all men live enveloped in whale-lines. all are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever present perils of life.
~ moby dick written by herman melville
02.05.10 (posted 02.10.10) - today is my last full day in hawai'i. in the morning, hubby and i checked out two historic sites, st. benedict's painted church in captain cook and pu'uhonau o honaunau (or the place of refuge) on honaunau. both sites were beautiful and it was evident that they are sacred and have special meaning for the residents of hawai'i.
afterwards, we made our way back north on route 11 to route 19 with the intent of getting to hapuna beach. we hadn't anticipated to encounter so much traffic and our hopes of getting to hapuna beach were fleeting. it was around lunch time when we decided that we needed to stop and grab something to eat before we grew crankier. i thumbed through our guide book and found out that makalawena beach was about 7 minutes away from where we were eating. the only catch was we had to walk about 15-20 minutes from the parking spaces because only 4 wheel drives could get through the terrain. we had rented a dinky economy car.
maybe i was being overly ambitious but figured it was better than making the 50 minute drive to hapuna. we were on our way and completely missed our turn. we ended up driving a couple of markers past where we were supposed to go and happen to come upon the entrance to the four seasons resort. we only intended on asking for directions to get to makalawena but after the advice from the security guard we decided against it since it would be a longer trek than we had imagined. i asked him if he could recommend a beach near by and he suggested we check out their beach - kikaua point beach.
i'm so happy we took him up on his offer. it was a nice, semi-secluded beach with a small lagoon. the biggest highlight of the day was seeing several pods of whales playing near the shore (it's whale season right now in hawai'i). we were kind of bummed that we weren't able to get tickets for a whale watching boat tour but this more than made up for it. we saw a calf playing next to a bigger whale and another whale breached a couple of times. it was a great way to end our hawaiian adventures.
afterwards, we made our way back north on route 11 to route 19 with the intent of getting to hapuna beach. we hadn't anticipated to encounter so much traffic and our hopes of getting to hapuna beach were fleeting. it was around lunch time when we decided that we needed to stop and grab something to eat before we grew crankier. i thumbed through our guide book and found out that makalawena beach was about 7 minutes away from where we were eating. the only catch was we had to walk about 15-20 minutes from the parking spaces because only 4 wheel drives could get through the terrain. we had rented a dinky economy car.
maybe i was being overly ambitious but figured it was better than making the 50 minute drive to hapuna. we were on our way and completely missed our turn. we ended up driving a couple of markers past where we were supposed to go and happen to come upon the entrance to the four seasons resort. we only intended on asking for directions to get to makalawena but after the advice from the security guard we decided against it since it would be a longer trek than we had imagined. i asked him if he could recommend a beach near by and he suggested we check out their beach - kikaua point beach.
i'm so happy we took him up on his offer. it was a nice, semi-secluded beach with a small lagoon. the biggest highlight of the day was seeing several pods of whales playing near the shore (it's whale season right now in hawai'i). we were kind of bummed that we weren't able to get tickets for a whale watching boat tour but this more than made up for it. we saw a calf playing next to a bigger whale and another whale breached a couple of times. it was a great way to end our hawaiian adventures.
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