"cesariojpn" (cesariojpn)
01/27/2014 at 05:09 • Filed to: None
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"cesariojpn" (cesariojpn)
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Well, not THAT secret. If one considers that you can see the road on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
4 Miles long, 12 feet wide, a mix of Concrete & Asphalt, and has basic drainage trappings. It "links" Oprah's Ulapalakua estate in Upcountry Maui to the Kihei/Wailea area. Which seems cool till you find out that......
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Why she built the road (which is actually improved ranch roads that already existed in some form or another beforehand) is anyone's guess. Most of the more high end restaurants and accommodations on Maui are located in the resort areas of Wailea and Makena. Maybe she needs a route to
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to the resorts below.
Of course, you can still find and "see" the road, but it's abit of a pain. The road is "tucked" into other roads, and is not visible to normal daily traffic.
The "Upcountry Gate" is down a steep road and blocked by gates. You have to find !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (near supposedly where Sen had a house on Maui before the whole Revolutionary thing in China some years afterwards).
You then have to go downhill on the "Dead End" road till !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to see the start/exit of the road. Heres some tourists that visited the top part of the road.
The "Kihei Gate" of the road is actually up a bit from the Piilani Highway, but you can see where Oprah !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Then again, how she does a left turn is a bit of a head scratchier when traffic is heavy, or you don't want people knowing when your coming or going.
How the road is is also a head scratcher. While there is acknowledgement the road will be used by unauthorized users !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! :
It's hard to monitor the road," Starr said. "There's some concern about the general public. It's kind of a double-edged sword because the road is very attractive to skateboards and joggers. We have definite security issues."
...one has to wonder if Oprah is savvy enough to allow some limited traipsing if the money is right (Mini Rally anyone?). Oh, wait, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
I knew several people who had the keys to the gates, but idiots had to drive their lifted trucks that they never take 4-wheel driving, (try to look like they do but wouldn't know how to) and purposely ran into farmers fences, destroying private property, ramming fences, ruining it for everybody else, so it's their fault not Oprah's. A couple jerks always ruin it for everybody else. Pilau Lolo's!
*sigh*
Photos by me, top image from the first linked Youtube Video.
ColoradoTaco
> cesariojpn
01/27/2014 at 09:51 |
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I though Oprah's place was on the Hana side of island, on the other side of the volcano, unless she has multiple places there I guess.
GoofTroop22
> cesariojpn
12/23/2017 at 04:45 |
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Christ, do you people have editors? Are you HIRING?
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Kevin conway
> cesariojpn
10/01/2018 at 10:32 |
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http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-oprah-winfrey-changed-world-for-worse/