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Friday-Spent last nite & tonight at Oshima Hotel. Walked down to Haina Mill,one mile down. Caught a ride back met Sandy, borrowed his car & drove to old Poambau landing-most spectacular. Tried to find Hanokaa Landing, but got lost in camp. went to a show-"Midnight Taxi," & "Black Diamonds".(very good story of mine strike). saw the town filled with fog. Wrote. Sat-wrote in restaurant ("Inter Island") -rode to Waimea then to Hawi- explored the town. Am staying at Yamamoto Hotel tonight. at Honokaa Story magazine- excellent stories-read in restaurants and on sidewalks. a neat Japanese girl [[strikethrough]] on [[/strikethrough]] pushing cane off the floor of cane cars at Haina (Hanoleaa will) Mill noises-straw bosses. Portuguese truck drivers. The old post office perched above the road-the oiled verandah. Japanese meals in Honokaa-the intelligent waitresses. Bouner of Hickam Field-on vacation-at the bar all day buying wine for Frank, the asthmatic village drunkard. Alka-Seltzer for the haole couple after a night of drinking- "Too much aloha," they kept saying to