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Kailua Slideshow
Kailua
Travel Blogs from Kailua, United States
It's a WHEA of life....aloha...kk
This is a top pick! So let me tell you about this school I visited today. Its motto is "No Child Left Indoors"...it's an experiential school focused on environmental science (West Hawaii Explorations Academy---WHEA). I meet a teenager in a bookstore ...
if you live long enough.....
This is a top pick! As a good friend of mine says, if you live long enough, you'll eventually see it all...and the past few days have proven to me that life still holds surprises....and some real eye opening learning.... It started in Ho'okena...that's the campground ...
Packaging
This is a top pick! Americans do packaging so well. Be it the flag, a painted fence, or a tin of salmon, there's always a splash of eye candy about. Going to the grocery store on trips is one of my favourite pasttimes. Besides the constant price comparisons (why is ...
Ambitions
This is a top pick! ... by Victoria's climate, we bring along vests and a blanket, none of which we need in the warm night wind. People watch comfortably in their swimsuits. The drive back to Kailua is an easy 35 minutes at this time of night, and we're in bed by ten ...
Three little adventures
This is a top pick! ... in the car, panting pathetically. Second minor adventure of the day done with. Tusa and Rich are wowed by the beach at Kailua with its clear turquoise water, pristine sand and much higher surf. They've been boogie boarding at Waikiki every day, but ...
A trip to the Windward side of Oahu
... spot near the beach. All beaches in Hawaii must by law be available to the public; there are no "private" beaches... Kailua beach is spectacular. White, white sand and nothing but. There is a tree-line running behind the beach providing plenty of ...
Keauhau and Kailua-Kona
I woke up this morning nearly drowning in the humid air. The weather is not cooperating today and we heard it hasn't been for the last week. It was quite overcast and misting a lot in the morning. So we decided to forgo the morning snorkel. Jeff has ...
Kealakekua Bay
Today, we wanted to go to Kealakekua Bay, which is supposedly the best snorkeling on the island. However, to get there, you have to hike down a very steep cliff, swim one mile across the bay, or kayak one mile across the bay. We chose to take a ...
kona
Anzac day and yes they had a dawn service and no I was to slack to go as I had a late night and still had to be up by 6am, I know you all saying so what !!!lol We are off to Kona Hawaii, it is such a beautiful place, we went over by tenders today and we ...
Red takes a break
Red needed a little vacation from his regular travels (because he works so hard) and decided to visit the Island of Hawaii. But this trip was not all play because Red was going to visit the Volcanos and find out how the land masses were ...
Lava Java in the Big Island
... is nestled in the plush gardens of Captain Cook and over looks Kealakekua Bay. Friendly Geicos are everywhere. Kona Brewing Company - Kailua Kona: We went here a few times..good all around. Great beer, of course Huggos - Kailua Kona: ...
Of Captain Cook and baby dolphins
This is a top pick! Day 15 Saturday 02/10 Kailua Kona We slowly glide into the bay of Kailua Kona. Beautiful doesn't come close to describing it. As we were sailing in volcano dominates the landscape. Yet again I can only say "awesome". Quick brekkie and up to ...
SCUBA Diving
Ocean Life Aaron, Theo, their dad Orvel Ray, and I went to the other side of the island to Kona. It's the leeward side of the ocean, so it's much less rainy than Hilo. What a relief. We are staying at a condo and doing a lot of SCUBA diving. We rented ...
We're Here!
Our first sight of Hawaii: acres and acres of black lava in various stages of erosion, but much of it seemingly recent. And the air port is right in the middle of it. Just a little reminder, in case we'd forgotten, that we're on a volcanic ...
Kahalu'u Beach and the Luau
Ahhhh. A day of much needed rest. We took our time to get moving this morning. We've been going like Energizer bunnies for the last 5 days, so we wanted to take it easy today. We declared it a 'day at the beach.' We wanted to check out the ...
The BIG Island
The entire team finally assembled on the BIG Island at the minta Beach Villas!! First night drinks went down a little too well, probably due to the $7/ doz Coronas and Claire's Mai Tai's! The team with the new addition of the Jeep Wrangler took to ...
The Big Island
4:45 am wake up call for the flight to Kona on the Big Island. We had to fly back to Honolulu and change planes. Once here, we went to get our car - we had reserved a Jeep 4x4 but of course they were out of those! They gave us a ...
Will my back be ok?
This is a top pick! Day 16 Sunday 03/10 Nawiliwili, Kauai Sat on veranda as we sail into Nawiliwili. We dock at what looks to be a sugar terminal. Showery squalls passing through. Holland America ship also dock. Off very quickly even though queue appeared very ...
Swimming with the fishes, take 2
We didn't get to see seahorses after all: the seahorse ranch was closed for the weekend. Like a lot of Hawaiians, they take time off on weekends and close at suppertime. Very civilized and humane, and we from the mainland are not used to those ...
Arrival
Aloha! We made it! We're in Kona. I'm on the lanai (a.k.a. patio) of our hotel room, sipping some Kona coffee...well, it's only the 10% version that the hotel has in the room. But it will suffice for now. I'm up early (for Hawaii) at 5:30 am. It's 10:30 ...
Kayaking Kailua Bay
... breezy! After Shannon got home from work we grabbed a few of her friends, her brother & his girlfriend and headed down to Kailua Beach to go kayaking. Once we got there Jonathan decided he didn't want to go kayaking, so the rest of us divided into ...
Day 5 A Drive Around the Big Island
Today was unreal . We drove all the way around the island and we managed to get back just after sunset(it wasn't a good one too cloudy.) Our rental was a PT Cruiser. I think the rental guy was punishing us because we said we didn't want to pay extra for ...
Big Island - volcanoes rule!
So from the Garden Island we flew across to the island of Hawaii (or The Big Island - as you can fit all the other islands into it twice over). This is the youngest of all the Hawaiian islands and while we were here we learnt about how all the ...
Day 3 Kona- The Vacation Starts
Aloha! We decided to do nothing today just hang out at the pool. We got a really great breakfast buffet- we ate in the area that had a covering over it- the chairs were nicer. We found 2 lounge chairs that were away from all the others and near one of ...
Day 4 There She blows!
Get out your magnifying glass for these pictures. We went whale watching and we saw many whales. The guy explaining everything on the boat said we saw about 30. To me they all looked the same except for the babies.None really close but it was fun. We ...
HOLY CESNA!
“Get ready for the Mokulele express!” “What is that?” Dasha exclaimed. “It’s like a flying caravan that seats 9 people.” All Dasha needed to hear were the words 'flying' and '9 people' and she got her ...
Den vzdelavania a zabavy
Dnes sme stravili den vzdelavanim sa. Hned rano som isiel na prednasku o troch Americkych podnikatelov a na izbu som sa vratil okolo tretej. Stanka si medzitym uzila bazen a isla nakupit. Ja som preto isiel ku bazenu az na koniec dna a vecer sme spolu ...
We're home!
We've arrived back home in Hawaii. We are on the Big Island staying in our condo until June 25th, then our condo on Maui and then our home on the island of Kauai in July. It's so great to be home. There's a lot of vog from the volcano since another vent ...
