Aloha & Mahalo : my Hawaii trip Day 2
Day 2 started quite early since we had to catch a flight to the Big Island home to one of the few living volcanoes of the world.
& guess what : we went to the airport in a white STRETCH LIMO :-) man we were living it.. it looks like these limos are common taxis in Hawaii.
Anyways we landed at Hilo airport in the Big island took 2 rental cars (I was driving one... this was certainly the best place I have driven in..it was so green every where & very very scenic)
We went to the Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park where I saw volcanic craters, Lava tubes and solidified lava for the first time in my life.
The first one was in front of an old crater.
The second one is the lava tube; a lava tube is a tunnel carved out by flowing lava. So i walked through a tunnel in which hot lava had flown through ;-)
The third is on a road surrounded on either side by solidified lava..it was all black around us. The road stretched around the whole volcano. & it also lead us to a dead end from where we have to trek about 2.5 miles to see the hot lava flowing into the sea, but we did a short .8 mile trek and just saw the steam coming out from the place the lava hits the water.
On the way there were several places that just stunned us, one such was this place.
It was amazing how the volcanic island and the sea have been fighting each other. You can see the jagged walls formed by erosion and the lava just keeps adding layers to the island. The water had carved out several small tunnels within the rock.
After the volcano park we went to a black sand beach, the beach sand was actually eroded lava..so the beach was all black. It was very different to hold the black beach sand in my hand..the texture was so different. They even had a Warning board which said we are not allowed to take the sand with us as souvenirs ;-).
Then we went to 2 falls Akaka Falls and Rainbow falls. The Akaka falls was a grand one of course not like Niagara but still it was a really tall one. & Rainbow falls was a smaller one. We trekked to the top of the Rainbow falls and while trekking back it started raining so you can imagine us slipping and falling over huge boulders.
Thats me on the top edge of the rainbow falls. man the trek was tiring since we had to jump from boulder to boulder and finally reached the peak ;-)
Finally on our way back to the airport we stopped by a park and took some snaps with the King who had unified Hawaii namma (our) Kamehameha (said like kamayhamayha) he is a cool guy ;-)
Long live King Kamehameha ... ;-)
end of day2 folks ..we returned to Honolulu and had dinner at Green Papaya a place which served Shabu shabu cuisine and then hit the sack awaiting another exciting day in Hawaii.
& guess what : we went to the airport in a white STRETCH LIMO :-) man we were living it.. it looks like these limos are common taxis in Hawaii.
Anyways we landed at Hilo airport in the Big island took 2 rental cars (I was driving one... this was certainly the best place I have driven in..it was so green every where & very very scenic)
We went to the Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park where I saw volcanic craters, Lava tubes and solidified lava for the first time in my life.
The first one was in front of an old crater.
The second one is the lava tube; a lava tube is a tunnel carved out by flowing lava. So i walked through a tunnel in which hot lava had flown through ;-)
The third is on a road surrounded on either side by solidified lava..it was all black around us. The road stretched around the whole volcano. & it also lead us to a dead end from where we have to trek about 2.5 miles to see the hot lava flowing into the sea, but we did a short .8 mile trek and just saw the steam coming out from the place the lava hits the water.
On the way there were several places that just stunned us, one such was this place.
It was amazing how the volcanic island and the sea have been fighting each other. You can see the jagged walls formed by erosion and the lava just keeps adding layers to the island. The water had carved out several small tunnels within the rock.
After the volcano park we went to a black sand beach, the beach sand was actually eroded lava..so the beach was all black. It was very different to hold the black beach sand in my hand..the texture was so different. They even had a Warning board which said we are not allowed to take the sand with us as souvenirs ;-).
Then we went to 2 falls Akaka Falls and Rainbow falls. The Akaka falls was a grand one of course not like Niagara but still it was a really tall one. & Rainbow falls was a smaller one. We trekked to the top of the Rainbow falls and while trekking back it started raining so you can imagine us slipping and falling over huge boulders.
Thats me on the top edge of the rainbow falls. man the trek was tiring since we had to jump from boulder to boulder and finally reached the peak ;-)
Finally on our way back to the airport we stopped by a park and took some snaps with the King who had unified Hawaii namma (our) Kamehameha (said like kamayhamayha) he is a cool guy ;-)
Long live King Kamehameha ... ;-)
end of day2 folks ..we returned to Honolulu and had dinner at Green Papaya a place which served Shabu shabu cuisine and then hit the sack awaiting another exciting day in Hawaii.
posted by ssk | 6:18 PM
4 Comments:
mmm kalakku....i envy u :)
@ibh
Thank you ... your comment has certainly urged me to put up my 3rd day's blog which I have been too lazy to do.
Hawaii seems to be very beautiful. Sad that I haven't watched these parts of Hawaii on TV. Its always some dumb beaches. :-(
@sookie
he he he I guess i know why they show only the beaches ;-)
but yep it was awesome.
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