Hawaii, May 18-26, 2015 Part 12 - North end of Hawaii Island North end of Hawaii Island
1880 statue of King Kemehameha I, in Kapa'au, near his birthplace. Similar statues in Honolulu and in the United States Capitol building are replicas of this original.
Colorful buildings in Kapa'au.
State route 270 comes to an end a few miles east of Kapa'au, at Pololu Valley Lookout.
Scenes at Pololu Valley Lookout.
The trail down to the shore (through the dark opening in the vegetation at the right) is apparently not to be taken lightly.