Kohala is a rolling
grassland at the edge of the ocean, rising to koa forests on the oldest
mountains on the Big Island, the Kohala Mountains. Its district contains
2 small plantation towns, Kapaau, and Hawi (Ha-vee)along a single highway,
and not a single stoplight in the district. The main road leads to the impassible
cliffs and valleys of Pololu, and then turns around. There is no main industry
in Kohala, but there are many roadside shops. Kohala is a great place, with
a low population of 5,000, although in the days of Old Hawaii, there were
an estimated 70,000 Hawaiians.
