Puna Coast

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Cyndi

I know that we will probably fall madly in love with Kona and with Poipu after we spend some time there, but we are currently wishing we had one more day here along the Puna Coast! Absolutely love the area.

Moonrise over Puna

Waterfalls

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Cyndi

Pe’e Pe’e Falls

Wai’ale Falls

Rainbow Falls

Now I must admit: to this point of the tour I was a bit underwhelmed. It’s difficult to impress a California girl because we have Yosemite and Burney Falls in the backyard! But then we drove farther north to Akaka Falls State Park. Skip the others, really, and go stright to Akaka. Then you’ll have more time to enjoy the Puna coastline.

Puna Bear at Akaka Falls

Puna is the region of Hawai’i in which we are currently residing at Palms Cottage in Pahoa. We named the peace-freak, tie-dyed hippie bear Puna. The three of us fit in quite nicely here.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park!

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Cyndi

Visitor center, museum, Volcano House, lava tube, gift shops, one hike and a drive out Chain of Craters road. Lava mostly inaccessible without really long hikes, but we were not disappointed. Awesome park! Spectacular scenery! Ocean views worth all of the long hours of travel yesterday.