Kona
Travel Blogs from Kona, United States
A Tough Day of Travel
... into more than 6 hours. And I still had a 5.5 hour flight to Kona! We arrived in Kona shortly after 10 PM. Kona is an open-air airport where you exit all planes via stairs (stair-car!!!). I was immediately struck by the intense humidity. It seems that ...
visiting with mom and bert
March 2006 hawaii Out to Hawaii to visit mom and bert. This is their winter home on the big island of Hawaii. Having just started training for races, Irene convinced Jason to do a pee man. This is the local running club that puts on foot races, ...
My Last Day in Paradise
The only flight out of Kona on American Airlines is at 9:30 PM, so I had a full day at the resort. I spent more time at the pools, of course. I did a bit of shopping. Generally, I enjoyed my last day of relaxation. Took the red-eye back to the mainland ...
Mon
Kara had conf. I did laundry, started this journal. Lunch at KFC. Took first roll of film to Costco. Ate at the Big Island Grill, very ...
The Big Island - Dry Side
We drove over to the dry side of the island, and spent a few days in Kona. We basically just hung out, snorkeled, and were beach bums ...
Beach and Snorkeling
Le 21 novembre 2011, Comme on annonce couvert pour aujourd'hui, j'ai décidé que c'est la température idéale pour aller faire un peu de snorkeling, parce que le snorkeling le dos pas cremé au gros soleil, c'est pas évident... Et se crémer le dos ...
Aloha !
... snorkeling, qui se baignent ou qui profitent simplement de la vue. Au retour, j'essaie de comprendre leur système d'adresses. Le Kona Bali Kai, là où est le condo que j'ai loué, est au 76-6246. Or, à partir de Kona, je suis dans ...
Une journée totale à la plage ... Woo-Hoo !!!
Le 30 novembre 2011, Hi que j'ai passé une mauvaise nuit... ben réveillée à 03:30, j'ai fini par me rendormir aux petites heures... pour me faire réveiller par le *&?%$ de cadran qui n'a pas fonctionné hier, mais qui fonctionne parfaitement ce ...
Oh my God... déjà le 1er décembre !!!
... devenue un commerce lucratif pour les portuguais, une façon d'augmenter leur revenu. De nos jours, les volontaires de la Kona Historical Society (KHS) allument le four à tous les jeudis matin, et y font cuire 96 miches de Portuguese Sweet Bread ...
hawaii
John and mardelle, jason's stepmom and dad gave us another trip to Arizona! But as it goes, once you get "outside" Alaska, you might as well see everyone. So we decided to go to Hawaii first. It took nearly 5 days of being there to really wind down ...
Surf and meet!
... donc un peu insultée que je grimpe dans notre truck aux côtés d’une pilote qui elle, est bien crampée. Direction Royal Kona Resort, notre hôtel réservé sur Expédia. Ouf, les photos sur internet ne sont vraiment pas représentatives de la ...
Aloha!
... 8217;t expect to hear from us too often. We’re too busy enjoying Paradise. Typical Delta flight(s) from Atlanta to Kailua-Kona. We were late leaving Atlanta (as usual) in pouring rain and were concerned we’d miss our connection in Los ...
10 in Paradise
... in the rain, walking along the vents of the Volocano and breathing air we should not have breathed, Snorkeling in Kona, Parasailing in Kona, seeing a turtle, stingray and dolphins while parasailing. It was an awesome time. The down fall of the trip ...
COMING SOON
HONALULU HON A SHOESTRING
... ] PS will soon be inviting you to share our dinner time experience with our fellow passengers a quite amusing time of the day PPS: Just to let you you know that i am sending this blog from kona in hawaii drinking banana smoothies and sitting in the sun ...
Back to Ireland
Taking off for Ireland once again. This time I will spend all of December with my friends and their family. This will be my first international christmas. Its a long flight with long lay overs in LA and ...
Sat
Little this day, time change catching up. Steelers on TV vs Balt. Ate at the Buns in the Sun bakery. Did short drive of 180. Ate at The ...
J'ai trouvé le paradis... Hapuna Beach !!!
Tout, tout, tout ce que je recherche d'une plage... le sable blanc, fin comme le sucre, l'océan azur dans lequel on se voit les orteils même quand on a de l'eau par-dessus la tête, des points d'ombre, des douches et des toilettes, et même un p'tit ...
Kona highlights
... only with you for 1-4 weeks, and if you are coming from a colder location, it isn't hard to hide ;-) I wandered by Kona Henna Studios (behind "boss frog snorkel") and got a hand and neck design done in about a half hour; I just love it! Go ...
scuba
... it coming up every few minutes. The harbor also is home to many large sea turtles. Along the way we saw Paul Allen's private estate in Kona where the locals say he never is at. He owns like acres of land on the tip of the peninsula of the harbor near ...
Wednesday here
... internet via dial-up -- UGH!!!! Okay, we're spoiled with high-speed internet) at the condo till around 11 a.m. We headed out for Kona Country Club to play a round of golf. Our game wasn't really "one to write home about" but we had a good ...
Lots of shopping for a little town
Another beautiful Hawaiian port city. Lots of shopping and historic areas to visit. This port required a tender to get ashore. With no excursion planned, we waited until most everyone got on shore and then we went down to the tender deck. With no ...
Day Three in Paradise!
More sun, more time at the pool, more paradise. The pictures on this entry are some of the buildings on the property, as well as the ocean around the ...
Magic Sands, de la belle vague aujourd'hui !!!
... pu se noyer sous nos yeux qu'on aurait pas bronché ni l'une ni l'autre... Comme ce sera ma dernière journée à Kailua-Kona demain, je pense que je suis mieux de retourner à Hapuna où c'est plus calme... Comme çà, je vais pouvoir me faire une ...

