Hilo Hotels - Reviews and Rates

I am about to leave Hilo. Despite it being only my first stop and that I hardly left the city limits I feel a bit sad leaving it. There is still so much that I could do here, although most of those things revolve trying out the many great restraunts here. Yesterday I ventured back to Ric******* Park and found some tide pools that I was able to e...

EPIK Orientation was great. It was so invigorating being around all the new teachers. My presentations went well and I was shocked by how well they were recieved by the new teachers, who turned out to be ravenous for information. I met some wonderful people and greatly appreciated the positive energy. I was talking with the manager on the last ...

Apparently the East side of the island has more water falls than the West side, so we took a tour of some of the ones in and close to Hilo. First was Rainbow Falls - a crowded site, full of tour buses. The Falls themselves were not very spectacular - apparently they dry up a bit during the summer. Next was Boiling Pots and Pe'epe'e Falls. Again,...

Before we got to the Big Island, we had read plenty of news stories about the sulphar dioxide spewing out of the top of Kilauea Crater. We also heard that lava wasn't flowing much. So, we weren't sure what to expect. When we arrived in Hilo, we asked some locals about where to go and they said that there was lava flowing, and a viewing area was ...

For the last 2 days we have been on the "Big Island" of Hawaii. It is much more laid back there and the beaches that we seen on our 2-3 hour push bike ride (my **** was so sore) around Hilo don't seem to be as nice but still swimmable but we did see some really nice swimming holes and the water in them was so clear, unfortunately we weren't ther...