We spent our last two days in Hawaii on the “wet” side of the island, touring around the volcano and the more tropical part of the big island. It was a really beautiful part of the island, and very different from what we saw on the Kona side.
We started out taking a drive through [...]
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Hawaii: Volcano and Hilo
November 23rd, 2010 No Comments
Hawaii: Kona beaches
November 21st, 2010 1 Comment
Today we decided to make it a beach day! The kohala coast beaches are supposed to be great so we thought we’d try them out.
But before we got far – a road closure set us back, and they don’t have many roads! Eventually though, we arrived at the public beach at the Waikoloa resort This [...]
Hawaii: Big Island – Kona
November 21st, 2010 No Comments
We have arrived on the Big Island so I thought an update was in order.
We headed straight from Kona airport to our hotel, the Royal Kona Resort. We had an awesome view of the ocean from our room! We spent much time just sitting listening to the waves. Kona itself is a fun little [...]
Hawaii: Haleakala and More
November 20th, 2010 2 Comments
It’s been a couple of days since I did a proper update so I thought I’d fill in the last two days on Maui, including the trip up 10,000 ft Haleakala.
It was another gorgeous morning when we set out on the road up the mighty Haleakala volcano. Mom wasn’t too enthusiastic about the trip but [...]
Hawaii: Road to Hana
November 17th, 2010 2 Comments
On our second day on Maui, we drove the famous “Road to Hana” – one of the most amazing drives anywhere!
We had an early start from the condo in Kihei. It took about an hour to get to the start of the road. It was absolutely breathtaking! The first stop was an overlook just past [...]
Hawaii: Intro to Maui
November 16th, 2010 2 Comments
Hawaii is great! I thought it was about time I get to posting an update so here is a summary of the first couple of days.
Our trip to Hawaii started out early (6am Michigan time) – we had three flights to take on over the course of the day. It took a total of 11-hrs [...]