We landed in Kona around 9pm and drove in the darkness, surrounded by lava and water to get to the hotel. Its super dark on all the islands because of the light restrictions they have at night. We made it to our room and were so excited to see what the island looked like the next day!
It's our first full day on Hawaii's Big Island! (we arrived 9:30pm the
night before) We can't wait to have a look at our hotel grounds and
Hapuna Beach. Once we look around we get in the car and head out for
breakfast. We stopped at the
Hawaiian Style Café in Waimea…SO good! The food was great, the service was
great and fast, and the cost was low! (My three favorite things when we eat
out!) I had some biscuits and gravy with hash browns and eggs and my
husband some toast, eggs and bacon…yum, yum! It was
crazy how cold it got as we drove up into the mountain, 80 degrees by
the beach and 65 up where we ate. After eating we took Kohala Mountain
Road to Pololu lookout…
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| warning, warning, warning! |
which we then found out had a trail to a black
sand beach. We decided we would hike down (without
any water) since we drove all that way to see it…p.s. the views are
spectacular! We get down there and put our toes in our first black sand
beach! Very cool! Now it's time to hike back up…we made it but we were
tired and had to ask some people for some water.
We took a look around some shops in the area and then headed back to
the hotel via the Akoni Pule Hwy along the coast where we were able to see the mountains of Maui. We spent the rest of
the afternoon on the beach and in the sand. I ended up having to take a
nap because the jet lag caught up with me. Then
we went to a resort neighborhood of Waikoloa and had some dinner and
walked around the shops. What a great 1
st day!
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| view from 1/2 way down the hike |
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| toes in the black sand |
The Whole Island Drive, Day 2
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