Wailuku: Halekii-Pihana Heiau in Waiehu and Kepaniwai County Park at Iao Valley

Today we visited the remains of the an ancient Hawaiian "Heiau" or temple, at Halekii-Pihana State Monument and the Cultural Heritage Pavilions at Kepaniwai County Part at Iao Valley. These two parks offer the conveniences of being close to the city, close to each other and have easy access to people who want to go for a short walk.

Halekii-Pihana Heiau in Wailuku.

Kepiniwai County Park has a series of pavillions and monuments, dedicated to the people from China, Japan, Korea, The Phillipines, Portugal, Puerto Rico and the American/European Missionaries that came to the island at the beginning of the 20th Century, in search of a better life working in the sugar plantations of Maui.

Chinese Pavilion

Monument to Puerto Rican immigrants on Maui.

Korean Pavillion.

Aloha!