Monday, January 4, 2010

A morning in Hana

The next morning, Eric and I got up EARLY to go to Haleakala National Park to see the Seven Sacred Pools or originally known as O'hea Gulch. Seven Sacred Pools sounds so much cooler right? Well, that's what one guy made up to attract tourists to come to Hana. This park is about 30 minutes past Hana (so for easy sake we say it's in Hana but it's not). We thought Hana Highway was bad, well this stretch was bad because two lane roads really looked line one so we had to break around EVERY turn! After going past this stretch of road, Hana Highway from Hana to our next hotel was nothing.

Eric and I also went to the only general store in Hana to buy some sandwiches, soda, and water for our trip. Since the Park doesn't have food either. We were lucky to grab some freshly made sandwiches since we were there early. Through reading Maui Revealed we quickly learned that the Seven Sacred Pools gets popular by 2:00 p.m. so we got there around 10.

When we arrived there weren't many cars in the parking lot. However, by the time we left the parking lot was full. Below are some pictures from the park


Warning us that visiting is fun but also dangerous!


One of the pools.


Behind a waterfall!


Hiking to get to the Infinity Pool


The Infinity Pool


Where you can buy one of the best banana breads on Hana Highway!

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