Today sharing with you about my trip to Hawaii, my pain, my sadness already healed, those people who accompanied me in this trip seemed disappeared forever, without any track.
The view from the street to the apartment where I stayed in Waikoloa...
Flying with Japan Airlines, I had a stop-over in Tokyo, a whole day to walk around in this freezing city while waiting for my next flight to sunny Hawaii. Next day I arrived to the Int. Kona Airport and quickly moved to my rented apartment in Waikoloa Village.
It was December but the weather in this part of Big Island was so beautiful, the fresh air with a lot of sun, a lot of greens, bird chirping, little bit hot during midday but cooler in the evening.
I don't know how to describe my area in Waikoloa - super quiet, almost no cars on the street. I walk from my apartment to the shopping area, around 20', I meet no one, the shopping place empty. I just guess December - a week before Christmas would be a low season here.
The Hilton Waikoloa Village not far from my place, just walking distance, I went there and found they have a big lagoon inside the hotel...to keep dolphins. I spent a whole morning to watch them, as not the show time, so I could take only some photos while they were in the water. So cute these dolphins.
My first sightseeing was the famous Waipio valley. At that time I witnessed how beautiful the beach in Hawaii, how colourful the nature here, but only now, writing this review, I just learn the road that leads down into Waipio valley is the steepest one in US, probably in the world.
I remember how carefully, slowly we went down, even some technique required to keep our walk along this road: either walk backwards or zigzag, otherwise quite difficult to keep the balance walking down. It took almost an hour to get down into the valley, it was hard but the way back up to the parking lot, much harder!
I took this photo while walking down into the valley...
Several large waterfalls fall into the valley to feed the river which flows from the foot of the largest falls at the back of the valley out to the ocean. I call this place Utopia, simply breathtaking picturesque scenery, I regret that I couldn't have enough time to follow the river to the water fall...
The beach at the Valley is far from the best, strong waves, big black sand...but enjoyable at the meeting point between the river and the ocean, you can lay down, to feel the water running under you...but whenever the ocean wave comes...you will be covered in sands!
We arrived to this Waipio valley in the morning, we had a quick lunch down in the valley, near to the ocean, I did swim or exactly play with the ocean waves a bit, I got all the ocean sands in my trousers' s pockets while laying down on the beach, that sands still stuck in my pockets month later...like a souvenir from this Paradise.
In my next post I will share with you about my trip to Hilo, my flight in a helicopter to witness the volcano and my trek along the area destroyed by the volcano's lava and the earthquake in Volcanoes National Park.
That’s pretty cool sharing with gorgeous photographs. I also had a great experience of the Hilton Waikoloa Village during my hawaii island tours this past year. This was my first visit to the Big Island. It was practically perfect. But then make sure you get around the Big Island at least once to see the various sites!!
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