The green closes in around you very suddenly, and soon enough, as you wind deeper, you’re surrounded—completely and entirely. Bamboo reaching for the sky, growing rapidly by the day, and eucalyptus, all the colors of the rainbow, all around you. And with all of it filtering out the sun in one of the world’s sunniest places, you suddenly feel pleasantly alone, enjoying plenty of space, motoring through switchback after switchback in one of America’s most popular tourist destinations. Ahead is the far side of Maui, rugged, independent, spiritual, with as much distance as you can fathom.
The Pools of Oheo. Kirk Lee Aeder/Hawaii Tourism Authority
