Oct 17, 2013 | Paia, Road to Hana Weather, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
Rest Of Today…Mostly sunny until mid morning then becoming partly sunny. Scattered showers in the morning. Slight chance of thunderstorms through the day. Showers likely in the afternoon. Highs around 80 at The shore to around 66 at 5000 feet. East winds around...
Oct 16, 2013 | Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
The Hana Highway was not mapped out, built and paved overnight. It happened in stages. First, a complex system of canals was built to carry water from east Maui to Hana to irrigate the grounds of different plantations. Although not the same as roads, the building...
Oct 15, 2013 | Paia, Road to Hana Weather, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
Rest Of Today…Partly sunny. Scattered showers and chance of thunderstorms late in the morning…Then showers likely and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Highs around 81 at The shore to around 69 at 5000 feet....
Oct 13, 2013 | Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
The first modern roads on Maui began to be built around the late 1800s. Many of these early roads led to and from different plantations in the town of Hana, where sugar, pineapple, wheat and rubber all flourished. In 1849, George Wilfong opened the first sugar cane...
Oct 12, 2013 | Paia, Road to Hana Weather, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
Today…Mostly sunny until mid morning…Then partly sunny with scattered showers in the late morning and afternoon. Highs around 84 at The shore to around 72 at 5000 feet. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Chance...
Oct 11, 2013 | Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
In the days when powerful chieftains ruled the island, land was bestowed in tracts called ahupua’a that ran from the mountains down to the ocean. To visit between villages, islanders traveled by canoe from one stretch of beach to another. The first inland path...