Waikoloa Fairways Condo

We got up really early this morning to another drizzly day in Honolulu. We had a 9:00 AM flight over to the Big Island of Hawaii to finish off our trip. We said goodbye to our Sebring and headed to the airport. The flight was SUPER fast, I swear we spent longer checking in and waiting than we did in the air. They did manage to squeeze a beverage...

My legs are worn out today. I went hiking along the shore line. I am glad I brought sturdy shoes. I notice they are a bit beat up from all the lava rock. I probably would not have hiked as much in sandals. Anyway I had noticed this strand of palm trees from the highway and had seen cars parked on the side of the road. So I put one and one togeth...

We slept and woke up. What a surprise?  It was a bit tough but I convinced myself that sleeping was better than getting up early. It was a good choice. We opted for room service for breakfast and it was worth it. The service was fast and the food good. The prices were room service. Then we ventured out to find the Foodland. It was an interesting...

Our last full day on the big island and we took it easy and returned to Mauna Kea Beach and found our usual spot. A huge turtle visited us and we all got in the water while is just swam within a food of us. It was amazing. We spent the morning there and then headed back, stopping at Food land for some ham and cheese and I finally got to try the ...

No rush in the morning. We had reservations with Captain Zodiac for a morning tour and snorkel. The day before, though, they called and offered to "upgrade" us to the longer tour that started later. We surmised that they had overbooked the earlier trip. The day was the clearest we had seen so far. In the tropics, clear means hot. And hot it was....

We found this place called the "end of the world" near Kona. It was amazing watching the tide pull in and out, with sometime huge surges coming and smashing the cliffs and spouting up. That's the best description of it I have so far, anyway!

I was originally worried after looking at the weather forcast last night that my last 2 days here were going to be rained out! Even as of this morning it they were predicting cloudy with scattered showers...noooooooo! Well, as long as there wasn't thunder or lightning, surf was still a possibility, as long as the waters weren't going to be espec...

Second day on the mountain began a bit more slowly than the previous day. Our first interview was not scheduled until 3pm, so we took most of the morning to catch up on sleep and e-mails and to also enjoy the fine cuisine of the Hale Pohaku dining services. During our extended morning, the crew trekked out around the Hale Pohaku base camp scouti...

Not a lot happens on the Hawaiian islands. They're generally peaceful places where you're more likely to bump into someone you know than have something terrible happen to you. However, what was unnerving me slightly was the fact that there had been two fatal tourist helicopter crashes within four days on Kauai in the last week - and I was just a...

I stayed at the Rainbow gathering near South Point until Feb 9th. i met many new friends and made great contacts for future visiting with locals. Sang and jammed everynight! Worked in the kitchen most days... swam, sunned, explored, did vitamin L, had a UFO sighting (YA!) and joined in a Salvia "workshop"... lied in green sands made of perriot g...