Posts in Category: United States
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Mauna Kea – Driving the Saddle Road to the World’s Largest Mountain
This is the final post from an almost five week tour that Alison and I took to the four main Hawaiian islands a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we found green turtles and green sand as we explored the area around the Fairmont Orchid. […]
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The Fairmont Orchid – Finding Green Turtles and Green Sand
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip Alison and I took a few years ago to the four major Hawaiian islands. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we toured the Kohala Coast and visited Pu’ukohola, the site of King Kamehameha’s rise to power. […]
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Pu’ukohola – Visiting the Site of King Kamehameha’s Rise to Power
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip that Alison and I took to the four main Hawaiian islands a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. It was time for one final move on our epic (at least to us) Hawaiian tour. We packed up […]
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Keleakekua Bay – Snuba, Spinner Dolphins and Captain Cook
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip Alison and I took to the four main Hawaiian islands. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we concluded our tenth and final game of golf in Hawaii at the former Mountain Course at the Kona Country […]
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Kona Country Club – A Great Finale to Our Golf in Hawaii
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a visit to the four main Hawaiian island that Alison and I and friends went on a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we played golf among the peacocks at the Makalei Golf Club and […]
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Makalei Golf Course – Golfing with the Peacocks at Kona
This is one of over two dozen posts from a trip to Hawaii’s four main islands that Alison and I and some friends took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we spent some time checking out Hawaiian history at Pu’uhonua O Honanau aka The […]
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Pu’uhonua O Honaunau – Visiting Hawaii’s Place of Refuge
This is the final post of more than two dozen from a trip to the four major Hawaiian islands that Alison and I and friends took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we visited Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and marvelled at the Big Island’s […]
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Kilauea Crater – Crown Jewel of Hawaiian Volcanoes N.P.
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip to the four main Hawaiian islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we visited Maui’s Mount Haleakala National Park which features a dormant volcano. In this post […]
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Molokini and Turtle Town – Snorkelling Maui’s Most Famous Dive Sites
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip Alison and I and friends took to the four main Hawaiian islands a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we did some exploring in the Ioa Valley and saw where King Kamehameha defeated […]