It's been awhile but I am back to share some more about our trip to the Big Island. Last I was here we were at the Place of Refuge. Now we got back on the road and headed south. We really wanted to go the the southernmost tip of the island but the highway didn't go that way. Besides we found a great little roadside stop where a couple of locals had set up rows of trinkets and it was fun to go shopping and support the local economy all in one fell swoop.
We found the end of our trail in a little town called Punaluu. We had gotten the same brochure for this bakery, pit stop, tourist trap a few different times so thought we would go there. It was a really nice little place with it's own botanical gardens. We sat on the lanai and had lunch.
We all had delicious island kine deserts and then bought some to take home. We headed back towards Kona full and happy.
We had planned earlier in the day to stop at the Keauhou Shopping Mall and watch the local hula show. I remembered it started at 5 and luckily we made it right at 5. When we found the right spot there was no one there. Turns out it started at 6! So we were able to take our pick of spots and rest in the warm evening air.
The show was fabulous. One of the best amatuer hula shows I had ever seen. It may have been that because we were on the big island where the Merry Monarch Festival is held that the standard of hula is higher than others I had seen. The mc was really knowledgeable about the origins of hula and hawaiian music. One of the most interesting facts to me was about the UliUli. That is the red and yellow feathered gourds in the picture. These are descendents of the spanish maracas. The Hawaiians just put feathers on them because they were pretty. Like I said it was a great trip. Day 5 was coming and it was just the best day ever...
It's been awhile but I am back to share some more about our trip to the Big Island. Last I was here we were at the Place of Refuge. Now we got back on the road and headed south. We really wanted to go the the southernmost tip of the island but the highway didn't go that way. Besides we found a great little roadside stop where a couple of locals had set up rows of trinkets and it was fun to go shopping and support the local economy all in one fell swoop.
We found the end of our trail in a little town called Punaluu. We had gotten the same brochure for this bakery, pit stop, tourist trap a few different times so thought we would go there. It was a really nice little place with it's own botanical gardens. We sat on the lanai and had lunch.
We all had delicious island kine deserts and then bought some to take home. We headed back towards Kona full and happy.
We had planned earlier in the day to stop at the Keauhou Shopping Mall and watch the local hula show. I remembered it started at 5 and luckily we made it right at 5. When we found the right spot there was no one there. Turns out it started at 6! So we were able to take our pick of spots and rest in the warm evening air.
The show was fabulous. One of the best amatuer hula shows I had ever seen. It may have been that because we were on the big island where the Merry Monarch Festival is held that the standard of hula is higher than others I had seen. The mc was really knowledgeable about the origins of hula and hawaiian music. One of the most interesting facts to me was about the UliUli. That is the red and yellow feathered gourds in the picture. These are descendents of the spanish maracas. The Hawaiians just put feathers on them because they were pretty. Like I said it was a great trip. Day 5 was coming and it was just the best day ever...
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