There was rafting in the irrigation channel from Hana to Haiku (watch out for the pakalolo farmers!), floating through 200 foot long pitch black tunnels dug by Chinese manual labor in the 19th century.
There was reef diving at night and and taking small boats across the Molokai channel to swim in the lagoons under waterfalls. There were lots and lots of swimming holes that you had to hike to get to.
And there was this, an old (built in 1879) sugar mill between Paia and Haiku, that's been abandoned and swallowed up by a banyan tree. It's like a post-industrial version of sleeping beauty, with the big coral and concrete refinery being slowly engulfed under the spreading tree.
It's one of the wonders of Maui, and I'd love to tell you how to get there, but it's on sugar cane property, and they don't like trespassers out there. The best way to find it is to go to Paia school as a ten year old and try to make friends.
Nice photos mate, i just stumpled upon your blog by seeing how you explained how you made the abandoned building layers in Simcity 4, it was actually pretty good, and it's too bad that it didn't work out back then. :(
ReplyDeleteBut oh well, if you want to see Sim city 4 still alive and kicking, visit www.Simtropolis.com. There you will see many new and interesting buildings made by the fans of the very game you were part of creating ;)
Thanks Glenn,
ReplyDeleteYeah, I lurk at Simtropolis every now and then.
I'm amazed at the scale, quality and depth of what you guys have done with SimCity 4. The artwork is as good or better than what I was able to do with my team, and you guys even made new networks! Pretty impressive.
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