Travel to Molokai and Lanai in Hawaii – Amateur Traveler Episode 206 Transcript

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Travel to Moloka’i and Lana’i, Hawaii – Amateur Traveler Episode 184 Transcript

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Chris: And is there anything you wished you had known before you went to Moloka’i?

Pam: I wish I’d known that I needed to spend a lot more time there. That’s what I wished I’d known. Our trip was way too short. Oh, you know what, there’s actually something practical and intense that I wished I’d known. We did both islands by ferry, right. You can travel by ferry to both islands. And in the morning, the crossing is lovely – it’s beautiful. I get seasick and so I took some meds before we went to Moloka’i. A lot of people were looking over the rail on our crossing to Molokai. I thought it wasn’t that bad.

Chris: So you mean, “looking over the rail” in a euphemistic sort of sense?

Pam: Yes. There was some fish feeding.

Chris: Fish feeding, ok.

Pam: Yeah. But when we took the ferry back from Lana’i to Maui, we came into the middle of that channel there. The skipper came on the PA and said, “Yeah, if you’re up on top deck, you might want to come down below. We are entering the portion of the crossing that we like to call ‘The Washing Machine’.”

Chris: Oh, interesting, ok.

Pam: I was really sick. I have never been that seasick. It was rough, rough, rough. It was really bad. You might want to think about how you get to and from those islands, if you don’t have a cast-iron stomach. I asked at the dock the next day, when we were taking off for Moloka’i. I said “Is there a morning crossing?” because the morning crossing tends to be a little better. And is the afternoon crossing always this rough? “ She said, “You know, the Maui channel is kind of a rough crossing and you want to take your meds, if you have a problem with that.” So that’s something that I’d really wished I ‘d known because when we got back from Lana’i, I was miserable for probably 24 hours. I’d been so sick and then I had the side effects of taking the meds. for it. I was really miserable. So I wish I had flown. And we actually ditched our tickets on Moloka’i. I wimped out. I was like, “I’m not doing that again. And we ditched our tickets and bought an interisland back to Maui.

Chris: So you flew back? Ok.

Pam: Yeah, we flew back instead of taking the boat back because I just couldn’t face it again. Having done that crossing two days prior and been so sick, it was so rough. It turned out they had extreme tides while we were there. The following day a boat slammed into the pier and broke it. It was really rough, Conditions were exceptionally bad. However, it’s worth checking into and asking about if that’s something you’re affected by.

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