We drove out to the east side of the island from Moanalua gardens through the mountainous region on the H3. The mountain chain became rugged, far from the gentle slope of the areas of Honolulu and Pearl Harbor. We saw the other aspect of Oafu island. The numerous waterfalls will apparently emerge on rainy days in every valley. I'd like to see them someday.
We dropped in at Tropical Farms Macadamia Nuts, which was a specialized store for macadamia nuts and there were lots of customers inside. I tasted several kinds of nuts and coffee from the shop originally grown on their farm. All of them were very delicious. I was at a loss as to what to buy for my friends. I picked some kinds of nuts for souvenirs, though I finally consumed all of them myself. I hope I can get them from Japan.
We stopped by to see China Man Hat Island, which actually looked like a Chinaman's hat. I'm not familiar with the earth science. I wondered how the hat had been generated. Did the lava spew out from underground? Was a body of lava blown out from a volcano? Then we saw the entrance of Kualoa Ranch, but we didn't have enough time to visit it.
モアナルア公園を出て３号線を走り、島の東側に出た。山が荒々しくなり、ホノルルやパールハーバー辺りの緩やかな斜面とは全く異なり、オアフ島の別の一面を見た。雨が降ると谷の部分全てに滝が生まれ幻想的な景色になるという。一度見てみたいものだ。
まずはマカデミアナッツ専門店Tropical Farms Macadamia Nutsに立ち寄った。中はごった返していた。サンプルを何種類も食べてみたがどれも美味しい。選ぶのに迷いながらお土産にといくつか買ったが、すぐに自分が消費してしまった。日本で手に入らないだろうか？
すぐそばにChina Man Hat Islandと呼ばれるその名の通りの島があり、立ち寄った。写真を見るとわかるように、まさに中国人の帽子のようだった。クアロア牧場の入口だけをみた。中を見たかったが時間が無い。次回は牧場の中へ入ってみたい。
クアロア牧場 https://www.kualoa.jp/
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