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Molokai
At 38 miles wide and
10 miles long, Molokai is the fifth largest of the Hawaiian
Islands, but of all the islands it is often thought of the as
the most authentically “Hawaiian.” This is the Hawaii of old:
swaying palms, lilting ukulele music and native Hawaiians —
Molokai has the highest native population of the Island chain —
surfing in off the coast. There is little commercialization, no
traffic lights and no public transportation. No building here
reaches higher than the palm trees that surround it. It is here
that hula was born. This is the largely unchanged Hawaii of The
Endless Summer and the original Technicolor surf movies of the
’50s and ’60s. But the history of the island is bittersweet.
Originally believed to hold spiritual powers vested in the
island’s powerful princes, or “kahunas,” Molokai was held in
high religious regard, which earned it the name “Molokai,
Powerful Prayer.” Even today, the island is dotted with ancient
shrines. The island continued to flourish as a fertile
agricultural center. But for 100 years, Molokai was known as
“The Lonely Isle,” as Hawaiians believed to be afflicted with
leprosy, or Hansen’s Disease, were brought here and abandoned,
uncared for. It wasn’t until the late 1960s that the island’s
quarantine was lifted and tourists began to trickle in. Today
the island has adopted a more inviting name, “The Friendly
Isle,” beckoning mainlanders to its laid-back tropical paradise.
Molokai is home to some of the world’s tallest sea cliffs,
spectacular waterfalls, ancient burial grounds, a tropical
rainforest, and, as the name suggests, some of the friendliest
Hawaiians in all of the isles.
