Maui is famous for its Road to Hana in the southeast corner of the island. Since we stayed in the northwest corner, we found a "new" road ... to Dragon's Teeth.
From Hawaii Web (at this link),
Makalua-puna was created from one of the last lava flows on Maui. However, the lava here is a little different from the rest of the lava on Maui - it is much lighter, denser, and fine-grained. The wind sweeping over the point caused the lava to harden in an upward fashion. The jagged points of this formation look like dragon's teeth, thus the name.
Hundreds of years of salt spray has whitened the lava and even eroded holes through some areas.
Nearby is the Honokahu Burial Site ...
... where generations of Hawaiians were buried since 620 AD.
The cove offers a scenic point ...
... for generations to come.
Have you seen any "dragons" on your travels? One randomly selected commenter from this week's blogs wins a book choice from my convention stash. This giveaway is open through Saturday, October 12, 10 pm in Hawaii. I'll post the winner on Sunday, October 13.
Mahalo,
Kim in Hawaii
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| Sunset from our condo ... with Moloka'i in the distance. |
I can almost feel the trade winds! I was fascinated to learn that the song 'Puff, the Magic Dragon' had its origins there on the islands, having never made the connection until we visited Kauai and realized that Hanalei actually did have something that looked like a dragon!
ReplyDeleteI would love to visit Hawaii. Everyone that i have know that has visited there says that it was their best vacation!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures. Love the story. The only dragon I saw was a Komodo
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos again. :) Not sure about dragons but I saw tons of pics of it when I was in China.
ReplyDeleteNo, I have not seen any dragons. But, I hope to someday when we travel to Harry Potter world in Florida. :)
ReplyDeleteOnly in movies and my imagination and like Debby, Komodo dragons in the zoo lol.
ReplyDeleteHaven't seen any dragons, even in a zoo!
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ReplyDeleteCan't say that I've seen any dragons.
ReplyDeleteI've been to a few zoos with Komodo Dragons. Does that count? :)
ReplyDeleteNo i have not m great pics
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Nice pics. Haven't seen any.
ReplyDeleteLove your pictures Kim....no I've never seen a dragon!
ReplyDeleteI've seen dragon statues and things in Chinatown, as well as the dragon dance near Chinese New Years :)
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