Pa'ia, a former sugar plantation town a few miles/kilometers west of Kahului, retains the charm of its historic buildings, though it's growing rapidly. The town is actually just the intersection of two streets, where a traffic light regularly bottlenecks traffic.
Pa'ia's increasing number of boutiques and restaurants features a health-food store mainstay, a made-with-hemp clothing store and several wonderful bakeries. It also has the most nightlife on the island, with local music and hip restaurants. Modern-day hippies and windsurfers give the town its character.
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