Tales of a Technogypsie

[ Back to Chapter 29: Big Island ]   [ Chapter 30: Kona & Underseas adventure ]   [ Chapter 31: Volcano to Honolulu ] Snorkeling at Captain Cook, Big Island From the journal of Sir Thomas “Rymour Oisin” Leaf: Saturday, The 8th of Sextilis (Julius Caesar’s “August”) in the good year 2009 of the [...]

Hawi Big Island On the west side of Kappau is the small locale that is roughly 1.2 square miles known as “Hawi” on the Big Island of Hawai’i. It is the northernmost city on Hawai’i and is the largest city in North Kohala. In 2000 it had a population of 938. The town and area [...]

Big Island Pu-ukohola heiau National Historic Site / Kohala Kona, Big Island, Hawaii Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site is located right off to the side of the infamous Outrigger Hotel. It is a National Register historic site that preserves the ruins of one of Hawaii’s most major native temples. The temple existed from the time [...]

Fish Hoppers, Kona Fish HoppersKona, Big Island * http://www.fishhopper.com/kona/ * 75-5683 Alii Dr, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 * 808.326.2002 *A great little seafood / steak restaurant and bar as you enter into the active strip of downtown Kona. They have good service and some pretty decent dishes. Cocktails are tasty too. Great views of the ocean [...]

Kealakekua Bay Historical Park across from Captain Cook, Kona Kealakekua Bay Historical Park and Beach Kona, Big Island, HawaiiA great little cove across from the ever-so-famous Captain Cook Cove and diving hotspot on the Kona coast, Big Island, Hawaii. It is located roughly 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona. The area was settled over a thousand [...]

Kona Kailua KonaBig Island, HawaiiAn interesting little resort town on one of the coasts of Big Island, Hawaii. While it doesn’t seem very populated, it is one of the Big Island’s most popular cities as well as one of its largest (census 2000: population 9,870). Its one of the main spots where tourists go for [...]

Big Island Mauna Loa Big Island, Hawaii Mauna Loa is one of Hawaii’s most active Shield Volcanoes. She is shaped like a shield because it produces lava that is extremely fluid with low viscosity and possesses very low slopes. It is one of 5 that make up the Hawaiian Islands. The others are Kohala (dormant), [...]

Eisenhower House Kilauea Military Camp, Volcano National Park, Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii A resort cabin in the Kilauea Military Camp on the Big Island of Hawaii, in the heart of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, just below the rim of the Kilauea Caldera. The Camp is a famous mountainside resort established primarily for military visitors, staff, [...]

PahoaA little town in Hawaii that as the locals describe it “hasn’t stepped out of the 60′s”. The town is named after the Hawaiian word meaning “dagger” or “knife”. It is the resting ground of the Pele and Hi’iaka myths. In a way, it’s Hawaii’s Big Island’s Woodstock. Most of the population walk or bike [...]

Kea’au, Big Island, Hawaiihttp://www.city-data.com/city/Keaau-Hawaii.html Is a small residential village on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is located at 19°37′16″N 155°2′30″W / 19.62111°N 155.04167°W. It has a population of about 2,010 people (census 2000) with roughly 608 households. It is home to Hi’iaka’s Healing Herb Gardens, the Hilo Art Museum Collection in its Fine Arts [...]

Kilauea Caldera Kilauea Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii Kīlauea is one of the most spectacular volcanoes existing on Big Island in Hawaii. Rising 4,091 feet above sea level, the summit caldera is a broad shelf of uplands well beneath the long profile of Mauna Loa. It is a very low flat shield volcano lying against the [...]

[ Back to Chapter 28: Honolulu to Big Island ]   [ Chapter 29: Big Island ]   [ Chapter 30: Kona & Under the Sea ] Coming back from the Kehena Nude Beach, Big Island From the journal of Sir Thomas “Rymour Oisin” Leaf: Friday, The 7th of Sextilis (Julius Caesar’s “August”) in the [...]

Waiopae Tidepools Wai’opae (Kapaho) Tidepoolsnear Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii * http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/dar/coral/mlcd_waiopae.html *The Wai ‘Opae Tidepools is one of the hottest snorkeling areas near Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii. It resembles a barrier reef. Its a protected Marine Life conservation district. The southern half of the tide pools were placed into this district by [...]

‘Ahanalui Hot Ponda.k.a. Pu’ala’a County Park * Highway 137 * Puna district * Hawaii, Big Island, Hawaii * Located off of Highway 137 is Pu’ala’a County Park – a free park with pavillions, picnic tables, and a warm pool where the cool ocean meets the warm water from a natural hot spring. It is on [...]

Kalapana Lava Flows, Big Island, Hawaii Kalapana Lava Beds Off Highway 137, Near Hilo, Big Island, HawaiiThe Kalapana Lava Beds are part of the ever-growing newly settled part of the Big Island of Hawaii. These fields are the remains of lava flows that devestated the Puna district area in 1990. Lava is a molten rock [...]

Kehena Beach, Big Island, Hawaii Kehena Beach (Dolphin Beach)Near Mile Marker 19, Off Highway 137, Near Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii One of Big Island’s unofficial yet very private nude beaches – not well known to tourists but very popular with the locals, especially of the ‘counter-culture’ variety. Located just off Highway 137 in a residential [...]

[ Back to Chapter 27: Jetplane to Honolulu ]   [ Chapter 28: Honolulu to Big Island ]   [ Chapter 29: Big Island Akaka Falls near Hilo, Big Island From the journal of Sir Thomas “Rymour Oisin” Leaf: Thursday, The 6th of Sextilis (Julius Caesar’s “August”) in the good year 2009 of the Common [...]

Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii My location of arrival during my virgin visit to the Big Island of Hawaii. Hilo is a small coastal town on Big Island, Hawaii. It is the largest settlement on the Big Island and the second largest settlement in the state. Originally the settlement of Waiakea it mutated to “Hilo” after [...]

Hilo Market Hilo Farmers Market downtown Hilo, corner of Mamo Street & kamehameha Avenue * Big Island, Hawaii * http://www.hilofarmersmarket.com/Every wednesday and Saturday, from dawn to dark, is the infamous Hilo Farmers Market nestled in the heart of the historic center. Here over 200 local farmers and craftspeople come to sell their produce, fruits, wares, [...]

Onomea Bay, Big Island, HawaiiEnroute from Hilo towards the infamous Akaka Falls, we stopped to admire this amazing coastline and rocky shores known as Onomea Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii. Also known as the Hamakua Coast comprising parts of North Hilo and Hamakua on the flanks of the two dormant volcanoes – Mauna [...]

Papaikou, Big Island, HawaiiOn the road from Hilo to Akaka Falls is a small little village known as Papaikou. This is a census-designated place in Hawaii. During the 2000 census, it had a population of 1,414. It is also an area that experiences alot of earthquakes. It consissts of 2 square miles of which 1.5 [...]

Thurston Lava TubeVolcano National Park, Volcano, Big Island, HawaiiWhile visiting a friend who lives in Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii we took a late night cruise through the Thurston Lava Tube … which was absolutely fascinating. Not the first tube for me to go down as I’ve been in some in Washington and [...]