Thursday, October 18, 2007

The tangle of hibiscus roots

The original natives brought 27 plants with them in their canoes when they came to Kaua'i. Among them was hibiscus because it creates an incredible tangle of roots and branches that they used to protect their living areas. This pathway leads up several hundred feet from the beach at the Princeville to the top of the bluff -- and it is carved out of the tangle. Pretty fun to experience how impossible it would have been to sneak up on the settlers with this kind of fence.

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