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We left June 12th,
2005 on the non-stop flight from Cincinnati to Honolulu. We are passing the time
before boarding at Starbucks, |
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About to board, |
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Pictures from the plane.
There was still some snow on the mountains, |
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I think this is Salt
Lake City, |
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Diamond Head on Oahu, |
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Waikiki, |
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Honolulu airport, |
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On the way from Honolulu
to Kona on the Big Island. You can see Waikiki and Diamond Head, |
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We stayed at the Hapuna
Prince Resort in South Kohala. A view from our lanai, |
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The entrance to the
resort, |
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Our lanai, |
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Our room, |
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The bathroom was huge, |
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Looking towards our
room. You can see Yo waving, |
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Hapuna Beach, |
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On the beach, |
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Around the corner was
another smaller beach, |
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The lawn between the
resort and the beach, |
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The view from the Hapuna
lobby towards the beach, |
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The pool, |
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Drinks before dinner, |
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The Catholic Church in
Waimea was the closest to the resort, |
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More of the church, |
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More of Waimea, |
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Starbucks in Waimea, |
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We drove to the
northernmost point of the Big Island in North Kohala. At this point is
Upolu airport which is a small private airport, |
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Our rental car (Dodge
Stratus) at Upolu airport, |
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Another view looking
north from Upolu airport. If you look closely you can see Haleakala on
Maui, |
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On the way back from
North Kohala. You can see Mauna Kea in the distance, |
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We took a day tour
around the Big Island. There was a cruise ship in Kona, |
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We stopped along the way
at a 'tourist' shop in South Kona which is famous for it's coffee, |
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More of the shop.
Lots of free samples! |
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The bakery in Punalu'u
on the south coast. It is the southernmost bakery in the United
States, |
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The garden around the
bakery, |
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The black sand beach at
Punalu'u, |
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More of the black sand
beach, |
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Volcano House in Hawai'i
Volcanoes National Park. It is hotel & restaurant, |
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Having lunch in Volcano
House, |
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More of lunch, |
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A view of Kilauea
Caldera from Volcano House, |
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They say that the fire
in the fireplace at Volcano House has never gone out, |
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More of Kilauea, |
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The walk from Volcano
House to the Kilauea visitor center, |
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The Kilauea visitor
center, |
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Inside the visitor
center, |
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Closer to Kilauea, |
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More of Kilauea, |
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An even closer view of
Kilauea, |
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The Hawaiian
Volcano Observatory by Kilauea, |
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Yo's waiting for the
next lava flow! |
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On the lava, |
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Me on the lava. It
was actually quite cool! |
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Yo and our tour guide, |
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We stopped at Thurston
Lava Tube. The lava drained out and left a huge tube, |
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On the way to the
'tube', |
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Inside Thurston Lava
Tube, |
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On the way back from the
'tube', |
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Kilauea Iki crater is
near! |
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The actual Kilauea Iki
crater, |
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On the way from Kilauea
to Hilo we stopped at a nursery specializing in orchids, |
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More of the orchids, |
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Hilo, |
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More of Hilo, |
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Rainbow Falls in Hilo, |
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We stopped at Big Island
Candies in Hilo. Lots of free samples! |
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We celebrated our 26th
anniversary (unofficially!) by having dinner at the Coast Grille at the
Hapuna, |
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Just before dinner.
Sunset, |
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Yo had her favorite,
lobster! |
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They made us a special
dessert at no charge, |
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A closer look at our
dessert. They got the number of years wrong by one, but who cares! |
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We went to Kona one day
to look around, |
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More of Kona, |
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The Catholic Church in
Kona, |
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We went to have a look
at the Mauna Kea Resort which is a 'sister hotel' of the Hapuna Prince
Resort and is only a few miles away by shuttle bus. If you stay at one
of these resorts then you can use the facilities at the other. |
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The beach at the Mauna
Kea, |
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Drinks at the Mauna Kea! |
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We were lucky enough to
see a wedding at the Mauna Kea, |
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We went to visit Akaka
Falls on the east coast, |
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On the way to the Falls, |
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Akaka Falls, |
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More of the Falls, |
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In the rain forest on
the way back from the Falls, |
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More of the way back, |
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We liked the Coast
Grille so much that we celebrated Fathers Day here as well, |
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Kona airport on the way
back to Honolulu. It was actually raining, |
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More of Kona airport, |
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Honolulu airport on the
way back home, |
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At least they had a
Starbucks at the airport, |
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About to board the
flight back to Cincinnati. It's hard to believe that in three days we
were off to France! |