After checking out of our hotel and leaving Hana behind, we planned to head back west up the Hana road to Kahanu Garden, located off the main highway down Ulaino Road toward the ocean. The garden is near the end of the road and abuts an enormous temple site – we had seen some aerial photos of the gigantic structure that covers more than an acre and thought it alone was worthy of a visit. Also, our hiking guidebook listed a 4-mile hike, starting at the road’s end, that led past an archeological project at the former Ulaino village site to some other natural pools at the ocean’s edge. About a mile down Ulaino Road, the pavement turns to gravel, and we found a large sign posted there indicating the trail to the pools, which runs across private property, has been closed to the public due to overcrowding – shoot. We continued down the road to the Kahanu Garden gate, passing a very elderly gentleman standing along the road who flashed us the hang loose sign as we drove by (that was awesome). At Kahanu Garden, we paid our $40 fee and drove further into the park area, the gate attendant noting where we were to begin our walking tour. We were expecting lush gardens a la the various arboretae we had seen along the main road, but found instead a collection of botanical and cultural exhibits placed around the edge of a large lawn maybe 200 yards square – we started around in a clockwise fashion following signs that led us past some grave sites and botanical specimens to our first view of the temple. It was quite impressive, standing perhaps 25′ high and built up of stacked lava rock – as we made our way around its northeast corner, however, it became apparent that this was the closest we could get to it and that the overhead view we had seen in brochures was not to be had by foot travelers like us. Shoot again. We continued our loop past a group of school children receiving a lecture from a docent, pausing for some photos as we reached the sea cliff, then returned to the car, avoiding the clusters of coconut palms as advised by signs warning us of falling objects. All in all, this was an interesting place but probably not worth the steep admission price. On westward…