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Hawaii Diary 2000
Part 14: Kaluakoi Hotel, Papohaku Beach, St Joseph's Church and the Father Damien Statue
 Hawaii Diary 2000
• Part 1: Overview
• Part 2: Arrival, the Hard Way
• Part 3: Mighty Mo and Downtown Honolulu
• Part 4: Circle Island Adventure on Oahu
• Part 5: Oahu's Leeward Shore
• Part 6: Oahu in Pictures
• Part 7: Off to Maui
• Part 8: West Maui's Rugged North Shore
• Part 9: Old Lahaina Luau, Lahaina, Maui
• Part 10: In Celebration of Canoes, Lahaina, Maui
• Part 11: Maui's Kihei Coast
• Part 12: Haleakala and Upcountry Maui
• Part 13: A Day of Rest on Maui
• Part 14: Molokai for a Day
• Part 15: Hana, Maui and Beyond
• Part 16: Sunset Sail in Paradise
• Part 17: Hawaii Diary 2000 Retrospective 

Our tour took us from the dry Western area of Molokai and the lands of the Molokai Ranch over to the grounds of the Kaluakoi Hotel and Golf Club.

Papohaku Beach, Molokai
Papohaku Beach
Photo by John Fischer

We then stopped at Papohaku Beach, one of the world's longest beaches. For three miles we saw no one on the beach. If you want a private, secluded and beautiful beach, Papohaku is for you.

From Papohaku we made our way back to Central Molokai to the main town of Molokai - Kaunakakai. We stopped by the Molokai Shores Condominium where we had a wonderful chat with one of the groundskeepers. We then proceeded on to the second of the two hotels on Molokai, the lovely Hotel Molokai which is without question the most Hawaiian of the hotels.

Leaving Kaunakakai, we traveled to East Molokai to visit the St. Joseph's Church  (1876) and the Father Damien Statue.

St. Joseph's Church, Molokai
St. Joseph's Church
Photo by John Fischer

This church was built by Father Damien.

By this point it was lunch time. We decided to stop by the Molokai Drive Inn where both Eileen and I had plate lunches with Timmy.

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