Hawaii! Dinarte's birthday bash in Maui, and a side trip to the Big Island | |||||||||||
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| Mauna Loa. What a broad, flat mountain! | |||||||||||
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| Mauna Kea | At a nearby park | ||||||||||
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| The new tsunami warning system in Hilo | Macademia nuts | ||||||||||
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| We were a little disappointed with this place - it was basically just a big tourist shop with a large macademia nut selection. | Hand-dipping macademia nut cookies. Looked very time-consuming. | ||||||||||
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| A view of the factory. It was pretty much shut down. | At the county zoo | ||||||||||
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| The Lady Amhearst pheasant. The male put on quite a show, chasing the female. | In downtown Hilo. Hilo is very laid back, looks like not much has changed there. | ||||||||||
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| Driving along the coastline | |||||||||||
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| We stopped at Laupahoehoe park, where in the tsunami of 1946, 20 some children were killed. | |||||||||||
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| Around Waimea |  You can see the observatories of Mauna Loa here | | |||||||||