Kaena Point Welcomes You, #69

Enjoy Kaena Point, North-West Oahu, Hawaii, October '08, artistic view, click to enlarge.

Aloha.
For all practical purposes, there are two different spots on Kaena Point worth visiting, both on north-west side of Oahu; however, you need to drive along different routes to get there. The first one is along the east coastline of Oahu on 93. As always, there are plenty of good beaches along that route and good places to stop and find something to eat. The moment a paved road ends, you are going to know you arrived at Kaena Point. If you are travelling from Waikiki or Honolulu, and this assumption is usually true, the second route is to drive up north up to Haleiwa, and then to turn left along the north coastline of Oahu and follow 930. Again, the moment a paved road ends, you know you arrived. Just described how to get to two different spots at Kaena Point. With a four-wheel drive, you can drive between those two spots, but definitely not in a rental front-wheel drive, the road is just too treacherous. Some say, that hiking is the only possibility. Please note that Google Earth map, version 4.3.7284.3916 (beta), is completely distorted near Kaena Point.

Kaena Point is a good place to be away from all traffic, traffic lights, people crowds, and other industrial noises. To relax, dream, swim, and stay on the beach, to the tune of ocean waves, Kaena Point is best. If you want to take a glider ride above Kaena Point, on the north side, a Dillingham Airfield airport is in close proximity, in Mokuleia. Just make sure, do not eat too much shortly before flying, some people have problems with keeping food in their stomachs, remember, warned you! Both sites are good for taking pictures if you enjoy beach and mountain scenes. On the west side, there are more opportunities to shoot videos, I believe I shot three or four already at different times, and the latest one is called Kaena Point. How did we come up with that title? If interested, you can watch it on YouTube. The north side is more barren, no restrooms, and no showers, so keep that in mind ahead of time and avoid being surprised. The sunsets in both places are always spectacular; you can get occasional five minute long rain sprinkles, the wind can be none to quite strong, no sign of surfers anywhere. There are many people with fishing rods trying to catch a fish.

On your way home, when you want to stop somewhere and get something to eat, remember the west side is much cheaper than the north side. Moreover, the food tastes better too. By now, it is probably already night, some time after the gorgeous sunset. Plenty of pictures taken, a long video shot, a beautiful suntan only to look quite red in the morning, and a radio playing good music; we are sipping fairly warm bottled water from Fiji bought at ABC Stores, and driving down south to our hotel in Waikiki.

In the parking garage at the hotel, we notice that a car is covered with a thick layer of dust. Hopefully tomorrow there is going to be some rain, and our car is going to glow again, no need to wash it. We are now in the elevator up to our floor. We all agree it was another gorgeous day at Kaena Point. By the way, in Hawaiian kaʻena means “the heat”.
Now let’s check if there are any cheap flights available next week…
Mahalo everyone.

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