Nothing But Love For Kipahulu ‘Ohana’s Tours. This the the real thing! You can feel yourself the presence of the mana on the ai’na . I worked hard along side the ohana and will treasure this experience of living in the loi for the rest of my life. Out in Kipahulu I often felt orphaned slaving another man’s harsh and exacting plan. In October 15, 2006, I was cut off by two landslides caused by a Big Island Earth Quake. http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4pLn1yOpJA — Marooned, I transformed myself when I snatched victory out of the jaws of certain defeat. I was not going to leave just cause I was kicked out. I dug in my heals and developed my won’t power. I won’t leave this amazing place even though I quit my one fancy peanut weeding job and got fired from my other fancy peanut job losing my home too. Bummer. I walked across the road and hitched up at the Living Farm and with that first courageous step, I over came my fear under the gentle training of Uncle John and Auntie Tweety Lynn on old Hawaii taro culture. Local conditions are not as bad as these fancy farmers try to make them out to be. I’m not saying its not dangerous or even environmentally hostile. Flash floods, Earth Quakes. Basically, if you hear it calling you, don’t say anything at all just listen. The birds tell Uncle John if you are cool or not. If you go up to the farm and the birds are no singing then something is off. And, it could be your attitude, or energy. If the birds are going off. The everything in the upper rain forest is cool. Truth be told, there is a hunger out here. One day that spirit may come calling? Nothing but love for the Kipahulu ‘Ohana. They took me in when the fancy permaculture farm booted me rendering me homeless in one of the harshes jungles on the planet. This is the real permaculture. If there is one thing you do on Maui that will have the most transformative effect on you will be to humble yourself and work along aside the Kanaka Maoli in the loi. They are the real Ancient Hawaiian Delta Force. Fierce, proud, and you want these guys on yourside. The best way to accomplish that is work along side them in the Taro Patch. This is the real lost world. It will blow you away. Donate and support them. They are for real. I worked with them during my epic journey to Kipahulu September 212005– December 212007. http:/www.kipahulu.org