Rarely seen Molokai the "Friendly Island"

[urbanguy]

Welcome to Molokai the "Friendly Isle"

Here are some pics of the very rural island of Molokai in Hawaii. It's nickname is the "Friendly Isle" and from my own experiences it trully is. It has a population of around 7,000 with most of the people living in the town of Kaunakakai. On the other side of the island is an area called Kalaupapa which is where people were sent that had leprosy.

[Dreamliner]

Stunningly Beautiful!

[urbanguy]

It's a great place to go, if you want to get away from it all! The people are also very friendly too so it makes for a great escape from the hustle and bustle of city life and to rejuvinate your spirit.

[dgreco]

those are amazing pictures!

[urbanguy]

Molokai is a cool place, boring if your an urbanite but if you want to get away from it all, thats the place to do it.

[dgreco]

yea, the first picture is probably the most amazing picture I have seen, I also love the pictures with the old road signs going all different ways. That is what you piture when you think of hawaii.

[urbanguy]

Its very old school Hawaii. I remember for many years there was only one traffic stop light there and no Mcdonalds not sure if that has changed.

[dgreco]

^ no mcdonalds is a good thing

[mamoahina]

Its very old school Hawaii. I remember for many years there was only one traffic stop light there and no Mcdonalds not sure if that has changed.

[dgreco]

I think you're referring to the light that is by the Fire Dept.? There are no traffic lights. They had movie theaters and KFC, but not sure if the KFC is still open. They also opened a pizza cafe back in the 90s. Haven't been back since 2003, so not sure of what other changes they have had, aside from more people moving there.

[urbanguy]

mamoahina, wow thats kind of cool actually. I hope that the island is able to stay rural because all the other islands are pricing people out and overdeveloping, well more like not developing effeciently. All these housing developments are consuming a lot of land because they are sprawling so much with little or no consideration for agriculture which the islands need or they will be doomed and monopolized if they have to depend on 100% imports.

[dgreco]

^ it is cool that the island is staying rural, I still think you need atleast 1 island oahu in this case to be the "city" of the state, because if it was all little farm towns, it would lose a lot of its atttraction for vacationers and people who want to start new lives. I think Oahu gives them a chance to start over or just start.

[mamoahina]

Welcome to the forum, I assume you are from Hawaii?

[mamoahina]

mamoahina, wow thats kind of cool actually. I hope that the island is able to stay rural because all the other islands are pricing people out and overdeveloping, well more like not developing effeciently. All these housing developments are consuming a lot of land because they are sprawling so much with little or no consideration for agriculture which the islands need or they will be doomed and monopolized if they have to depend on 100% imports.

[dgreco]

Thanks. I'm originally from Molokai but now in Los Angeles. Left Molokai back in 1985. Found this forum through GOOGLE.