Things To Do On "The Big Island"

panhandler · Postby **panhandler** » May 17th, 2008, 10:19 pm

Debbie and I leave this Wednesday Morning for The Big Island of Hawaii. To PG and others with knowledge: What are the "Don't miss" things?

WE will be staying at the Hilton Wauikulia (sp). Is it somewhat economical to island hop? Is it worth the money to do so?

I have never been to Hawaii and want the real experience without the "fluff".

Thanks for any help provided!

Postby **Pastor Gary** » May 17th, 2008, 10:48 pm

One of our J2 posters (Kevin) lives in Hilo, on the Big Island, and is far more qualified to answer this.

You are staying at a PRIMO resort property... you might want to spend a lot of time there. The biggest "must see" on the Big Island -- or even in Hawaii in general -- is the erupting Kilauea volcano. It is an awesome and amazing sight to see, and that is basically a one day event.

panhandler · Postby **panhandler** » May 18th, 2008, 3:30 am

Pastor Gary wrote:One of our J2 posters (Kevin) lives in Hilo, on the Big Island, and is far more qualified to answer this.

You are staying at a PRIMO resort property... you might want to spend a lot of time there. The biggest "must see" on the Big Island -- or even in Hawaii in general -- is the erupting Kilauea volcano. It is an awesome and amazing sight to see, and that is basically a one day event.

Thanks PG!

Kevin, Let's get together while Debbie and I are there! Any Ideas?

jinjer · Postby **jinjer** » May 18th, 2008, 3:33 am

You have to go here, www.originalhawaiianchocolatefactory.com, these are the nicest folks and produce great chocolate. Also go here, www.konalea.com, if you like coffee. We still get our Kona coffee from them every 6 weeks. What we liked about it was the air roasted Kona didn't have that harsh taste of traditional coffees. These are both on the Kona side. The Volcano National Park was great and our guide was superb!! However, I think it is closed because of the eruption. This is on the Hilo side. Also, on the Kona side we went to a Vanilla farm that is run by a family. They have a restaurant. It was a long ride to get there but well worth it. Here is there website, http://www.hawaiianvanilla.com.

Jinjer

panhandler · Postby **panhandler** » May 19th, 2008, 4:17 am

Kevin · Postby **Kevin** » May 19th, 2008, 2:04 pm

If you want good scenery, I'd say be sure to take a trip along the Hamakua coast. You've got the Onomea botannical gardens, Akaka and Kahuna falls, etc. That's the safest way around the island to see the volcano. It's quite a drive though. You may have to schedule two days for that. One for volcano, and one for Onomea and the falls.

I'll PM you my cell. Maybe we can all get together.

Jude 2