Some Kona coast snorkelling pics - Page 2

Rbacchiega · #11 05-12-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Myka

Wow! Love the Parrotfish! Oh, and they are so yummy too aren't they?

yep...especially with a little bit of lemon butter when they're cooked over open fire mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Diana · #12 05-12-2009, 07:23 PM

Haha! I havent tried parrotfish I dont think... although I did eat a lot of fish in the Cook Islands that I dont quite remember what they were....

Love love love the Big Island. It has tropical rain forests, prehistoric fern-forests, pine forests, beaches, tropical deserts, deserts, alpine deserts, snow-capped mountians, volcanoes, prairies and grasslands, cattle farms, lush valleys... omg the list goes on. Not so many typical "white sand beaches" but the snorkelling is best off the rocky ones anyways! Lots of really private beaches and also some big touristy ones.

These snorkelling pics were all off of more private beaches. Mainly Two-Step near puuhonua o honaunau, Mioli'i, and captian cook monument in Kealekekua Bay (you need to kayak there). We stayed at B&B's Diver Dan's near Honaunau (about 1 hour south of Kona) and a beautiful plantation house called Ka'awa Loa Plantation B&B in Kealekekua. Both were fabulous... and I want to be a bit greedy and not tell anyone about Ka'awaLoa so no one goes there and its all for me.

If you go be sure to rent a 4x4 cus its a BIG ISLAND and it takes forever to drive around, but you get to see so much that it is worth it.

Oh and the cam is a little Olympus SW underwater digi.

-Diana

Key Equine · #13 05-12-2009, 08:27 PM

Yup, definitely requires a 4x4! Did you guys go to the Green Sand Beach? That was pretty amazing!

Diana · #14 05-13-2009, 03:42 AM

Yeah we did! And we hiked out there too cus we werent too sure about the 4x4 tracks... there was one part where someone scraped off some of thier car! We actually had a Ford Escape, so it was "all wheel drive", not really the best for 4x4ing. It was worth the hike though for a nice swim in a beautiful spot!

-Diana

hockey nut · #15 05-13-2009, 04:08 AM

Great pics, Thanks for sharing

I miss Hawaii. Never been to the big island yet. one day hopefully

Snappy · #16 05-13-2009, 05:20 AM

I dove Kona a few years ago and it is awesome. Great pix, thanks for sharing.

Key Equine · #17 05-13-2009, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Diana

Yeah we did! And we hiked out there too cus we werent too sure about the 4x4 tracks... there was one part where someone scraped off some of thier car! We actually had a Ford Escape, so it was "all wheel drive", not really the best for 4x4ing. It was worth the hike though for a nice swim in a beautiful spot!

-Diana

Ooohh, yeah an Escape would have been bad in there. We had a Jeep 4x4and nearly didn't make it. It was sure an adventure though!! Aawwww, I want to go back!