Coconut Island Hilo

... are normally covered.  Minutes later the water at the end of the breakwater turned blue again and the rocks around Coconut Island disappeared again.  This ~10 minute cycle repeated several times.  After a while it became clear that the ...

... , gives them a chance to draw a picture to go with the story they write (a la Diary of a Wimpy Kid). We walk to Coconut Island Park, head over the bridge and explore the remainder of concrete structures.  Along the beach, Kai is the best ...

... beautiful Japanese garden planted in honor of the last Hawaiian princess, Lili’uokalani Gardens, and a walkway to small Coconut Island in Hilo Bay.  Besides the gardens, we see no reason ever to come back to Hilo again in our ...

... über friendly guy called Terry, apparently the owner of the place. Then we took a two hour walk in the beach area, visited Coconut Island, took a walk in Japanese Garden and found a nice fish market where we had the best lunch so far this trip (or at ...

... ; Hilo Hattie is at every port, but we did not visit until here. Free shell lei and drinks...we pick up some guava treats for work. For next time...Akaka Falls, Pacific Tsunami Museum, and Coconut Island. Nap was needed and just made it to ...

... before whale watching season is over (November-March). After seeing a few whales, there was still time for us to kayak around Coconut Island. It was a good thing I had Hannah as my partner on that kayak because my arms were tired within five minutes of ...