The Big Island

We hopped over the ocean on Monday to the Big Island. The plane was very small - only 9 passengers and I thought the flight was a little scary. Our hotel is right on the coast on Kailua-Kona and within walking distance to most of the restaurants and shopping centers. Strangely enough, they also charge an arm and a leg for wifi access but we couldn't find anywhere else to get it and Michael had to send his timesheet in. When we got here, it was about 3:30pm and we were starving so we walked across the street and had late lunch at LuLu's with pretty view of the bay right by our hotel. We ended up at Bongo Ben's Island Cafe for the rest of the evening.

We ended up staying out a little too late at Bongo Ben's and took it easy on Tuesday, as neither one of us was feeling great. We took a walk around Kailua-Kona and had dinner at the Kona Canoe Club. They have an extensive menu of hamburgers, including the champagne cheeseburger. For only $245, you can get your cheeseburger with a bottle of Dom Perignon. We passed on that one. We had an early night and got lots of good sleep.

Today we explored the coast to the south and did some snorkeling on our own. We even saw a sea turtle ("honu" in Hawaiian)! We stopped at a couple beaches on the way back from snorkeling and had lunch. Tonight we are going to the Royal Kona Resort Luau and then more snorkeling early in the morning.