Entries tagged 'Hamakua Coast'

Buy a Koa, Make Money: Less than $50 Buys a Hawaii Tree

Squirrels of the world, take note. You can buy some aerial real estate in Hawaii for less than $50. Not a bad investment for a well-traveled rodent who wants to do well and do good. Here's the info. The Big...

OpenRoad TV: Cool Waipio Valley Vidcast

My friends at OpenRoad TV have a number of excellent Hawaii travel videos on offer for free (as in beer) at their site and I'm pointing to a few of them. This one takes you into Waipio Valley, the massive,...

Hawaii Celebrities: Harrison Ford's 65th Birthday in Hilo -- What to Feed Steve Speilberg and George Lucas for Dinner

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He's Back! Speilberg Shooting Indiana Jones IV on Big Island Right Now!

The lure of Hawaii is apparently quite strong for filmmaker Steven Spielberg. He's chosen Hawaii yet again as a primary scene location for the latest and greatest Indiana Jones flick, the forth in the series. Apparently, Spielberg and company have...

Big Island Travel: Waipio Valley in Coastal Living

In the May 2007 edition, senior editor Steve Millburg gives a quick taste of a hike I've long wanted to take, circling the rim of Waipio Valley, a lush, massive valley on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island. I've...

Hawaii Waterfalls: Hi'ilawe

In my mind, this is the ultimate waterfall hike in the islands. Hi'ilawe Falls is a 2,000 foot cataract that booms into a semi-circular eroded volcanic bowl in Waipio Valley, a large, remote valley on the Hamakua Coast of the...