Friday, November 30, 2007

What time is it?

Okay, it's been two days since we got back from Maui and I'm still on island time. Woke up at 11:30am, 7:30am island time. Had porridge for lunch and I'm still sipping the coffee. Hmmm....kona coffee...hmmm. The best coffee I've ever had was when we stopped at a small fruit stand on the road past Hana -- think it was called the Ginger Fruit Stand. Anyway, we were looking for Charles Lindberg's grave and couldn't find the road to the church so we stopped there for directions. They had fresh-baked cookies and sold only organic fruits. They also made smoothies using a blender that is run by riding a bicycle (yeah, it's funny to see a bicycle in the middle of the fruit stand). Hubby and I bought coffee and it was amazing!! We wanted to buy some but the woman told us that they don't produce enough of their own to sell. They did sell coffee beans from Ono Organic Farms, and I'm still kicking myself for not buying some of those beans. Everyone was so laid back there. They just laughed when they heard that Japanese tourists had gotten stuck trying to go over the barrier where the highway was closed. They joked that if they waited until dark before going to help them then they'd make more money...well, honestly, the barrier was put up because the highway is closed due to last year's earthquake, but perhaps the tourists can't read English. And yes, we did finally find Charles Lindbergh's grave, which is in a lovely churchyard overlooking the Pacific ocean.

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