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possible to hear people speaking the Hawaiian language—possibly while stopped in the
middle of the road, “talking story” in a “Moloka'i traffic jam.” That may be the only cause
of traffic on the island: its 7,500 residents still don't have to worry about stoplights.
From the east end of the island, the high-rise resorts of Ka'anapali can be seen glittering
at night, a floating sea of lights. From the empty beaches of the island's west end, the lights
of Hawai'i's capital city of Honolulu shine brightly behind Diamond Head crater. In the
middle, between the two, Moloka'i hides beneath a blanket of stars, already asleep while
its neighbors stay awake late into the night.
Moloka'i has a slow pace of life, but by no means is it boring. On the contrary, this
island is a tropical playground where the volume of adventure opportunities can keep out-
door lovers busy for days. Imagine surfing perfect waves, scuba diving the longest fringing
reef in the Hawaiian Islands, or hiking through rainforests inhabited by 219 species of
plants found nowhere else on the planet. If all of the adventure is too much for you, relax
on a westward-facing beach watching the sun sink into the horizon.
