Comments on: Sacred Falls http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2007/04/14/sacred-falls/ Life in Honolulu: it's not all pineapples and mai tais. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:40:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Donna http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2007/04/14/sacred-falls/#comment-2876 Donna Sat, 12 May 2007 07:00:48 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2007/04/14/sacred-falls/#comment-2876 In 1963 I was 11 yrs old, I watched someone dive off the waterfall and get knocked out, and now I hear this is all closed off, I am sorry, it is dangerous, but so are many things, and it's a shame that you can't go there anymore and then slide down those slimy rocks. HA is so different now, I went back after 43 yrs, I couldn't get any archived photos at Pearl Harbor Kai Ele, all the navy housing was gone, only the 5th street sign and the monkey-pod tree was there so I could pinpoint our townhouse, no pictures from the 60's, I can't find any on-line, that's even sader, I was an only child and didn't get pictures when parents passed, caretaker did, nothing was the same when I went last yr, the Dole tower, the smell of sugar cane and pineapple, no myna birds in the trees where I used to live, the smell was there though and I had a connection, that was unreal. Too many houses and freeways, thanks to Hawaiian Eye, Hawaii 5-0 and Magnum PI, I suppose. All that greenery around that area, it's all gone, it was sad. I bought the lehing mui seeds and cried on the way home. In 1963 I was 11 yrs old, I watched someone dive off the waterfall and get knocked out, and now I hear this is all closed off, I am sorry, it is dangerous, but so are many things, and it’s a shame that you can’t go there anymore and then slide down those slimy rocks. HA is so different now, I went back after 43 yrs, I couldn’t get any archived photos at Pearl Harbor Kai Ele, all the navy housing was gone, only the 5th street sign and the monkey-pod tree was there so I could pinpoint our townhouse, no pictures from the 60’s, I can’t find any on-line, that’s even sader, I was an only child and didn’t get pictures when parents passed, caretaker did, nothing was the same when I went last yr, the Dole tower, the smell of sugar cane and pineapple, no myna birds in the trees where I used to live, the smell was there though and I had a connection, that was unreal. Too many houses and freeways, thanks to Hawaiian Eye, Hawaii 5-0 and Magnum PI, I suppose. All that greenery around that area, it’s all gone, it was sad. I bought the lehing mui seeds and cried on the way home.

]]> By: Judy http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2007/04/14/sacred-falls/#comment-2849 Judy Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:26:42 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2007/04/14/sacred-falls/#comment-2849 Yet more proof that the gods protect the fools. Banana heads! Yet more proof that the gods protect the fools. Banana heads!

]]> By: Mokihana http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2007/04/14/sacred-falls/#comment-2847 Mokihana Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:37:07 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2007/04/14/sacred-falls/#comment-2847 Wow.... Yes, gorgeous, terrifying and utterly insane. But I bet it's the only way we get to see shots like this. I wonder if any of the ancient Hawaiians ever tried it. Mahalo for the link... breathtaking photos! Wow…. Yes, gorgeous, terrifying and utterly insane. But I bet it’s the only way we get to see shots like this.

I wonder if any of the ancient Hawaiians ever tried it.

Mahalo for the link… breathtaking photos!

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