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The aptly-named Big Island is, by far, the largest island in the Hawai'ian chain - combine....

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Yes, this first day doesn't sound as if it were worth the 2,000+-mile flight, but stick around. It gets better. Most everyone who knows me knew how much I needed this trip. When my sister canceled on me, I searched frantically for a travel companion. Then, when three volunteers stepped forward just days before I left, I decided I wanted to go solo. I needed to go solo. After a long night mostly spent packing and making my home somewhat presentable to the most wonderful kitten-sitter ever, I was on my way, headed to the most remote islands on the planet for some much-needed R&R. I wasn't prepar...

Big Island Solo

8 day trip

As I said, Hawaii is such a beautiful paradise, if you didn't go there before, let's go and plan! Day 1 was almost a travelling day, we departed from NJ newark airport, because it have a direct flight to Honolulu, it's around 10 hours flight. I decided to park my car in a company called Park2Go, it charge $9 per day which is a pretty good deal. But...as my own experience tell me, i will park my car in the long term airport parking lots next time, it costs $12 per day but I feel more comfortable as I don't need to leave my key to someone. When I get back my car on Park2Go, I find someone sat in...

Aloha Hawaii!

8 day trip

The flight went well, surprisingly well. With kids 7 and 4 years old I didn't have my hopes very high, but it went smoothly. We arrived at the Kona Airport in the early evening, picked up our mini-van at Thrifty (great deal through American Express) and headed north, about 20 minutes to our Waikoloa condo. With no supermarket in sight in Waikoloa, we decided it best to grab a quick "cheap" dinner in Waikoloa - let me qualify "cheap". We had fish and chips from a hole in the wall with a window. 4 meals for the 5 of <B>us</B> was enough to share, but the price tag was enough to keep me cooking for the ...

Big Island April '08

9 day trip

We flew into Hilo and drove to a B&B in Volcano Village on the first day. It was part of the Chalet Kilauea chain and we stayed in the Lokelani room at the Volcano B&B. The Volcano B&B is a hundred-year-old house. Three stories high, 6 bedrooms, and a large living area with kitchen and dining rooms. It sounds charming to stay in a hundred-year-old house, but it's not. A house that old smells funny. And the bathroom has outdated fixtures, and moths come into the shower with you. The man renting the bedroom next to ours had bronchitis and stayed in his room coughing at all hours of the day and n...

Hawaii: Big Island and Kauai

0 day trip

Mom dropped <B>us</B> off at Lambert airport and had to come back twice - once because she thought we left our portable DVD player in the van (which we didn't) but then we had to call her back after she had arrived to work because Hannah had left her glasses in the van. So after all of that, luckily the airport was not busy so we made it through security pretty quick. The flight from St. Louis to LA was smooth. It took about 4 1/2 hours. Once we arrived at LA, we had to change airlines from American to Northwest which meant that we had to leave security and go to another terminal. LA airport is so bi...

2007 Christmas in Hawaii

16 day trip

Catch the aloha spirit during Tauck's family Hawaii vacation visiting Oahu, Maui and the <B>Big</B> <B>Island</B> of Hawaii. Two- and three-night stays at wonderful beachfront resorts combine time to explore the culture and history of the islands with just enjoying Hawaii’s sun and surf. Take surfing lessons, learn how to dance the hula, try your hand at poi pounding, throw-net fishing or kapa cloth making – find out what life is like in Hawaii, past and present! Zip down one of the longest waterslides in the Hawaiian Islands, and swim in a lagoon teeming with colorful reef fish and green sea turtles. Visit...

Magical Hawaii (Family Travel)

0 day trip

June 22, 2007 - 7:48 AM - Beautiful sunny day in Maryland for the start of our journey! Off we go into the wild blue yonder. 12:30 PM - Miles: 260 - We arrive in Pittsburgh! We had plans but plans were made to be trained. 1:00 - When we investigated the walking tour - it actually started at 12:00pm. Thanks www.post-gazette.com for the wrong info. So instead we did our own walking tour to the Heinze Museum 5:00 pm - Went to dinner at August Henry. Can't beat FREE chicken wings. I had soup and salad, Darrell had a HUGE club sandwich with fries. 6:00 pm - Darrell goes solo to the Gallery Crawl. T...

The Great North American Adventure

59 day trip

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