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JAN - FEB 2012 HAWAII: WAIKOLOA TO KILAUEA

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Breakfast at Lava Javas (in Kailua-Kona)! One of my favorite places on Big Island. Next time you go to Big Island, call (808) 327-2161, or take a look at <a href="http://www.islandlavajava.com/index.php">http://www.islandlavajava.com/index.php</a><br /> <br /> I highly recommend their macadamia pancakes, and (of course) their 100% Kona coffee!
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Breakfast at Lava Javas (in Kailua-Kona)! One of my favorite places on Big Island. Next time you go to Big Island, call (808) 327-2161, or take a look at http://www.islandlavajava.com/index.php

I highly recommend their macadamia pancakes, and (of course) their 100% Kona coffee!

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  • Breakfast at Lava Javas (in Kailua-Kona)! One of my favorite places on Big Island. Next time you go to Big Island, call (808) 327-2161, or take a look at <a href="http://www.islandlavajava.com/index.php">http://www.islandlavajava.com/index.php</a><br /> <br /> I highly recommend their macadamia pancakes, and (of course) their 100% Kona coffee!
  • Next, on to Waikoloa Hilton, to look around the premises. Yes, they have their own canal, on which you can take a boat, to see the different areas of the vast resort.<br /> <br /> If you are curious about where any of these things are, click on the "Map This" button above.
  • Looks like Steve is fully prepared in case he has to snorkel back to shore!
  • Sorry: Lots of wind noise here. But also lots of Myna birds singing! And then, on to the train (yes, if you don't want to take the boat on the inner-resort canal, you can take the resort train!
  • Marsha and Steve at sunset at Waikoloa Hilton. A great place to be for the sunset!
  • Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park. This is the famous City of Refuge. In front of the ranger, you can see a board for an ancient Hawaiian game.
  • See the Green Sea Turtle sleeping on the beach below the tourists?
  • Carvings at the home of the High Priest of the City of Refuge.
  • Huge heart stone at the corner of a temple formation at Pu`uhonua o Honaunau. Similar "Cities of Refuge" dotted all the Hawaiian Islands in the Native Times. If a person broke a Kapu (law), he or she would be forgiven if he or she could make it to the grounds of a City of Refuge. If not, the punishment for breaking pretty much any of the Kapus was death.
  • Traditional outrigger. For more on Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, see the following web site: <a href="http://www.nps.gov/puho/index.htm">http://www.nps.gov/puho/index.htm</a>
  • Punalu'u Black Sand Beach. Big Island is one of the very few places where Green Sea Turtles come out of the water to nap on the sand.
  • Punalu'u Black Sand Beach. Music by Kevin MacLeod of <a href="http://incompetech.com/">http://incompetech.com/</a>
  • The Hawaiians are diligent about protecting these endangered sea turtles. It is illegal to get within 10 feet of one (we didn't take a tape measure, but I think Steve is barely legal here).
  • While there are many web sites from which you may learn more about this spectacular black sand beach, a good one to start with is <a href="http://www.gohawaii.com/big-island/regions-neighborhoods/kau/punaluu-black-sand-beach">http://www.gohawaii.com/big-island/regions-neighborhoods/kau/punaluu-black-sand-beach</a><br /> <br /> Music by Kevin MacLeod of <a href="http://incompetech.com/">http://incompetech.com/</a>
  • Steam coming from Halema`uma`u pit crater within Kilauea Volcano, as seen from Jaggar Museum, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
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  • Night time view from Jaggar Museum. The rim around Kilauea has a circumference of about 8 miles. The Halema`uma`u pit crater is about 2,500 feet by 2,900 feet, with a depth of about 300 feet down to the liquid lava pool (the molten lava producing the glow you see in the steam is about 300 feet below the surface at the Halema`uma`u pit crater -- in other words, the glow you see in the lowest part of the steam is from lava 300 feet below!).
  • Now join us for a walk to and through Thurston Lava Tube.
  • As molten lava flows, the surface in contact with air tends to cool and solidify while the underlying lava is still liquid and flowing. As the liquid lava continues to flow while the surface and other portions cooling relatively more quickly tend to become anchored, the flowing lava empties out from underneath the surface, forming tunnels called lava tubes.
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