Hawaii’s Volcano House Will Reopen
Iconic hotel in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park back on track I have been to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park four times — most recently in June 2011. With Kilauea, one of the Big Island’s five volcanoes (and the only active one), disgorging steam, volcanic debris and flowing lava since 1983, the park’s topography has been different from one [...]
29th Anniversary of Kilauea’s Eruption
Lava has been erupting from Hawaiian volcano for nearly three decades & still flowing strong My friend Jessica Ferracane, who was not working for the National Park Service when I saw her in June but is doing so now, just reminded her Facebook friends that today is the 29th anniversary of the beginning of Kīlauea volcano’s [...]
New Zipline on Big Island’s Kohala Coast
Kohala Canopy Adventure debuts with super-zipline As if volcano viewing, nature tours, whale watching, hiking, scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, sailing, sport fishing, bicycling, tennis, golf and plain old DIY sightseeing weren’t enough, Big Island of Hawaii adds another activity when the first zipline experience takes off this month. I’ve ziplined elsewhere, and I love the idea [...]
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Update
Kilauea remains very active, but the activity keeps changing Two months ago, I visited Hawaii’s Big Island and wrote several blog posts about where I went and what I saw (and on Culinary Colorado, what I ate). One post was called “Hawaii’s Changing Landscape on View” and focused on Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. I also [...]
Hawaii’s Changing Landscape on View
Visitors watch land alteration daily at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park I first visited Hawaii Volcanoes National Park not long after Kilauea began erupting. That event began in 1983, and one subdivision had already been engulfed in lava. Street signs sticking out of the rock made for good images. It made news then, and still does. Videographers [...]
Alaska Airlines New Bay Area-Kauai Service
Alaska Airlines inaugurated its first-ever nonstops between both San Jose (March 27) and Oakland (March 28), and Kauai this week. Both routes use Boeing 737-800 aircraft seating 157 passengers, with 16 seats in First Class and 141 seats in Coach Class. And in addition to passengers who would rather avoid SFO, both provide alternative to the usual eastbound red eyes from Hawaii to the Mainland.
Tsunami Update from the Big Island
Tsunami damage on the Big Island of Hawaii is trivial compared the the destruction suffered in Japan, but tourist sites impacted Of the major Hawaian islands, I especially like the Big Island. The two major cities, Hilo and Kailua-Kona, feel like real towns that welcome tourists rather than tourist towns. Native Hawaiian antiquities, including petroglyphs [...]
Honolulu Airport Strengthens Hawaiian Language
Visitors now hear greeting and farewell in Hawaiian first and English second “Aloha e nā makamaka kipa mai i ke Kahua Mokulele Kau’āina O Honolulu! E nā ‘ōhua e ha’alele ana, no ‘oukou ka maluhia o ka holo ‘ana a ho’i hou mai. E nā malihini i hō’ea mai me nā kama’āina pu kekahi, ke aloha [...]
Homage to Captain Cook with a Hot, Humid Hike
Sea-level obelisk can be seen easily from the sea — or step by step on a hiking trail Captain James Cook, the 18th century English navigator who met his end on February 14, 1779, at Kealekehua Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii. Cook’s Wikipedia entry is worth reading. An unhappy Valentine’s Day for the [...]
