Paia:Hippies=Bamboo:Forest

Monday 9, 2013

First adventure into Paia... This town is filled with down-to-earth Hippies. Within 10 min. of sitting on the beach Aly and I were offered weed and a beer. Of course we said no thank you and watched the two young adults drift in a pow wow of other free-minded souls; Most of which were in their 40-50s. In Paia we came across a Chinese Cemetery, a crappy beach, and one of the BEST meals I've ever eaten.

This beach was quite lovely, until the wind was blowing blankets of sand everywhere. Of course getting sandy is one of the requirements of being on a beach, but being pelted with sand is not.

Again... Beautiful=YES
Did I enjoy being pegged by sand=NO

Best Meal EVER: Seafood Salad (with Mahi)
@ The Fish Market

At the Beach... Do you see the sand -___-
AINT NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT

September 10

Today we headed back to Paia adding another 45 minutes under our tires. We are now in the beginning of Hana past Twin Falls in between a 2ft. opening into a Bamboo Forest. We are going to find some waterfalls with our new friend Jade Beach.

This is the first waterfall in the opposite direction of the others...

First actual waterfall!!

Side note: Hana was raining a bit before we got there today, so the ground was muddy and slick. I ended up taking off my sandals and going bare foot the whole time. I was one with nature!!

Second Waterfall. To the left behind some of those trees is a ladder. You have to hike through a patch of fermented fruit and climb this slick, muddy ladder to get to the top and continue on!

This is the beginning of the Bamboo Forest

We don't have any pictures of the remaining two waterfalls. Mainly because the third waterfall you have to get in the river and swim to it. Picture in you mind a waterfall flowing steadily into a deep river. This waterfall is surrounded by high rock walls and vines. The only way to continue is climb the waterfall. Looking at this place reminds me of a mermaid lagoon. It is a very mystical and eerie place to be. Then once you are done you rock hop some more till you get to the last and final waterfall. I would say that this waterfall has a bit of a scarier climb than Black Rock since water slightly flows down the edges where you climb up. The jump is about 20-24ft. Took me at least 15 minutes to talk myself into jumping- not a big deal. Hahaha! It took us about 31/2-4 hours total. After we drove home and went hot tubing. :)