I've been living here in Maui for about a month, computers are few and far between where I have been staying. I was left here (from my own choice) by Jared, Ryan, Aaron, Jasmine, and Megan after we attempted to sleep on the beach during a torrential down pour all through the night. Nobody slept, everything was wet, bags and boxers drenched to the bone, standing around in a circle dripping wet, laughing at our unfortunate circumstance. At around 4:37am we happened to find an open laundry room in a resort nearby where we rested face down on the cold cement. So yah, that morning they all left on the ferry back to Lana'i and there I was (oh shit there I was) wrapped in a plastic tablecloth under an abandoned shed dazed and disheveled in the misty morning light. I ended up staying with a friend I knew from Mexico for a while, and through meeting friends through friends I happened to find this commune in Hana that needed someone to stay and work for two weeks. The place is called Hale Mano, it's totally off the grid, harnessing their power through the streams and solar panels. There are about 9 people all living in the most beautiful land seated right on the cliffs, waves crashing all night against the lava reefs, fruit and magical gardens zigzagging throughout the property. It was quite the experience to live in such a hippie commune with a bunch of older spiritual guru dudes and dudets who all lived in India for years and followed some famous guru named Osho. I just did some general landscaping and brunt work for a little thatched-roofed hut
and some organic food - a world apart from cell phones and plastic junk, nightclubs and gutter punks. In Hana waterfalls scatter the coast and hillsides and sacred pools full of naked spirits blessed with “mana” trickle through the lush jungle of wild fruits, a beauty beyond words. Now I'm staying at a friends house wondering what to do with my self: either go back to Lana'i and drink for a week with the Mainards, or go to Big Island and pursue my adventures alone with my new surfboard I bought in a drunken stupor.
