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ance and chemicals by the military is slowly getting underway. Not surprisingly,
you'll encounter many Hawaiian sovereignty activists here. Spray-painted political
banners and signs, Hawaii's state flag flown upside down (a sign of distress) and
bumper stickers with anti-development slogans like 'Keep the Country Country'
are seen everywhere.
Eating
Uncle Bobo's LOCAL $
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( www.unclebobos.com ; 51-480 Kamehameha Hwy; mains $5-13; 11am-5pm Tue-Fri, to 6pm Sat &
Sun) You don't usually find buns baked from scratch at a Hawaiian BBQ joint, where a
local family dishes up smoked brisket and ribs, grills mahimahi tacos and other island
faves done right. The cheery yellow dining room is small, but the beach park across the
street has ocean-view picnic tables.
Crouching Lion Inn Bar & Grill RESTAURANT $$$
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( 237-8981; 51-666 Kamehameha Hwy; mains $12-27; 11am-9pm, bar to midnight) Sharing
real estate with its namesake landmark, this tour-bus restaurant has country roosters
parading around the parking lot. Day-trippers stop in for light lunches of bland salads
and sandwiches. In the evening, tiki torches are lit for cocktails and just-OK pupu on a
sunset-view lanai.
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Kahana
In ancient Hawaiʻi, all of the islands were divided into ahupuaʻa - pie-shaped land divi-
sions that ran from the mountains to the sea - providing everything Hawaiians needed for
subsistence. Modern subdivisions and town boundaries have erased this traditional or-
ganization almost everywhere except here, Oʻahu's last publicly owned ahupuaʻa .
Before Westerners arrived, the Kahana Valley was planted with wetland taro, which
thrived in the rainy valley. Archaeologists have identified the remnants of over 120 agri-
cultural terraces and irrigation canals, as well as the remains of a heiau , fishing shrines
and numerous hale (house) sites.
 
 
 
 
 
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