURE ALIVE. THEIR ANCIENT SITES ARE CALLED CITIES OF REFUGE. THEY ARE NOT TO BE TOUCHED OR DAMAGED. THE ROCK WALLS ARE NOT TO BE CLIMBED ON EITHER.

WAILUA COMPLEX HAS PETROGLYPHS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE RIVER. THE DESIGNS INCLUDE HUMAN FORMS, FISH AND GEOMETRIC FORMS. THE RIVER HAS A TOURIST BOAT THAT WE TOOK AND IT GOES TO A SMALL FERN GROTTO. THEY TALK ABOUT A SLEEPING GIANT THAT IS A ROCK FORMATION. IT IS THE ONLY NAVIGABLE RIVER RIVER IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. IN WAILUA THERE ARE TWO DRAMATIC FALLS TOGETHER THAT MY FAMILY HAS VISITED. THEY ARE 80' TALL AND FALL INTO A BIG POOL OF WATER.

AT HANALEI BAY, WE SWAM AT THIS WHITE SAND BEACH AND THERE WAS A GOOD PLACE TO SURF. MY HUSBAND BODY SURFED AND I TRIED TO SURF WITH A BEACH BOARD AND HAD SOME LUCK. IT IS FAMOUS FOR THE SONG "PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON".

WIKIPEDIA.COM