I'm heading to Moloka'i in a couple weeks. What should I do and where should I go?

[NYC_SKP]

It's a work trip but I always take a fun day or two for myself.

Basically, I love snorkeling, would try diving, love the waterfalls and nature and Koolau where they exist, and historic stuff.

What to do?

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Find native music...

Live music always makes my spirit soar!

[geckosfeet]

2. Wow! First of all , have fun. A half day hike then snorkling on a nice beach for the

rest of the day. Then some fresh sushi for dinner.

[leveymg]

3. Sounds like SEAL boot camp without the MREs.

But, I'm still jealous.

[billh58]

6. I live on

Maui, and if you DO bring your precious, you'll need to register it within 72 hours and you can not carry it in public -- concealed or open. If you want to buy one when you get here, you'll need to get a permit and wait 14 days. We do have firing ranges however.

Sorry, but we're one of the sane states and have the lowest gun death rate in the nation.

[NYC_SKP]

7. I suppose if you're a civilian, that would be true.

Maui, nice, my last trip had me put up at the Four Seasons, what great restaurants right on site!

Real nice stuff in Maui, but not my favorite island and not my first time by a long shot.

Moloka'i - first time. Your replies offer nothing useful to the thread.

Too bad you had to use the Hawaii forum for a message unrelated to my question.

Aloha, billh.

[CreekDog]

12. You used that word "Aloha" as you defended making sure you have a gun in Hawaii

[NYC_SKP]

10. No, you don't live on Maui. You live in Delaware and you wish you lived in Hawaii.

Why you play these games I do not know.

[CreekDog]

11. I'm not liking the metaphor of the white traveler to Hawaii wanting a gun so badly while there

our history is full of examples of our ancestors going to indigenous places, heavily armed and taking them over or making them suit us rather than the other way around.

i'm sure such a thought is lost on you.

why would you respect that? it's just a little vacation to you. respect the culture? that's for the weak.

[sheshe2]

8. I was on that jury, NYC_SKP

I voted to hide!

I have an idea~ go visit Cha.

However, I don't remember which island she's on.

Aloha SKP

[NYC_SKP]

9. Cha and I are OGs!

I'll send a PM and thanks for the kind words.

Moloka'i is the former leper colony which then became a military missile range, so I expect some SERIOUS Hawaii stylin'!

Doubtful that Cha is there, but you don't get there without going through Maui or Oahu or the big island, so good chance we could hook up.

I travel for work, you need to send a PM to let me know where you are. In the past 30 days I've been in Chicago and Anchorage.

[CreekDog]

13. so you use a gun for work?

i thought you said you were an educator.

or are your teaching techniques somewhat old school?

[NYC_SKP]

14. Are you going to be in Hawaii?

We can hook up, don't have my travel plans yet so not sure if I'll be connecting through Honolulu or another airport.

Otherwise, or unless you have something to say about Molokai, you're in the wrong thread.

[CreekDog]

15. Your link to this thread from the gun control group took me here

if you didn't want me here, you shouldn't have linked me here.

and maybe your use of the word aloha while discussing having access to firearms while in the state is misunderstanding the word, and the concept.

thanks.

[mahina]

16. Nope.

Kalaupapa was a leper colony.

Moloka'i is not a missile range.

They call it the friendly island.

It is...if you're from there.

[NYC_SKP]

17. Well I know better now that I've been there!

The missile range memory is an error and probably applies to a different lesser island, bad memory, no big deal.

I took the road clockwise to the the end at Halawa Bay one afternoon, had my work to do on another day, visited a couple galleries and then an artist's home on the last day, buying a beautiful watercolor and oil.

The best was on day two, when at the urging of locals I decided to do the touristy thing of taking the mule ride down to Kalaupapa.

I found the people to be most inviting and friendly, possibly more so than any other island residents as a whole among those I've met, but then it might be that I was there on a mission to help them and to make their effort to be independent stronger.

Mules are incredible. The colony was interesting and the trip by bus beyond the colony to the original site was the high point.

I highly recommend the mule trip. It was more terrifying than skydiving from north shore Oahu last year.

[mahina]

18. Molokai does not want tourists.

I didn't say they weren't nice. People in service are going to be pleasant to most people most of the time. But the island does not want tourists, really does not want cruise ships that sidestep basic courtesy and protocols, and really, really does not want the GMOs that we're littered with.

http://www.cruisecritic.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/01/molokai-cocktail-on-this-tiny-island-we-got-the-friendliest-unfriendly-greeting-ever/

http://mauinow.com/2011/11/28/photos-water-blockade-temporarily-stops-molokai-cruise-ship/


Bye now.

[NYC_SKP]

19. Well, I'm not a tourist.

I'm sorry if you missed that point in my other posts.

I sympathize with them and understand and support their position. They don't want to become another Kaanapali. I get that and I see that in other beautiful places in other countries that I visit.

I'm sure that they are nice to tourists, but I wasn't there as a tourist, I was there by their request.

While there, however, I did support some of their enterprises by taking the mule ride and buying two paintings by local artists.

Mahalo.

[NYC_SKP]

20. PS, thanks for the links to articles. I expect to be back there soon.

I saw no such protests, but then I flew in on a little plane that carried eight, I think.

There was one couple who looked native and other individuals who seemed likely to be residents.

I found it to be less populated than I had expected, but I like that.

My work there, and I would never have thought to go there but for work, allowed me to meet with several island residents who expressed considerable gratitude for my efforts to improve their lives.

Last year had me working on Maui and Oahu, twice to each island, but this was the first trip to Molokai.

I'd love to say more but this discussion board has a few nasty individuals so I try not to share too much about my work and identity.

Naturally, I wanted to see as much of the island's beauty as I could so the mule ride was nice.

Great people, I can't wait to go back! Thanks!

Aloha