DAY xiii DEC 22, 2012:
On beach trail... started driving due north from the hotel. Quite hot for us.
Hapuna beach:
At the famous Hapuna beach.
Again nosotros packed upwards early on because of the potent sun.
Hamakua nut factory:
We headed to Hamakua nut factory...
The wall has stones stacked upwards amongst no mortar...loved this driveway.
No nosotros are NOT nuts... simply totally loved this place.
Ahh the gratis sample table.... when nosotros left a menage unit of measurement attacked the table... together with left afterward eating for free... some people convey no ethics!!
We had bought the costliest java every bit good ...100% kona for the boss.
Ice cream section.... nosotros had done hence much gratis sampling... did non convey infinite for the icecream.
Took a drive upwards north... stopped yesteryear a ranch. The cows were a picayune surprised at unexpected visitors.
This cowboy kicking commemorates the trophy won yesteryear their rodeo participants inward Wyoming.
Another route side stop. Being weekend, this house was closed. We simply said howdy to the possessor who was leaving together with hence took some pics of this scenic place.
Drove on farther north... upwards the kohala mountains ... cool together with scenic. Passed several ranches including naalapa stables . Reached Hawi... 4000 feet inward a higher house sea level.
As nosotros were 65 miles away from Sheraton, reluctantly turned dorsum to accomplish abode earlier dark.
At Sheraton pool. The youngster decides to stick on for our pic.
Sitting at the room entrance having a snack,
watching the Sun set.
DAY fourteen DEC 23, 2012:
Went on a scenic drive together with arrived at the Benedict Church
At the Painted church:
The church building was painted yesteryear the Belgian monk who stayed here.
Apart from the panels on the side walls, the arch behind the altar is great, 3-dimensional...St Francis of Assissi receiving the stigmata from Jesus.
Some meditation, picayune donation.
St Benedict inward the church building yard.
Bread fruit... well, Jesus did brand breadstuff available to devotees.
As usual nosotros were the alone ones at that spot on the repose sunday morning.
Tree laden amongst oranges.
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park:
This historical green preserves the site where, upwards until the early on 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu (one of the ancient laws) could avoid for certain expiry yesteryear fleeing to this house of refuge or puʻuhonua.
The offender would move absolved yesteryear a priest together with freed to leave.
Defeated warriors together with non-combatants could also abide by refuge hither during times of battle.
The grounds simply exterior the Great Wall that encloses the puʻuhonua were abode to several generations of powerful chiefs. the soldiers blow the conch announcing the arrival of the chief... if a commoner looks at the chief, he'll move killed.
Chief inward a yellowish cape together with caput dress.
Must convey been tough times to alive inward for a commoner.
This 450 acre site includes the puʻuhonua together with a complex of archeological sites including: temple platforms, regal fishponds, sledding tracks, together with some coastal hamlet sites.
The Hale o Keawe temple together with several thatched structures convey been reconstructed.
Noni tree.
Hale pilli... grass house.
Stone structures hollowed to shop food, to role every bit grinding surface or to shop sea H2O for evaporating together with making salt.
This is a tree mould... over M years ago, lava from Mauna Loa flowed hither together with knocked downward this tree.
Behind is the reconstructed hale o keawe.. one-time temple which held the bones of 23 chiefs... the one-time i was looted yesteryear lord Byron (cousin to the poet)in 1825.
After the looting the queen gathered the remaining bones together with hid them.
Papamu... stone used for a game of konane.
This is where regal canoes landed.
These are ki'i... carved wooden images. These are recent re creations.
A regal guard.
This is the master copy wall built inward 1500s... 10 feet high, 17feet thick... no mortar used...this separates the house of refuge from the regal grounds.
Temple asset the bones of chiefs.
Offerings were left on the tower.
Their mana... spirit ...stands guard over the temple.
Another regal guard.
Scenic path to the ocean; dainty replica of the shirt blueprint here.
Tide pools. Caught the sea turtle inward our video.
Behind is the king's favorite seat... holes to hoist poles to concord a canopy also tin move seen.
Big lava rock.
On the king's seat.
This was i time the principal heiau... temple.
This is the ka'a humanu stone...King Kamehameha's favorite queen hid nether this i time afterward a quarrel... but her barking domestic dog gave the game away.
This is the existent papamu... the stone which the royals used for their game.
At the ocean...this is what i imagines Hawaii would be... sea together with swaying palms.
Noni
Sunset at Sheraton.
Best business office of Sheraton remain was the expanse was a skillful five flat cooler than Kona area… nosotros constitute the Sun likewise hot on the Kona side together with entering the hotel grounds inward the eve was a relief.
We religiously watched out for manta rays on the 1st two evenings along amongst a huge crowd inward the bar expanse together with divers, snorkelers shining low-cal inward the body of body of water but it was a no show. On our final evening, nosotros decided we’ll spot inward ½ hr but had no hopes but to our please two mantas showed upwards together with were dancing simply about quite early… yesteryear 7.30… at that spot were simply a handful of people….the mantas were the high point!!
We religiously watched out for manta rays on the 1st two evenings along amongst a huge crowd inward the bar expanse together with divers, snorkelers shining low-cal inward the body of body of water but it was a no show. On our final evening, nosotros decided we’ll spot inward ½ hr but had no hopes but to our please two mantas showed upwards together with were dancing simply about quite early… yesteryear 7.30… at that spot were simply a handful of people….the mantas were the high point!!
I'll upload a video shortly
DAY 15, December 24, 2012:
We drove dorsum inward steady drizzle together with decreased visibility to Hilo via the famous Saddle road.
Felt similar a roller coaster ride.
In hilo nosotros kept our bags at the Seaside Lodge together with drove to Hilo Botanical gardens where they offered segway rides. The cows at that spot were emaciated together with the roads were all gravel. We took brusque hikes to a pair of H2O falls together with hence drove back.
Went to the airport, returned the car.
Then President Obama was coming inward that twenty-four hr menstruum for his opor-garai amongst family. We saw the Airforce 1 parked. nosotros took our flying to Honolulu together with hence onward to Honolulu.
End of a lovely holiday!
MAHALO!
Report on our AWESOME xvi twenty-four hr menstruum opor-garai to mainland People's Republic of China starts here:
Hawaii Trip Report, Twenty-Four Hours 13: Hapuna Beach, Hamakua Nut Factory, Waipio Twenty-Four Hours 14: Painted Church, Puʻuhonua O Hōnaunau; Twenty-Four Hours 15: Drive'flight Back
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