Hawaii

Travelogue

Day after day follow my travel to Hawaii on Oahu (Honolulu and Waïkiki), Kaua'i and big island.
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9

Day 7: Hilo - Kailua-kona

The morning is dédicated to the in order to explore Kilauea crater and its surroundings via the Crater rim drive. Among the main attractions are the Thurston lava tube Halema'uma'u crater which use to be not long ago a lake of lava. The sulfur emanations all along the road remind us of the danger represented by this active volcanoe.
Then we hit the road and head to Kailua Kona stopping at the beautiful black sand beach of Punalu'u where we saw several . We also detour to Ka lae, the southernmost point of the U.S.A. There is nothing special over there, we just went or the symbol it represents.
Back on the main road, the rain started to fall until we reach Kailua Kona where a beautiful welcomed us.