Entries tagged 'Kona Coast'
Big Island Fishing: Go Big, Go Deep!
That's right, we are in the middle of the prestigious annual Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament, which runs through August 10 this year in Kaila-Kona. The tournament is one of the biggest in the world, which makes sense -- boats running...
Big Island Travel: Kailua-Kona -- Quaint, Faded Seaside Village or Dangerous Slum?
The guide books like to describe Kailua-Kona, the man population center on the sunny western side of the Big Island, quaint, kitschy, cozy, whatever. Locals have another term for it. Depressed and dangerous. I have been back there a number...
Big Island Family Vacation: Kayak, Snorkel Kealakekua
Day 2: You’re in Hawaii so get wet and take it all in. Score a kayak cruise in Kealakekua Bay, a marine preserve at the base of the green hills of Kona's coffee country, where pods of spinner dolphins are...
Big Island Family Vacation: Surf, Kayak, Cruise, Relax
(Here's the first in a series of family itineraries that I'm going to run, starting with Big Island. Enjoy and let me know if anything's wrong.) So you've finally arrived. The Big Island is impressive from any viewpoint and your...
Food Reviews and News Roundup
* Catharine Lo at Honolulu Weekly slurps 'awa, gets numb, eats kalua quesadilla at Kapahulu Kafe * Star-Bulletin reccomends Wong's "New Wave Luau: II" party * Honolulu Advertiser's Wanda Adams eats more Filipino food, whole fried akule, pancit and lechon...
Spotted Eagle Ray Off Kona
The leeward Kona Coast off the Big Island has some of the best diving on Earth. The coral there is not terribly interesting or profuse -- its a relatively new island and so the formations have not gotten a...
Big Blue Marlin
At the Hawaii Invitational Bill Fishing Tournament, Team Malibu vaulted into the lead by landing this 399-pound, fighting mad, Pacific blue marlin. Of the 19 fish caught by the 28 teams from the international field, 14 were tagged and...
Hawaiian Chocolate: Da Real Kine
Note: There is at least one other company that claims it is making Hawaiian chocolate.The key question -- ask where the beans are grown and what percentage are actually grown in Hawaii. Ono Farms in Hana, Maui that is...
