Took a fun little jaunt to Pa'ia (pronounced: pie-E-a). Pai'ia is an awesome hippie town on the north coast of the island. The atmosphere reminded me so much of North Hampton with all the fun shops, great cafes, chill atmosphere and free spirits! Neither Ryan nor I are big shoppers at heart but we found plenty of fun, earthy, crunchy boutiques that tickled our fancy and so we moseyed in and out of tons of fun shops. We filled our bellies at Cafe Mambo. The food was fresh and delicious, the mood chill and comfy and the service great. (Note to self: return to Cafe Mambo some Thursday night for their projection screen movie theater night).
On the way out of town we stopped at the Maui Dharma Center. The center is open during specific hours for prayer and meditation; however, we were here to tour today not to worship. The Lha Bab Stupa (shown in picture) signifies and tells the story of the historical Buddha's return to Earth after teaching his mother the dharma in the celestial heavens, (thus liberating her from cyclic existence) as a way to repay her kindness. Buddha used celestial stars to descend back to Earth. For this reason, there are stairs on the Stupa in each of the four directions. The walls are covered in colorful hand painted pictures and there is a copper Mani Pray Wheel in the center of the structure. There was a plaque out side that explained the story, significance and directions. It said to enter, grab onto the wheel, start walking clockwise and start praying, and so we walked and prayed! There's a lot more history and religious information on this center as you can imagine but this pretty much sums it up for the "tourist" need to know portion.
So, "right on" (as they say around here) you get a 10 in my book Pa'ia and I am defiantly looking forward to lots more visits and memories in this fabulous little town!
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