Kauai – Day 2 (Saturday)
NW corner of KAUA’I is called the Na Pali Coast. We fancied trying the Kalalau Trail again, and this time […]
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Timed our arrival to perfection
A “Kona Low” has brought high winds and torrential downpours to the islands. Are we smart enough to adapt our
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Kauai – Garden Isle – Day 1
Friday 17 Feb Well, all I can say is that the State Park shuttle service are wimps. We spent the
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16 Feb – Go NORTH
Struck out on our own from Kona airport, leaving V&M to drive back to their place and enjoy a week
Snorkeling and stuff (14-15 Feb)
3 nights and 2 marvellous days checking out Mauna Lina bay, on NW coast of Big Island. Marilyn, with characteristic
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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