U.S.A. - Lahaina, HI

Christopher - U.S.A. - 05.01.2011

Sugar Cane Train, Lahaina. 

Take a ride through historic Lahaina on this sugar cane train, once used by sugar plantation farmers. 

Lāhainā is the largest census-designated place (CDP) in West Maui, Maui County, Hawaii, and the gateway to the famous Kaanapali and Kapalua beach resorts north of the community. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a resident population of 11 704. Lahaina encompasses the coast along Hawaii Route 30 from a tunnel at the south end, through Olawalu up to the CDP of Napili-Honokowai to the north. During the heavy tourist seasons, the population can swell to nearly 40 000 people.

Until permanently moving to Honolulu, Lahaina was the capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii. In the 19th century, Lahaina was the center of the global whaling industry with many sailing ships anchored in at its waterfront; today a score of pleasure craft make their home there.