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DAY 2:Walks, Cancellations and Good Food Showery morning but all the dark clouds and rain were on the Hilo(east) coast and further south around Kona. Online reports and radio confirmed that Volcanoes NP was closed with roads damaged; power lines were down and many roads were impassable due to...
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THE BIG ISLAND/HAWAII (4 nights/3 days) With 4 nights here, there were 3 trips we really wanted to do on the island, two of which I’d booked in advance: The Mauna Kea Summit Sunset and Stargazing trip ($320 each) Snorkelling Trip to Captain Cook Bay ($110 each) Viewing the Manta Rays...
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This was the island that had drawn me the most to Hawaii in terms of landscape – the Na Pali cliffs looked amazing as did the north of the island.In fact, the boat trip to see the cliffs was my No 1 ‘must see’ of the whole trip – IF weather allowed.A long, long way to come if that didn’t play ball...
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Breakfast of fruit and toast on the balcony, high 70s temperature as the sun came up.I should say now that we both arrived in Hawaii ‘walking wounded.’ I usually have two colds per year and generally throw the worst of them off after 2 or 3 days; Chris is rarely bothered with colds and has the...
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DAY 3 : The hope had been to do Sgurr na Banachdich today , the easiest of the formidable Black Cuillin, but the forecast wasn’t good enough – low cloud and winds of 40mph. Got to Talisker (Carbost) at 10am and it was busy.My son is a big whisky fan but has done plenty of whisky tours...