{"id":1615,"date":"2022-02-08T09:46:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2022-02-09T07:40:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:40:23","slug":"lanai-hawaii-u-s-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=1615","title":{"rendered":"Lana’i, Hawaii, U.S.A."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I decided after several weeks on Maui that I needed to decompress a bit.
A beautiful, logical, and logistically easy option was Lana’i. Although this place is cost prohibitive to many, my sponsor was very generous with me, so off I went, bound for the Four Seasons Hotel at Manele Bay. I spent the night before at the Lahaina Hotel, which was located only 3 blocks from the ferry to Lana’i. The next morning I had an early breakfast and then walked to the ferry. The ferry is usually a very pleasant 45 minute cruise, and this time it didn’t disappoint. Because it is winter I was able to spot whales along the way to Lana’i. Hard to say how many because how do you know if it’s the same whale breaching, or another one? I was greeted at the Lana’i harbor by a representative from the hotel and she transported me to reception (Only a 5 minute drive).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Island is home to only about 3,000 people. 98 percent of the entire island was acquired from Castle & Cooke in 2012 by Larry Ellison, the then CEO of Oracle Corporation (not to mention the fifth wealthiest human on the planet). Ellison’s vision is to create a sustainable and carbon neutral island. He is well on the way, with much of the energy being from solar and wind. As part of this effort to sustainability, Ellison has created two 20,000 square-foot computer monitored hydroponic farms\/greenhouses, with plans for four more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the tempo here is much dialed down from Maui, there are enough things to do so as to preclude any moments of boredom. Beach stuff, golf, hiking, snorkeling, biking, and tide pooling, just to name a few. There also is the little town of Lana’i City where most of the residents live. This town is located about 20-25 minutes by car up the hill to the middle of the island at an elevation of 1,650 feet. It has some shopping, but is otherwise pretty quiet. Other than the Four Seasons Resort at Manele Bay and the Sensei Resort up near Lana’i City (also managed by Four Seasons), no other hotels exist on Lana’i. These are both relatively small properties in terms of guest accommodations. Between the two properties there are less than 300 rooms and suites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lana’i in the distance. I captured this image from Upcountry Maui the day before departing for Lana’i.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Manele Bay as seen from the hotel. The walk down to the beach takes about 12 minutes. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Four Seasons in the distance, as seen from Manele Bay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Morning view overlooking the pool and ocean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View to Manele Bay from one of the spas. The tiki torches at frame center are all around the property. Several are lit each evening at sunset in a traditional Hawaiian lighting, while the vast majority are set on auto-lite. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The main lobby at the Four Seasons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The walkway to my accommodations. With all of the dense foliage it’s difficult to actually see much in the way of buildings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Koi ponds along the walk to my room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Closer look at these koi that resemble small submarines. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More water elements, streams, and waterfalls abound.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My humble abode while I am here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hike to Sweetheart Rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunset over Sweetheart Rock. Compliments of my friend and photography mentor, EdB (A\/K\/A Edward Baldwin).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A view to the island of Molokai from the far side of Lana’i. Molokai is not known for being tourist friendly, and I get that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Typical shop up in Lana’i City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Larry Ellison taking a lunch meeting. He looks great for a guy in his 70s’. Notice the America’s Cup hat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The very zen feeling at Sensei is only enhanced by views as these.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Large sculpture at Sensei.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’m hanging here as long as my expense account last. At that point I will ferry back to Maui. Be well until then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I decided after several weeks on Maui that I needed to decompress a bit.A beautiful, logical, and logistically easy option was Lana’i. Although this place is cost prohibitive to many, my sponsor was very generous with me, so off I went, bound for the Four Seasons Hotel at Manele Bay. I spent the night before … Continue reading Lana’i, Hawaii, U.S.A.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1693,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions\/1693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}