Besides two resort enclaves, an airport, and a centrally located little village, the rest of the 13-by-18-mile (21-by-29-kilometer) island of Lanai is virtually deserted, just miles of open grasslands, rare dryland forests, and unpeopled Pacific coast.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hiding Away in Lanai," January/February 1997, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
