Ahalanui Park( Hot Ponds)

[TheodoreJay]

Car thefts can happen any time of the day so always watch your car keys and don't bring allot of valuables down there either. If the thieves get the message that we are on to them then maybe they will go elsewhere (hopefully).

[kimo wires]

Obie I stand corrected, Thanks, People are still going in with open cuts. Locals that have been here for a long time catching infections.
That sign looks old and letters missing. Never noticed that sign myself. It should be more prominent.

[JerryCarr]

I seem to recall some hand-painted signs around Ahalanui warning of infection risk way back about eight or nine years ago. These had apparently been put up by some local citizens who felt more notice was needed of the problem. What yucked me out about the place at that time was the number of semi-feral cats doing their business right near the mauka end of pond, and I mean very near as in less than ten feet.

[Obie]

I think there is more than one sign.I haven't been in the water there for several years myself.I always seem to have a cut or scratch from doing battle with my jungle or from some home repair accident.Most of my local friends either don't go near it or only go at high tide.

High tide and close to the break-wall seems like it would be fairly safe.

[Kapohocat]

Oh yah, its horrible, lots of disease, etc. Cars getting broken into. Stay away..... so I can go there and drop our towels at our favorite spot! [][][]

Seriously, I do go frequently, and usually on a outgoing high tide as it is warmer, and cleaner. I take a shower at home with soap and warm water and if I got a nick or scratch I put neosporin on them when I am done. I dont go in when I have a gash but I probably also wouldn't swim in my chlorinated pool either then.

Maybe we are lucky but I dont get my car broken into there although has been broken into at Kehena many years ago. We have taken both our cars at different times and dont lock them and usually leave at least one window part way down, so in case the crack heads forget to see if the doors locked, they can roll down the window and see there isnt anything of value in the car. Both cars are older, and isnt probably worth stealing.

I guess you can live your life incredibly cautiously or take calculated risks and then take cautionary measures like showering afterwards. I equate it to skydiving. There are many people (like me) that wouldn't jump out of a perfectly good plane. But with the right safety precautions, many people do it safely, and have a great time.

Your mileage may vary.

[Orchidlandguy]

you also live in an area with cess pools leaking into the Kapoho Tide Pools with poop and toilet paper floating around. Many people there daily with kids and picnics and not one porta potty or place to poop. Thus pooping all over the bushes...high tide and there you go.
Any area with that many people and cesspools is not exactly safe either.
So it doesn't surprise me that someone swimming in the Kapoho Tide Pools would also swim in the Hot Pond.
You are correct... like sky diving... or like living on top of the Kapoho lava flow.... some like it hot and full of bacteria, some don't.

[Kelena]

I have always had a nice experience at Ahalanui and at Kapoho. On the other hand, when I went into my nice clean Southern California hospital last year for one of those unpleasant and invasive men-over-50 checkups, I came home with a staph infection that shot straight up my arm and sent me back to the hospital where I --a complete germophobe like Howard Hughes (but without his money)-- was petrified that this foul place would make it worse.

I do have a rule though. If 4 year old children are having a party at Ahalanui, I get out.

[Obie]

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Originally posted by Orchidlandguy

you also live in an area with cess pools leaking into the Kapoho Tide Pools with poop and toilet paper floating around. Many people there daily with kids and picnics and not one porta potty or place to poop. Thus pooping all over the bushes...high tide and there you go.
Any area with that many people and cesspools is not exactly safe either.
So it doesn't surprise me that someone swimming in the Kapoho Tide Pools would also swim in the Hot Pond.
You are correct... like sky diving... or like living on top of the Kapoho lava flow.... some like it hot and full of bacteria, some don't.

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WOW OLG comes out from under his rock(Or is it out from under his cesspool lid)

Welcome back to Punaweb !! Missed you so much !

[DoryGray]

PETRI pool is my nickname for the hot pond. Having a public health grad degree has taught me many things I didn't really need to know. That said, however, I do go in the pond periodically because it is so wonderful. My precautions are as follows: only high tide, only stay by the inlet, not if there are a ton of people or children, shower thoroughly, & never w/ any kind of open skin wound. I haven't had any consequences if I follow these rules. The other small hot pond by Pohoiki is where I did get sick from & never have gone back. It's basic good ole common sense.

[Orchidlandguy]

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Originally posted by Obie

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Originally posted by Orchidlandguy

you also live in an area with cess pools leaking into the Kapoho Tide Pools with poop and toilet paper floating around. Many people there daily with kids and picnics and not one porta potty or place to poop. Thus pooping all over the bushes...high tide and there you go.
Any area with that many people and cesspools is not exactly safe either.
So it doesn't surprise me that someone swimming in the Kapoho Tide Pools would also swim in the Hot Pond.
You are correct... like sky diving... or like living on top of the Kapoho lava flow.... some like it hot and full of bacteria, some don't.

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WOW OLG comes out from under his rock(Or is it out from under his cesspool lid)

Welcome back to Punaweb !! Missed you so much !

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??? never stopped posting.
been posting all along, this week in fact...
what "rock are you under", or is it a bridge?

oh right you are also in Kapoho advocating the "clean" area with houses that dump the cess pools into the tide pools and no porta potties for the hundreds that come there weekly. You advocate poop in the bushes, ya, obie.