I forgot to talk about one of our very favorite places on the trip! In Hilo we stopped at this gorgeous waterfall, one of about a gazillion we saw but our very favorite. Even the tour guide and our Hawaiian native hostess told us they had never seen it this full. All the waterfalls in …
Tuesday was SO busy! We got up at 5:30 (no chore because jet-lag woke us at 4:30) and left on the first bus at 6:30 a.m. We spent the whole day on the awesome circle-island bus tour and got in just after 4:30. We had time for a quick little nap and then as we …
We had a little safety lecture before we ever got out of the bus in Volcanoes National Park. We were instructed that if we felt a tremor, to return to the bus immediately, because we were leaving ASAP. They take no chances. They keep a very careful count of who is in the park at …
The ONLY frustration I had with this fantastic trip was that the travel agency scheduled us to fly in and land in Kona AFTER the Stampin' Up welcome reception had already ended. This is Mike and I's first time flying anywhere together and first time using an agency, and we had no clue that we …
As I understand it, this is a sunken part of the Kilauea volcano and that big mound on the left hand side is a big burp of lava that came up just last year. The smoke in the background is from the main caldera. This is a great example of the Hawaiian language, isn't it? …
Malasadas are Hawaiian donuts and boy am I searching for the recipe! We had them at the breakfast buffet at the resort and they were good, but when we stopped at the Punu'lu bakery on our way around the southern tip of the island and they were right out of the oven and dripping with …