That's how we celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary and it was spectacular! On the island of Moloka`i there is a peninsula on the north side that was created by a landslide and subsequent lava flow from a volcano (a crater now exists). Back in the early 1800s it was inhabited by a Native Hawaiians and a thriving fishing village. Also around the time of the early 1800s Leprosy began to spread. A person from Asia, either a visitor or a worker on the sugar plantations, brought with him the disease. Since the Native Hawaiians living here at the time were so isolated, they did not have immunity to such a disease, among others, which lead to a widespread breakout of the disease. Little was know about Leprosy at the time so the reaction was to segregate those who had the disease. It is a terribly sad story, one which you could look into if you like, but people were brought to this peninsula, the towns of Kalawao and Kalaupapa, on the north side of island. This land area is unique in th...
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