Windward Villages Review

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Windward Villages

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Tiny villages—generally consisting of a sign, store, a beach park, possibly a post office, and not much more—are strung along Kamehameha Highway on the Windward side. Each has something to offer. In Waiahole, look for fruit stands and an ancient grocery store. In Kaaawa, there's a lunch spot and convenience store/gas station. In Punaluu, stop at the gallery of fanciful landscape artist Lance Fairly and the woodworking shop, Kahaunani Woods & Crafts, plus venerable Ching General Store or the Shrimp Shack. Kim Taylor Reece's photo studio, featuring haunting portraits of hula dancers, is between Punaluu and Hauula. Hauula has Hauula Gift Shop and Art Gallery, formerly yet another Ching Store, now a clothing shop where sarongs wave like banners and, at Haula Kai Shopping Center, Tamura Market, with excellent seafood and the last liquor before Mormon-dominated Laie.

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