Post #308165 by tikiyaki on Tue, May 22, 2007 10:27 AM

On 2007-05-14 19:18, pdrake wrote:
beautiful day in kona . . . (actually, it was like being in a steam oven.)

LOL...I KNOW that steam oven....I went to Honaunau in late June (04')....OOF....Hot beyond Hot.... My second trip there was in December (06') and it was MUCH more comfortable....

That being said....I LOVE the Big Isalnd, and am looking into eventually living there, part time at least.

South Kona rocks....Don the beachcomber is great...it was a great place before Don's took it over too, but when it became Don's...even better. I love that Royal Kona place...never stayed there, but did the Luau there, and stayed next door at the Hale Kona Kai.

We stayed at the Hilo Naniloa too...I loved it.

AND ate the breakfast buffet at the Volcano House....STELLAR...overlooking Kilaeua Caldera crater...breathtaking.

The fire in the lobby fireplace has been burning continuously fo.... what, 40 years ? Awesome.

Hawaii rules....Period.

How was the lava flow ? I heard it takes like 3 hours to hike out to it now.

[ Edited by: tikiyaki 2007-05-22 10:31 ]