One of the attractions in Maui Hawaii is the road trip to Hana.  Hana is the tropical side of the island with spectacular waterfalls, tropical rain forests, and isolated beaches.  There are over 50 one lane bridges and about 600 turns.  I think it took us about 4 hours to get to the end.  We would stop and get out viewing the waterfalls and beaches.  They were amazing. 

We sat out on the black rocks but weren’t able to get in the water because of the currents. It was a bit windy that day.

At the end of the tour, you are suppose to turn your car around and head back the way you came.  My husband and his brother decided to ask a local what if we were to continue on the road?  The local explained that it’s pretty isolated and there isn’t much to see, some parts of the road turn to gravel and it might not be safe.  That is all my husband and his brother needed to hear.  Other side of Hana here we come and I wasn’t very happy about it.

About 20 miles out, we were still able to get out of the car and look at the water and scenery.  Then we begin to see nothing.  I was nervous and insisted on them turning the car around. 

And we saw many of these….

Then the road was turning to gravel and it looked like the desert.  After seeing many deserted cars, I was waiting for someone to jump out and kidnap us because in my mind that is why all of these cars were isolated off the road.

The turns in the road were sharp, the cliffs were high and my fear increased.  I was not enjoying this scenic route like the others were.  It took us a couple of hours to finally see life again and I couldn’t have been happier. 

The next day we did a little shopping.  As Mark, his brother and sister-in-law were in a corner laughing and hiding, I couldn’t figure out why. They then held up a shirt they wanted to buy for me that read “I survived the road trip to Hana.” 

I didn’t find it very amusing.