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Kona
Travel Blogs from Kona, United States
perspectives on Hawaii...
This is a top pick! ... it occurs to me that s/he doesn't know whether s/he is resting on the beach of a state park, or downtown Kona amongst the chain restaurants and cruise ship tourists, or a deserted stretch of inaccessible and rarely traversed shoreline, or a larger ...
It's a WHEA of life....aloha...kk
This is a top pick! ... college. It's a public charter school...anyone is welcome...and the school is located right on the shore on the north Kona coast. This is quite a place. It's been in existence for 12 years and has been really successful. ...
if you live long enough.....
This is a top pick! ... , impeccably spiced foods---check out the photos), we drop the girls off...Linda is headed back home tomorrow so we go back to the Kona side of the island to camp. Of course, it's gotten late and arriving at the campsite at midnight, we find the ...
Journey to Paradise: Kona (The Big Island)
This is a top pick! KONA We were up early. The room service breakfast did not arrive. When we called at around 0650 the covering butler sounds like he forgot. He said he'll deliver it in 15 minutes. We told him to forget it. I was really upset about this. We grabbed a bite ...
This is a top pick! 
Keauhau and Kailua-Kona
... of the Kona coffee. None of it was as good as Kona Joe's so I'm waiting to buy some until we get back to Kona next week. We started driving towards Kona to putter around the town for awhile and came across this little outdoor market with a number of ...
Kealakekua Bay
... take in and we were so tired it was relaxing. Back at the condo, we relaxed for a couple hours and ventured back out to Kona. Jeff wanted to fish off of the pier and I had some more shops to explore. (I hadn't even gotten myself a t-shirt yet.) ...
Hawaii- Big Island -Dolphins, Dragons, Seahorses
... sick of all these silly question marks? Shall we move on to the dolphins? Up the coast past the airport from Kona we found what we thought was possibly the best swimming beach on the island, Hapuna Beach, but as the last thing you ...
kona
... 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 should have brought our swimmers, there was a beautiful little beach ...
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 also home to the Hawaii Iron-Man Triathlon, everyday you see folks running, biking or swimming in and around Kailua-Kona. Where Maui provided endless surfing beaches with challenging waves that would satisfy any avid surfer, Kona provides mostly bays, ...
Of Captain Cook and baby dolphins
This is a top pick! ... $450 for the arvo. I have a fit. Taxi back to dock and we decide to have a wander around. Bought a frappe made on Kona coffee and a muffin cos we’d had no lunch. Some young guys ask us something while we’re sat looking out over ...
SCUBA Diving
... across and 300 lbs! (Although they can get up to 30 feet across and 3,000 lbs.) Aaron got knocked around by one that bumped his shoulder with a flap its powerful wing. (Next: more diving in Kona and then off to Maui to spend New Years Eve with ...
Big Island north route - and the hulemaka flip.
... my elbow in the last picture), to Hilo. Mid-afternoon we traded our camper van for a car and retraced our steps across the island to Kona where we're staying for our last night. It's going to be our last chance to shower, pack, and get in some sunshine ...
Let the Adventure Begin....
... realized not having a cell phone was going to be harder than i expected. I eventually arrived in Honolulu and missed my scheduled flight to Kona on the Big Island. Again, no cell phone and all land phone lines were down due to a storm. But i managed to ...
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
... a couple of dresses the first day here at the open-air market so I had a couple of new options. We arrived at the Royal Kona Resort for the luau a little after 5 and the free mai tais were flowing. They had these huge punch bowls filled with mai tais. ...
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! ... better and I coped much better but Al is very concerned. Very relieved when we turn onto highway. Stop at Kona coffee plantation. Largest plantation in US. Nice coffee, FANTASTIC donuts. Kind of have a hardish/crunchy ...
Back to Kona
... you will probably perceive from this blog entry, we're exhausted from all of our adventure. One more day and we're back to Kona and relaxing. After our stop at Ken's House of Pancakes, we drove north out of Hilo. We drove through retired sugar ...
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
... , why am I tired? Oh yeah it's midnight back home; I'd be in dreamland by now.) Ok so back to the trip... Getting to Kona The flight was uneventful (thank you God). I have to hand it to NWA; they've really upgraded their planes since Marya, Mom and ...
Kalakekua Bay/Puuhonua o Honauau (Place of Refuge)
... of my favorite days I spent in Hawaii... Visitors to the Big Island pay attention! In the early morning, drove South down past Kona to Kealakekua Bay. Once there, rented a kayak & snorkeling gear from guys at the dock and took a short 1/2 hour paddle ...
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 ...
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 Lifestyle
Travel is still going well. I've been on the Big Island for just over a month now. Doing just about anything to keep myself busy. Which isn't hard for me!!! Still keeping my construction skills sharpened by helping out the Fuller family with some odd ...
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 ...