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North America » United States » Hawaii » Big Island » Kailua-Kona September 11th 2006

Hawaii (11th - 17th September, 2006) San Francisco to Honolulu to Kona (Hawai'i/The Big Island - Spencer Beach Park) "Happy 26th Birthday Bern and Elizabeth and just for your birthday I'm taking you both to Hawaii and I'm coming too!!!!" Very high security alerts flying in the States on September 11. We were no longer able to carry liquids on the plane due to problems at Heathrow in the last month. After arriving in Honolulu we flew straight out again to Kona on The Big Island. Our forward planning started to get a little bit lax, having booked a flight to Kona the night before, booking a car when we arrived at the airport and then just having to find a campsite when we arrived. Kona (Hookena Beach Park) A lady in a security buggy woke ... read more
Kava Bar, Kona
Hookena Beach Park
Sea Turtle

North America » United States » Hawaii » Big Island » Kailua-Kona July 16th 2006

Last time we all spoke was the infamous day where the big (more like quite little) accident happened... Well anyway the following few days went as per follows: On Tuesday the 11th of July we woke up early to head out to what is known as 'The place of refuge', a National Historical Park. After taking a wrong turn (of course Chris was directing again) we eventually made it there. It was a very unusual place where we discovered that it was a place where former Kings of Hawaii had spent time in the 19th century. Chris was overjoyed as she finally saw another turtle in the wild and attempted to take as many photos as the camera would allow. We left the refuge and headed over to Akaka Falls near Hilo on the other side ... read more
Kilauea Lighthouse
Nene's
Na Pali Coast

North America » United States » Hawaii » Big Island » Kailua-Kona July 15th 2006

The Big Island Hawaii We sighted Hilo through heavy rains and the captain of our ship decided not to dock at Hilo. The weather was too rough. The ship started moving along the coast towards Kona. “Hey, we are supposed to go south and we are going towards north. Will you please tell the captain to move the ship around and go in the opposite direction? We won’t see any lava otherwise” I said to my husband in panic. He was least bothered. “The captain knows best what he is doing, dear” he said, “so, chill and eat your ice cream.” “But look, we have the coast on our right and open sea on our left, so that means we are moving north. Don’t you remember, when we are strolling on the Worli Seaface ( a ... read more
Kona harbour
Plumeria and coconut tree

North America » United States » Hawaii » Big Island » Kailua-Kona July 13th 2006

On Saturday the 8th of July we had a pretty quiet day. After breakfast at our hotel (whilst watching dolphins swim by) we headed into the main part of Kona looking for an internet cafe. We were greeted by some friendly locals asking if we wanted to buy any herb however we politely declined. Upon asking where an internet cafe was we were asked where we were from. After responding Australia, we were asked, much to Shane's disbelief 'Where is that?'. After a relaxing afternoon by the pool we headed to Bubba Gumps Shrimp Co for dinner, a restaurant based on the movie 'Forrest Gump'. The food was delicious and we even got to take a bit home for a snack the following day. On Sunday the 9th of July we went on what felt the ... read more
Popcorn Shrimp at Bubba Gump's
Shane Gump
Kilauea Crater


Well....... where were we? The day after visiting Pearl Harbour we woke up early and headed for the $2.25 breakkie again. Afterwards we went to Thrifty to collect our hire car. For some reason the booking was not there but we managed to still organise a car for the next two days. Ouch..... it cost US$150 for 2 days (they slugged us with the insurance). Chris went to the wrong side of the car to get in (which Shane thought was hillarious) but we eventually made it onto the main road. Gee what an experience, sitting on the opposite side of the car and the road compared to what we were used to. We headed out to what the guy at the hire car company said was the 'bad side' of the island. Chris managed to ... read more
Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach
Shrimp Shack

North America » United States » Hawaii » Big Island » Kailua-Kona December 5th 2005

Well, we're back from the Big Island. What a great place. I hope to move there someday. Maybe when I retrire. So, the trip was great. We got to swim with dolphins in kealakekua bay but I don't have those pcitures yet. We stayed at the Casa De Emdeko on alii drive. We went to every beach in town and most of the ones in Kohala.... read more
another Kona sunset
charter fishing

North America » United States » Hawaii » Big Island » Kailua-Kona December 3rd 2005

Ok, Ok! I have to admit, I was very lazy in the last time so I didn't do any new blogs. I hope you can forgive me for that. As a compensation I will put more pictures in it. Most of you people don't read my blogs anyway and just watch the pictures, or do you? :-) Anyway I have to keep the timeline the way it should be. Therefore you get this time over a month old pictures. First you will see my first trip to another island. And I have to tell you.... it was AWESOME!!! A nice young lady from Munich visited me, so I had a good reason to travel elsewhere. So we decided to go to Big Island. It's bigger than all the other islands together but not even one tenth ... read more
The team
our nice rental car
concentrating driver

North America » United States » Hawaii » Big Island » Kailua-Kona November 26th 2005

When we first booked our flights with Aloha Airlines, Hyning and I just wanted to 'get away' to the Big Island. With no research or any concrete plans, we booked the cheapest flights available, not realising that we had to wake up at 4am to catch a 6.10am flight to Kona and returned on thanksgiving night to Oahu. We had very little sleep the night before because: (1) Hyning and I could not stop talking at night; (2) I was jet-lagged and would not let her sleep; and (3) when we could finally sleep, Hyning had her alarm clock blaring at 2am local time - it was 4am Cali-time. We arrived at Kona Airport before sunrise. Once we collected our car and drove out of the airport, we realised we were indeed at a volcanic heartland. ... read more
Scenic Route to Hilo
On Cloud 9
Pele's Hair

North America » United States » Hawaii » Big Island » Kailua-Kona November 2nd 2005

Test post - I'm leaving for Kona in two weeks. /me excited!!... read more


More beaches We drove to north this time to see other beaches. We ate some good food at Mediterranean restaurant. The first beach we hit was Hapuna Beach. Its a very beautiful, full of really soft sandy like valvet. I absolutely loved it. Then we went to Spencer Beach. I bought Rahul a music instrument for his birthday, so we tried playing that on the beach. This was much more quieter and also had a camping place. If we knew, we probably would have camped there, right on the beach. On the way back, we also caught a really nice sunset. Last day - more snorkeling Today was Rahul's birthday and our last day on Hawaii. I could not believe the trip was getting over, it was such a perfect trip. We spent the morning packing ... read more
rental car




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