Jan 24, 2014 | Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
The phrase “pua’a ka’a” means “rolling pigs”, and this state park is named for the animal first introduced to Hawaii by British settlers in the 1800s. Unfortunately, these pigs, although intended to be a food source, had a wildly...
Jan 1, 2014 | Hawaii History, Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
Maui’s little community of Haiku played a pivotal role in the early days of the sugar industry when two missionary’s sons – named Samuel Alexander and Henry Baldwin – planted twelve acres of the new crop there in the early 1960s. The very next...
Dec 7, 2013 | Hawaii History, Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
The Road to Hana has a total of 59 bridges, 46 of which are only one lane wide. Amazingly, all but one of these is the original bridge, built in 1910 when the Hana Highway was first completed. Only one was so damaged by erosion that it had to be replaced. Today...
Oct 30, 2013 | Hawaii History, Hawaiin legends, Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
Father Damien’s path to official sainthood began in 1977, when the pope declared him “venerable”, the first step to canonization. Along the way two miracles were attributed to the loving spirit of Father Damien, including the miraculous 1997...
Oct 28, 2013 | Hawaii History, Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
In Father Damien’s loving hands, the colonies soon became orderly, even somewhat happy places. Although he could not cure leprosy, Father Damien and his way of faith brought a renewed sense of purpose to the colonists. Father Damien first became widely known...
