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ing the pastures. On Saturday and Sunday mornings live slack key music is played out on
the porch, and the screen door seems to be constantly swinging open with smiling locals
who address each other by first name. It's a welcoming atmosphere in the most charming
corner of Maui. And if you love the coffee, pick up a bag of beans for the road.
The
Kula Hospital
(100 Keokea Pl., 808/878-1221) in rural Keokea provides the most
comprehensive medical care available Upcountry, although it's almost closer to rush to the
island's main hospital in Wailuku. The Kula hospital offers 24-hour emergency services
and has a clinic open 8am-4pm; make an appointment if it isn't an emergency. In Pukalani
the
Maui Medical Center
(55 Pukalani St., 808/573-6200, 8am-5pm Mon.-Fri.) in the
Pukalani Terrace Center offers an urgent care clinic, although patients can only be seen by
appointment.
For prescription drugs or pharmaceutical needs the
Makawao Town Pharmacy
(1120
Makwao Ave., 808/573-9966) has a counter open 9am-6pm on weekdays and 9am-1pm on
Saturday.
In Kula,
Long's Pharmacy
(55 Kiopaa St., 808/573-9300, 8am-8pm Mon.-Sat.,
9am-5pm Sun.) provides a full-service pharmacy counter where you can have any pre-
scription called in from a local doctor's office.
Upcountry only has three banks, and all of them are in Pukalani.
First Hawaiian Bank
(67 Makawao Ave., 808/572-7238, 8:30am-4pm Mon.-Thurs., 8:30am-6pm Fri., ATM 24
hours) is right down the road from Pukalani Superette market, and the other two,
Bank of
Hawaii
(808/572-7242, 8:30am-4pm Mon.-Thurs., 8:30am-6pm Fri., ATM 24 hours) and
American Savings Bank
(808/572-7263, 9am-6pm Mon.-Fri., 9am-1pm Sat.) are within
the Pukalani Terrace Center on the corner of Pukalani Street and Old Haleakala Highway.
In Kula,
ATMs
may be found at
True Value Hardware
(3100 Lower Kula Rd., 808/
878-2551, 7am-6pm weekdays, 8am-5pm weekends) and
Morihara Store
(4581 Lower
Kula Rd., 808/878-2578, 6:30am-8pm Mon.-Sat., 7:30am-8pm Sun.). In Makawao there is
