A collection of images, mostly from the Big Island, from some of my trips there. After going the usual tourist route, starting with Waikiki and then Maui, we fell in love with the Big Island (the one named “Hawaii”). It felt more like we thought Hawaii should feel like. The people were wonderful and lot of them were actually born there.
Kona, where we mostly staid, has a comfortable, small-town feel to it. There aren’t many broad, white beaches there. Most are just lava boulders, but the ones that are there are fantastic. The island’s main city is Hilo on its eastern coast.
Where we mostly stayed was across from Magic Sands (Laaloa) Beach, south of Kona is sort of a take-your-chances kind of beach. The “magic” is that sometimes the beach quickly disappears, currents drawing the sand back into a hiding place just offshore leaving those lava boulders. The rest of the time, it is one of the best boogie boarding beaches in Hawaii, if mot the world.
Best of all, the Big Island is an incredibly inspiring place to take pictures. Here’s a sampling that I’ll be added to as time goes on.
