Post #798427 by danlovestikis on Sun, Nov 3, 2019 8:06 PM

Part Three of day 9. 9/17/19.

We are off the helicopter and we were taken to the van. It was full of people who had gotten up at 5 am to catch the van to drive to Hana. As we boarded we heard the whispers. Do you recognize them? Are they one TV. Not sure maybe the movies. I guess arriving alone via an helicopter made an impression. We later confessed that it was only because they hadn't sold the other seats.

Our first stop was for 30 minutes. We were given a lunch the others didn't get fed. They hurried away to find a beach.

We spotted them down below.

A real black sand beach.

We spotted an arch of lava and then

we walked back to the van.

This is what it's like to ride on the road to Hana. It's not in great shape. I was trying to take a photo.

We passed some waterfalls but the vote was to not stop. We didn't care.

Another stop was a hike to the top of an overlook.

Then the hike back down.

We drove through Paia. This is a fun town to walk through but today we just slowly drove through in the van. We were dropped at the hotel. The ride back didn't take 3 hours. Our driver knew every turn by heart and was able to speed safely so he cut the trip to the airport down to 1 1/2 hours. But the other passengers still had 45 minutes to go on their ride to their hotels.

We stopped at a Wallgreens for some chips and enjoyed how different it was from the stores back home. So many choices!

So many bright colors.

This day is done. Five more days to go and then the trip home. Thank you for visiting my trip photos. Wendy