My New Favorite Beach: Polihua, Lanai, HI

A couple miles long by hundreds of feet wide.

Golden, wind swept virgin sand, with an occasional coconut or lobster shell.

Views of Molokai and Oahu in the far distance.

I was there for two hours, and there was literally NO ONE ELSE around.

Didn't see nor hear a single person, boat, plane, car. Nothing.

I guess you could say I transcended into a different world.

How to get here:

Fly to Honolulu, and then take a small plane to Lanai. Rent a Jeep at Dollar car rental. Drive about 11 miles down the Polihua 4x4 trail. It is quite bumpy and takes 1 hour as you pass a lunar-rock-looking landscape called "garden of the gods".

The island of Lanai is pretty quiet. NO stoplights. NO fast food joints. Only about 3000 people, and about 30 miles of paved road.

Oz meet should be there next year.

Damn....Phil be trekkin the globe yo! Whats next, Moscow???

Moscow is too cold, although it could be fun.

Thailand for 4 months starting in late November I think. Found a villa in Koh Samui for $1500 for 6 months. ($250 a month haha)

That looks like an amazing place to visit, even has the nice terrain for the off road folk

Beautiful.

Phil wrote:

Thailand for 4 months starting in late November I think. Found a villa in Koh Samui for $1500 for 6 months. ($250 a month haha)

I call one month! Please?

The drunk Russians in Moscow might be fun to watch. Apparently they like to get sloshed and fight each other over the smallest things.

Kramer13: sure, once you pay for the $1000 ish flight, everything in Thailand is cheap. You should go!

Looks fun but nice pimp sunglasses you got there.

Phil wrote:

Kramer13: sure, once you pay for the $1000 ish flight, everything in Thailand is cheap. You should go!

Maybe I'll take a few weeks off from work and fly out for a month. ****, maybe I'll just quit my job now...

Awesome! but where's all the Babes?

Nice...shoes??

What are you wearing on your feet? Those water shoes or something?

Ryu wrote:

Nice...shoes?? What are you wearing on your feet? Those water shoes or something?

I think they're called Barefeet or something like that. My friend has a pear and he wears them when we go hiking or camping -- says they're reallly comfortable and he can climb like a mother **** in them...

Was stationed at Kaneohe Bay in the late 80's and made it to all but the Big Island. You ever get back, you need to check out the black sand beaches on Molokia. Literally only a few hundred year round residents on the whole island and whats wild, is you can be sitting on the beach with no people or sounds anywhere...the suddenly a battalion of Marine landing craft come crashing ashore and scare the purple sh** out of you..LOL

I've been thinking about getting some of these for a while now

^^Really? No offence and I'm sure they are comfortable/function great,but I wouldn't be caught dead wearing those in public. If you like them,then hey go for it Mr.