Kona
Travel Blogs from Kona, United States
Tuesday, August 21st - Home again
... . We also got to stop by Kona's boardwalk area where we got to look through the giftshops and make a quick visit by the Kona Inn restaurant. Around sunset, we arrived to the airport where, once we checked in, found out that our flight was delayed. This ...
Sandy beaches and swaying palms
... we walked all the way through town to King Kamahameha's Heiau (temple) in front of the King Kam Hotel and the Kailua Kona pier. Walked through the farmers market and bought some white pineapple, papayas, and banana bread for breakfast. Decided ...
Last day in Kona
... at Royal Kona Coffee Company to sample some 100% pure Kona. We wanted to get home for an outdoor concert/festival in downtown Kona. Walked through town, shopped at the artists booths, listened to a men's choir singing Hawaiian music and saw a girl's ...
A Four Letter Word That Begins With "F"
... was easily proven by the tiny sign on the ground, hidden within walking distance, that stated “the southernmost point of the United States.” It was beautiful, but the wind was incredibly powerful. I headed towards the cliffs where I noticed a ...
Hawai'i, Day 4
... decided to bag the final two National Park sites on the Big Island, so it became a somewhat leisurely day of driving the Kona and South Kohala coasts. This part of the Big Island is a very dry, lava strewn landscape. Nonetheless, it contains several ...
Mantas, and Dolphins and Honus, oh my!
Wow, 3 more fun filled days in Kona, all of them exhausting. Bob and I had been planning to book a snorkeling trip to see manta rays, and planned it for this night. We had to get to the dive shop by mid-afternoon, so planned a family ...
like clockwork
... After a giant coconut ice cream pie, we wheeled our stuffed selves over to Bill, our host and condo owner for our 5 nights in Kona. Bill, btw, was thoroughly impressed that we had found and sprung for a local place like Big Island Grill, so, you ...
The island life
... grab a few souveniers (working on that tendency we have to leave souvenier/gift shopping to the last possible second!) and some Kona coffee. Our second stop on the grocery run was to Costco. Groceries can be incredibly expensive here on the ...
KOA to Hilo
Arrived to balmy evening at Kona airport and embarked on an exhausting two hour drive to Hilo through the dark, fog, and occoaional ...
Hilton Waikoloa Village, Kona, Big Island
... breakfast until 11. We had fun watching a parrot chase off all the little birds tat kept trying to steal his food. We ventured into Kona in search of an alternate hotel, and might switch to the Aston. It's a lot more peaceful there. We got excellent ...
Hawai'i - The Big Island!
... auch schon, denn die ganzen Autofahrten zwischendurch kosten doch ziemlich viel Zeit und allein die Strecke Kailua-Kona - Hilo dauerte fast 3 Stunden (dank den Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen und zwischendurch aussteigen und Bilder-machen). Samstag ging es ...
Our Last Week in Paradise
... out is that the Big Island is where they hold the famous Hawaiian Iron Man event every year in October – right here in Kona. This is something I would love to accomplish some day so having run in the area helped me solidify this desire. ...
Scuba diving lesson, cycling around Kona, Kids!
... the EAST COAST of the US, all that matters is that it was in the OCEAN and it was about SHARKS. So, here I am in Kona, Hawaii snorkeling IN THE OCEAN and taking a SCUBA DIVING LESSON! What is wrong with my mind? The movie "JAWS" has ...
A Night With The Gentle Giants Of The Ocean
... would begin as we made our way to Kona, which is the more touristy side of the Big Island. The fun began right away. We arrived to Kona around 12:30 p.m. and checked in to our resort. We had a quick lunch and by that time we had to walk to Jack’s ...
Big Island
The beginning
I am going to keep it short because I am tired, but I wanted to let you all know that I made it (like anything bad would happen)! Today was a travel day, I spent around 7 hours on planes to get here, but I met some very nice people. I got a free ...
Anticlamactic volcanos
We struck out early (8 am) for Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. We took the south belt road around the island, because we had a couple important stops to make. Our first stop was at Ka Lae, which simply means "The Point" in Hawaiian. It's the ...
Settling in
... future, we might want a 4x4 Jeep or something for the few sights that require this. Stayed at the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel http://www.konabeachhotel.com/ The rooms were nicely furnished. Bed was nice. Pillows fine. Bathroom, ...
Fiou ! Il fait chaud...
Le 20 novembre 2011, Pis, vous autres, avez-vous de la neige ??? Pas encore !!! Inquiétez-vous pas, çà s'en vient ! Ici, malgré que le ciel soit encore couvert, le soleil est quand même au rendez-vous et c'est chaud ! A 11:00 AM, la ...
Welcome to Voggy Kona
... nbsp; It was almost sunny most mornings, then it would get darker as the day progressed. So, if you're looking for blue skies, Kona isn't the place for you. But it is still warm, and the beaches are still there. We stayed at a condo a block ...
What's next...
We're heading to the Big Island, Hawaii! It'll be a quick trip -- only 4 nights/5 days (February 26 - March 2) to see everything. Two of the things we're looking forward to is a visit to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and a dolphin ...

