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of snow-crab legs, all made to order in a sunny, yellow-painted food truck. For dessert,
down a Kona iceberg (hot coffee poured over vanilla ice cream) or step inside neighbor-
ing
Ching's Punaluʻu Store
for addictive homemade butter
mochi
.
Shopping
Kim Taylor Reece Gallery
ART
MAP
(
www.kimtaylorreece.com
; 53-866 Kamehameha Hwy; noon-5pm Mon-Wed, by appointment
Thu-Sun)
Reece's sepia-toned photographs of traditional Hawaiian
hula kahiko
dancers in
motion are widely recognized, but it's his images of Kalaupapa, a place of exile on Mo-
lokaʻi, that haunt. The artist's gallery inhabits an airy, light-filled two-story house on the
mauka
side of the highway north of town.
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Hauʻula
POP 4150
Aside from a couple of gas pumps, a general store and a 7-Eleven convenience shop, just
about the only point of interest in this small coastal town is the beach. Behind the com-
mercial strip is a misty backdrop of hills and majestic Norfolk pines, where secluded
trails head into forest-reserve land.
Beaches
Hauʻula Beach Park
BEACH
MAP
(Kamehameha Hwy [Hwy 83])
This ironwood-shaded in-town beach has a shallow, rocky
bottom that isn't appealing for swimming but does attract snorkelers. Waves occasionally
get big enough for local kids to ride, while families picnic on the grass. Roadside camp-
ing with an advance county permit (
Click here
) is allowed here and at Kokololio Beach
Park further north, though you probably won't get a good night's sleep, due to roadside
noise and other annoyances.
Activities
