saxitoxin wrote:I was in Maui before the pandemic for a family member's funeral. It was my second time in Hawaii but only first time on Maui. The island appeared to be split between national park, shaved ice stands, and Oprah Winfrey's estate.
I think Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. once wrote a story in which all of Hawaii is owned by 50 people, so the Hawaiian government gives everyone else a helium balloon to float above the Earth in so they can continue living there without trespassing on private property.
It takes pretty much a whole day but 'the road to hana' is my favorite thing to do on maui.
I think that story was in Breakfast of Champions, but it's been a really long time since I read it.