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On the other side of the valley, the ridgeline is almost as spectacular
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Moving about a mile down from the end of the road, another lookout provides a slightly different view of the ridges and valleys falling to the Napali Coast
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Zoom in on the previous picture and you at least four waterfalls!
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I think this is wild ginger
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The starting point of our hike to the top of Waipa'a Falls
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We take the Canyon Trail out and the Black Pipe Trail back
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The guidebook said the trail was lined with fire ginger and yellow orchids, so I presume this is yellow orchid. There was lots of it!
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A closer view of the yellow orchid
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Another pretty flower
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The left side of the road is lined with yellow orchid plants
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We went to the right
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The trail is still a road for a few hundred feet further. It's listed as a 4x4 road, but it was in good shape and we saw a couple of 2-wheel drive cars on it.
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The end of the road, from here it's trail.
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We went left here. Since we came back a different way, we never made it to the viewpoint. The guidebook said that we'd see just as good or better along the Canyon Trail anyway.
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