Yesterday (Friday) was our last chance to head to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park where, you guessed it, volcanoes, craters, lava rocks and such are to be found. You also guessed correctly, if you read previous blog entries, that this was another 2 hours drive from Kona. Now where you might get penalized in points (for…… Continue reading “It’s a third world state” -Mike

I’m a few days out from real-time blogging but the sun and movement around the island is EXHAUSTING! We’re staying in the Kona area, about 20 mins from the airport and 2 hours from the other side of the island (Hilo) or the non-active volcanoes. On Wednesday, we decided to drive the 2 hours to…… Continue reading It’s off-season, even for bathrooms

Kona is very well known for its production of flavor-forward coffees. I don’t actually know that’s true, but you hear about Kona and coffee so much that we decided to do a coffee roasting farm tour. On the recommendation of the bartender from yesterday, we went to Hōlualoa Kona Coffee Co. It was a bit…… Continue reading Getting lost is all part of the adventure