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Hawaii Islands (Maui) |
| Ka'anapali |
| KAANAPALI,
just a few miles north of Lahaina but reliably cooler, was never a town;
fields of sugar cane here were replaced in the 1960s by high-rise hotels
and condos, each no doubt comfortable enough but soulless en masse.
Besides several perfect family beaches – swimming and snorkeling
are best at Black Rock, in front of the Sheraton – the
main attraction is the two-part whaling museum in the Whalers
Village mall (daily 9.30am–10pm; free). Grisly but fascinating exhibits
include a cast-iron “try pot,” used for reducing whale blubber at sea;
such pots gave rise to the stereotyped but not entirely fictitious image
of cannibals cooking missionaries in big black cauldrons. |
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free shuttle bus connects Kaanapali with Lahaina, and a trolley operates
within the resort. The warnings of the car rental companies concerning the
Kahekili Highway, which on the map looks like a good route to
continue around northwest Maui and back to Wailuku, should be taken
seriously: it’s an exceptionally dangerous drive. Two of Maui’s most
famous surfing spots, at Mokuleia Bay and Honolua Bay, are a few
miles along, however, before the road gets too hair-raising.
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