Blogs from Big Island, Hawaii, United States, North America - page 36

Ok Jeff, i have pictures for ya. The tricky part is putting them on here - hope it works :) If anybody wants the rejects (the ones that didnt make it on the journal) just let me know. I have like 867879784543 pictures of trees and like, turtles. haha.. but it was sooo beautiful!! I hope to get good pictures of volcanoes and Mauna Kea (the mountain with snow, how crazy?) and gaaah everything is so gorgeous! So today was fun. We went to a local place to get an orchid lei - nobody was there but the sign said to leave the money in the box and take the lei. Never seen such a thing, lol. Then we toured the beaches for a few minutes on the way to Walmart and Costco - we saw ... read more

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

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

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

31/05/05: Picture downhill skiing and then 1 hour later basking in the tropical Hawaiian sun. Many people don’t know this but Hawaii gives you the opportunity to do this. Coming from someone that hasn’t even seen snow before, let alone been skiing, I thought that it was best not to indulge in this escapade. Besides, I think snowfall in summer is minimal on the mountain summits. You can, however, experience natures power on the opposite temperature spectrum and stand next to a river of 1150 deg C molten lava. This can be done all year round but the unusual, although very obvious (if you think about it) characteristic of active volcanoes is that the landscape is always changing. New land is added/destroyed each day which makes it very difficult for tour guides to predict the daily ... read more