K is for Kapa: Hawaiian bark cloth

Would have liked to feel the texture of this Hawaiian Kapa bark cloth. Remarkable that pieces survive.

Bailey House, built 1833, situated at the mouth of the Iao Valley near where we are staying.

W is for a wild side walk: Waihe'e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge

Impressive drift-wood sculpture.

Our morning walking along the beach and into the wetlands of Waihe'e was interesting, a little of what Maui would have been like before development.

Bird watching was productive too, Northern and Red-crested Cardinals, small flocks of Chestnut Munias and Orange-cheeked Waxbills, all alien species except for the Stilts quietly feeding along the stream.

I particularly liked the drift-wood 'sculptures' along the narrow beach which we clamoured over before heading up and over the dunes into the wetland.

We got caught out by the rain again on the way back, the day had started with a promise of blue skies but the trade-winds continue to bring the rain.

As I sit here blogging it is pouring with rain in the Iao Valley.

Coastal and wetland walking