We were in Kona for 3 days. We stayed in the bottom floor of a local family's home, that was listed on airbnb. It was nice to hear the giggles and pitter-patter every morning. LK's mother called her a "Hawaiian chili pepper" she is such a spunky little girl. She has an incredible personality. She became great friends with my cousin Kayla and I. She woke us up one morning with a "See you later alligator! In a while crocodile!" We had an entire conversation with her through the bedroom window. We even painted our finger nails so they matched.
The first morning we drove a couple hours down to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. It was a gorgeous drive south along the coastline.
We stopped at Punalu'u Black Sands Beach.
Although many of the Hawaiian islands are eroding the volcanoes of the Big Island of Hawai'i add 4 inches per year to the coast. There was an eruption in 2008 that forced the park service to close off a large amount of the road so we were unable to drive to the coast and active volcanoes.
We walked through the Hawaiian rain forest that had been spared from the many eruptions of the volcanoes. There we found the Lava Tunnel. The Hawaiians used to be a burial site for their loved ones.
Kayla and I had to make it to the beach, our travels had been full of beautiful beach views but no actual beach day, imagine that!
That night we went to a great luau and has a fabulous time. There was the funniest guy there putting on a presentation about how to open a coconut. The performers were great and of course gorgeous. ;)
The next day we had a marvelous breakfast with an incredible view. We had some entertainment from a cute gecko.
Nothing like a cappuccino to get the day stared off right!
Then we hope on a plane to head to Honolulu. Whoohoo!
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