Paia, HI Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

PA'IA , four miles out of Kahului on the Hana Highway, is a friendly, laid-back town whose two distinct sections both began life serving the sugar plantations in the 1870s. Upper Pa'ia , concentrated around the sugar mill half a mile inland, was built on plantation land and held the camps that housed the laborers, as well as company stores and other facilities. Meanwhile, freebooting entrepreneurs set up shop in Lower Pa'ia , at sea level, operating stores, theaters, restaurants and anything else that might persuade their captive clientele to part with a few pennies. Both parts of Pa'ia declined … more »