In 2011, prior to the start of a Sierra Club hiking trip, I spent two days in Lahaina, and it left a bittersweet memory – discovering a quaint, sleepy, laid back port town dating back to pre-Victorian times. So much was preserved – from its ethnic groups’ heritage (Chinese, Japanese) to the mansions of the rich to the Old Jail. And the waterfront looking out towards Molokai was lovely, lined with surfboard shops and art galleries. What an unimaginable loss of life, of culture, of history.
Lane Igoudin | Author, Professor, Dad 