Kona
Travel Blogs from Kona, United States
Druhy den nicnerobenia
Zatial nam extremy idu naozaj dobre. Bud nerobime vobec nic, alebo cestujeme odusu spasenu. Dnes bola prave den na spanie. Spanie na izbe, pri bazene, pri lagune a potom trochu potapania sa v hotelovej lagune a bol vecer. Super ...
The First day!
... fly on Hawaiian air lines again in a MINUTE! Upon arrival in Honolulu we had to find our gate for our connecting flight to Kona. Not a hard task get on the bus and ride! So we spent our first hours in Hawaii waiting for our connection and watching ...
Waipio Valley Horseback Ride
Today we go on a horseback ride in Waipio Valley, booked with Naalapa Stables, one of several offering horseback rides in the area. Our trail guides were Keone and Jay. Along on the ride were three other couples, including one couple with two ...
Hawaii, HI
... the western side along the coast North Kona and South Kona. Kailua-Kona is the name of the main town along the coast, with Kona added to distinguish it from other Kailuas. This tourist-oriented seaside village is at the base of 8,271 foot Mt Kaulalai. The ...
Back in the USA
We had a very nice flight from Christmas Island to Kona today under perfect weather. We even had a little tail wind for a while but the last 2/3s of the flight we were faced with the 10 to 15 knot headwinds that have plagued us since New ...
Kona
I went to Kona 20 times during my first contract. Kona was very beautiful. The water was the pretties in Hawaii. Since we never did an overnight there, I saw very little of Kona. I went to the Parker Ranch, snorkeled alot, surfed ...
AMAZING SNORKELING!!
... the sunset. Our condo is right next to town, walking distance to anything, really a good location. Snuck into the Royal Kona next door to us to watch the end of the luau that we hear and partially see from our balcony. Caught the last ...
Last day -- till 4 p.m.
... had never done much shopping in the "downtown Kona" area so we figured we'd do that for a while. We went to the Kona Inn Shopping Mall, which is a boardwalk about a block long with something like 50 different souvenir shops. However, we did ...
Kona Coast
... this trip was to be about drinking the best coffee in the world and finding delicious food. Our first stop was at a plantation called Kona Joe's. It was right off the main road and we figured that it would be a tourist trap. We realized by the last ...
Nov 07, 2009
The Big Island
Our condo at Kona Village was a very large one bedroom we got via an exchange for our Marriott Vacation Club timeshare. Kona Village is an older development at the end of Alii Drive at the edge of Kona Town in an area called Keauhou. It is adajcent to a ...
Three Dives and Manta Rays at Night
Went out with Big Island Divers for a couple of dives off the Kailua-Kona coast. Around a 30 foot boat with five divers and three staff. Just outside the marina exit in the lava there was a pod of Hawaiian spinner dolphins playing around, and occasionally ...
Donkey Balls
... , but we were itching to get back to the beach so we headed out early on Friday morning to make the 2 hour drive back to Kona. Along the way, we had to make the necessary pit stop at one of the roadside cafes and to our surprise they were selling ...
Day 2 – Our first day on the Big Island, Haw
Aloha! Our day started with a minor panic as we thought we would miss our plain to Kona… Eventually we did manage to get to the SF airport on time and arrive safely on the volcanic island of Hawai’i (but, unluckily, my luggage was accidentally ...
Prvy den lenosenia
Na dnes sme si naplanovali lenosenie. :-) Byvame v hoteli Hilton Waikoloa Village a je to jeden s najlepsich pat hviezdickovych hotelov v akom som kedy bol. Do vasej casti hotela vas privezu lodkou, sme priamo na plazi. Hotel tu ma velikansky ...
Fri
Kara Conf. Kona brewing Co for lunch. Great pizza. Baskin Robins for supper. Drove south on Alii drive. Looked for a few spots listed in the book. It is this kind of drive that we did not like, felt like Oahu. No pictures. Picked up film from Costco. ...
Big Island
In order to help the Festival part running in Kona, I spent 5 days in truuuue Paradise. I think it's been my most relaxing trip ever eventhough I didn't tour that much and went more to the theatre (lovely by the way!) than anything else. People are ...
Tuesday, April 24 - Activities
... to get lemons for cooking the fish that night (we already had butter) and we ran a few errands on the trip. The Kona International Market was a bust - nothing was open when we went there. Which was just as well, because my knee was really ...
Zoom Zoom
... to go swimming with it. The hike back up was very hard and hot so when I got back I relaxed for a while and then went downtown Kona. I plan on moving to the hostel in downtown Kona tomorrow and I think I am done being a tourist for a while. I plan on ...
Our bike ride around the Big Island
... of our itinerary. Basically, we started in Kona and biked around the Big Island "Hawaii" in a counter clockwise direction. Day 1: Kona to Pahala (Punaluu). Day 2: Pahala to Volcanoes (National Park). Day 3-4: Volcanoes to Hilo and a layover day (at least ...
Snuba diving at Kona
... pop" my ears, but the left one was staying stopped up. Our snuba excursion was at the King Kamehameha hotel in Kona. Parking was quite a problem. We had been told to park in the King Kamehameha parking lot, but the parking attendant ...
The Fish and the Poi - An Authentic Hawaiian Luau
Jordan and I woke up later than we wanted to on Monday morning, so by the time we were able to pick up our rental car, which we reserved for the following two days, it was about 10:30 a.m. Right away, we drove down to Honaunau Beach Park, which is an ...
Day Two in Paradise!
I spent most of Sunday at the adult pool located at my building. I spent time reading my book, lounging in the pool, and generally enjoying the peace and quiet. Throughout the property you'll find lots of wildlife. Some of the birds are simply local ...
