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Maui Attractions Newsletter June 2009
Featured Properties
Jacaranda
The flowers appear as large, loose clusters at the end of the branches. They are individually shaped like bells with two lips -one with two lobes and the other with three. The blooming season can be a bit erratic. Individual trees may bloom as early as mid-winter or as late as early autumn. Each tree tends to bloom for a relatively short time. However, there are so many of them in the upcountry area that you can usually find a touch of jacaranda blue if you pay attention. Most of the Upcountry trees tend to bloom in spring and through the summer. During the height of their flowering season, the trees carpet the ground under them with the flowers. They develop long-lasting brown seed pods that are round and flat. The seedpods eventually split open, the two halves forming wings that wave in the breezes. Even when the trees are not flowering, they are very beautiful. They have light gray bark and feathery leaves that are bi-pinnate and symmetrical in form with many little leaflets that form a ferny canopy overhead. The leaves usually fall in late winter and early spring and the tree may be bare for a short time before leafing out and then flowering again.
These medium-to-large trees grow best at mid-elevations, between 2,000 and 4,000 feet, and they tend to start flowering about the age of three. Adventurous lei makers have incorporated the flowers and seedpods into their garlands and some people have tried making jewelry out of the interestingly shaped pods. During the early 1940's one fad was jewelry made from seed pods which had been lacquered in bright colors and attached to ribbons. Because they can stand long periods of dry weather, the trees are popular street plantings in Hawaii. However, they can also be spotted growing in larger yards on the slopes of Haleakala (and in front of the Makawao Library). The trees are shallow-rooted and heavy feeders, and tend to be space-grabbers in a yard; few plants thrive directly under the jacarandas and trying to maintain a lawn under them is a challenge. The seeds germinate easily and few pests bother them. Most trees are started from cuttings, however.
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The First Landing At The Last Lava Flow The area around La Perouse (a district known as Honua'ula which begins at Kanaio and extends beyond Wailea and includes Ulupalakua) was a land of many stories. The stone foundations of villages and homesteads, heiau (large temples), ko'a (shrines), and important burial sites are found all through this area. Many of them just look like heaps of rock now, but their stories still echo. One popular legend, frequently retold about Haleakala's last lava flow, tells how the volcano goddess Pele transformed herself into a beautiful woman because she wanted to seduce a handsome young man named Paea, who lived in Kanaio near Pu'u Mahoe. The young man was flattered, but, it is said, he recognized the fiery eyes of the goddess and wanted no part of her. He made polite but firm excuses, then quickly ran and found his sweetheart Kalua and told her they would have to flee from the fury of the goddess. Hand in hand, the two ran toward the bay of Keone'o'io, where Paea kept his canoe and fishing gear near the sacred fishponds. The goddess, angry that Paea preferred another woman, sent a river of molten rock after them. She caught them just below a cave near Puu Mahoe. Paea's head and torso form the Po'o Kanaka (Man's Head) stone which is shaped like the map of Maui and can be seen just above the road which leads from Ulupalakua to Kanaio village. The rest of his body forms Pohaku Paea (Paea stone) which is next to the remains of the fishpond at Keone'o'io Bay. The goddess caught the young woman, Kalua, at Pu'u Na'io and turned her into a ridge below the hill called Pu'u Kalua-lapa. There is another lesser-known local legend that says the Stone Paea is actually the body of a man who broke a public promise to the goddess. Pele, it is said, once lived a long time on Maui. It was said that ordinary mortals only saw her as a flame. The people who knew her attendants, Kapo'ulakina'u and the sisters who accompanied her, overheard them say, "This fire you are seeing is a woman, our chiefess, and she is greater than all of us." A man named Paea of Wahane in Honua'ula heard this story and, thinking to make himself famous, declared that he would dedicate his new house to the chiefess Pele. He told everyone that the house would not be occupied until Pele had entered it. Paea did not keep his word. After the house was built and a great feast prepared for the goddess, Paea sneaked into the house and ate all the food (possibly to make it seem as if the great chiefess had really visited his hut). Pele was angered by his deception and his lack of respect for her. She appeared to him in all her fierceness, pursued him to the beach at Keone'o'io and changed him into the stone which stands there to this day. Still another legend has it that a woman who was raising chickens near where one of the vents (Kalua-lapa) broke out quarreled with the goddess. Pele's molten lava chased the woman into the sea, finally catching her and turning her into the Paea stone. There are historical stories as well. Hawaiian historian Samuel Kamakau recounts how in 1776, Kalaniopu'u and his chiefs from the Big Island returned to war on Maui and in the battle with Kahekili's forces at Wailuku they were completely overthrown. When the defeated invading army landed at Keone'o'io after the battle, their double canoes extended from Makena to Honua'ula. The invaders ravaged the countryside and the people were forced to flee and hide from them. The remains of the fishpond at Keone'o'io can still be seen. It was a famous fishpond at one time and was attributed to the 15th century chief Kauholanuimahu, the son of the Big Island high chief Kahoukapu and his wife Laakapu. The time of his reign was a peaceful period when there were apparently no wars between the Big Island and Maui chiefs and Chief Kauholanuimahu apparently spent much of his time in Honua'ula. His wife Neula is said, in some traditions, to have been a Maui chiefess and the district may have belonged to her. (Apparently the chief spent so much time on Maui that his wife, who preferred living on the Big Island, took another husband. History doesn't tell us his name.) At the head of the bay, the lava flow partially surrounds and forms an almost completely protected section, some ten feet deep. This natural formation was converted into the Keone'o'io fishpond. According to L. A. Thurston, in a Honolulu Advertiser article written in 1924 in which he writes about the bay while detailing his attempts to date the last Haleakala lava flow, "A storm opened a passage through the wall (of the fishpond) and the interior forms a perfectly landlocked little harbor, safe in all weather for sampans and boats of that size. Dr. Raymond built a wharf there, which is still in good condition." Kauholanuimahu is one of the chiefs buried in 'Iao Valley, according to Inez Ashdown.
[ Top ] EAST MAUI Wailua: Wailua is made up of two land divisions. The two divisions are Wailuanui (big Wailua) and Wailuaiki (small Wailua). Pua’aka’a: Nāhiku: Nāhiku is considered one of the wettest places on Maui. Honomā’ele: Ka’elekū: Wai’ānapanapa: According to the legend of Wai’ānapanapa cave, a cruel chief named Ka’akea suspected his wife, Pōpō’alaea, of cheating on him, so Pōpō’alaea fled and took refuge in a hidden chamber of the cave. The chamber could only be reached by swimming a short distance under water. While she and her servant were living in the cave, the only way they could get food was if they went out at night. One day Ka’akea was passing the pool and saw the shadow of the servant holding a kāhili (a royal standard), so their hiding place was revealed to the cruel chief. He then killed them both. It is said that the water in the pool turns red on certain nights to remember their deaths. Pa’iola: Pa’iola is the only black shingle beach that is located within Wai’ānapanapa. Hāna: Hāna is one of the most beautiful and famous districts on the island of Maui. There are many legends and historical sites within Hāna. Ka’inalimu: Kaihalulu: Kōki: Hāmoa: Maka’alae: Kīpahulu: Kīpahulu has many important historical sites and is the source of many legends. Pepeiaolepo: It is said that when Kamapua’a, the demigod who could take the form of man or pig, went diving in a stream in this area and got mud in his ear. Kaupō: Mokulau: Mokae: Pu’uiki: Hā’ō’ū: Mū’olea: Mū’olea is the site of the limu make, “deadly seaweed.” Nu’u: Nu’u is the best known sand beach in Kaupō.
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STANDARD: What are you doing here? * * * * * * * * STANDARD: May I help you? * * * * * * * * STANDARD: I'm here to see that other guy.
Boneless Shoyu Chicken
Ingredients:
Procedure: Peel ginger and cut into 4 pieces. Add chicken, water, aloha shoyu, and sugar into a large pan. Then add a splash of kikomon shoyu for a little extra taste. Cook on medium high heat, stirring occasionally. Let boil until sauce thickens (about 45 - 60 minutes).
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Blue is the rarest color in the flower world and a tree that has blue flowers is bound to be eye-catching…breathtaking, even. When the jacarandas are in bloom along the country roads on the slopes of Haleakala, we are treated to glorious cluster-bursts of enchanting purplish-blue tubular flowers adorning the tall trees that grow along the roadsides and in country yards. Many trees look like they are enveloped in a blue haze that has somehow puddled onto the ground.
The trees are native to the tropical and subtropical parts of South America, notably Argentina and Brazil. There are more than 50 species of jacaranda, which have been cultivated in warm areas worldwide. The flowers come in colors that range from the blue we love, to pinks and white. (In the Australian subtropical areas, jacarandas are often thought to be natives because there are so many of them.)
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