13th Feb – go West
Van and MJ drove us over the local equivalent of the M62 – only in their version, heading westwards (towards […]
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The earth just moved for us
25 min ago we felt our first real earthquake – 4.8 rated and about 60 miles away. Jolly exciting. https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/7392904/quake-felt-Feb-15-2023-Hawaii-USA.html
Audience Participation round
Our Volcano trip over, we returned to our hosts’ house to prep for the beach trip on Monday ( it’s
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Thursday – Ropey Deserts and Holes
For our last full day in the park, 3 of us headed out to the west of the park for
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Earth, Wind and FIRE
Wednesday was designated Lava Day – time to get closer to the hot rock action. Around the crater rim A
Exploring in the rain
Tuesday was spent underground, overground, and wombling damp. Taking the Lava Tube Lots of interesting facts about molten rock follow
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Climbing Kilauea .. by bike
The Hawaiian Volcano National Park is very (too?) close to Van’s house – so on Monday morning, the plan was
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Kilauea – 2018 eruption
The most recent major outpouring from “The world’s most active volcano” (TM) destroyed a lot of property and cut off
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Around Pahoa
Friday and Saturday were both spent exploring the local area by bike , in preparation for the planned Volcano Ascent
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Honolulu to Big Island
Thursday 2nd Feb – first day fully on Hawaiian timezone. Since we were awake before 7am anyway, we took a
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2 days to cover an ocean and a half
Days 1 and 2 have been spent getting here. Tuesday 31st Jan Down to London Bus to Leeds Station Train
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The brochure-ware
Thanks to MyMateDave for these delightful images and sounds of what awaits us. Hoping that Hawaiian Airlines have improved their