maui: Remembering Maui, the old Kahului airport
- 09/30/07 08:18 PM
I remember when I was a little girl, we would come to Maui each winter. We would arrive at the (old) Kahului Airport, the first thing I always noticed, as soon as they would open the plane door was how moist the air was and the sweet smell of plumeria. Back then, the stairs would drop down from the plane to the runway and we would walk across the runway to the terminal, with our hair and clothing and whatever else we had blowing in the strong Kahului winds. The Kahului airport was so quaint and sweet back then, the most unique … (5 comments)
maui: Fears of the Hawaiian rural lifestyle being lost
- 09/27/07 10:23 PM
The Neighbor islands in the Hawaiian Island chain have long been known for a more rural lifestyle than Oahu, (the most populated island). The controversy over the Hawaii Superferry has brought up some very uneasy feelings among Neighbor island residents. Some say the Hawaiian Islands are at a tipping point and that the root is far bigger than the Hawaii. Some people call the Superferry H-4 a new kind of freeway linking the islands. Recently when the ferry tried to enter Nawiliwili harbor on Kauai, over one thousand protesters came to stop it. There were lawyers, doctors, real estate agents, union agents, … (1 comments)
maui: Maui real estate left unharmed as hurricane passes
- 08/16/07 09:39 AM
Hurricane Flossie passed by Maui early Wednesday morning with no major harm done. This hurricane which was a category four on Sunday, veered slightly west as it passed by the islands and diminished in size and stregnth. The Big Island closed their schools and many businesses and opened shelters. On Tuesday night the hurricane was within eighty miles of South Point, the most southernmost point on the Big Isle, but when passing Maui County it was 160-200 miles to the west. Maui real estate owners were keeping close tabs on the progress of this storm as many witnessed hurricane Iniki and Ewa in the past two … (5 comments)
I remember when I was a little girl, we would come to Maui each winter. We would arrive at the (old) Kahului Airport, the first thing I always noticed, as soon as they would open the plane door was how moist the air was and the sweet smell of plumeria. Back then, the stairs would drop down from the plane to the runway and we would walk across the runway to the terminal, with our hair and clothing and whatever else we had blowing in the strong Kahului winds. The Kahului airport was so quaint and sweet back then, the most unique … (5 comments)
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