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| Entering Hilo |
We arrived in Hilo at about 8:30 AM to blue skies and sunshine. It had been raining for the last few days and we are hoping that we could get good weather for the next couple of days. We are renting a car while in Hilo so we can explore the big island. Today we are just looking around the east side and around Hilo bay. Our first stop is downtown Hilo and of course there is a farmers market. Our plan is to visit Akaka Falls today so we bought fresh fruit in the market. The merchants were willing to cut up the fresh pineapple, papaya and lime and an avocado. We bought sandwiches and fresh milk at the supermarket and headed to the falls.
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| Akaka Falls - Hawaii |
We found Akaka falls, road ends there so not a real challenge, ate our picnic lunch overlooking the Pacific ocean and then took a hike around the area. It was a beautiful walk and the valley and falls were very calming. We headed back towards the highway and stop in the little village, name of which is unknown to either Julie or I, where we bought jars of honey and passion fruit jam and a bag of fresh ginger cookies. All this talk of fresh fruit could give you the idea that we really missed that component of our diet onboard the ship – we did!
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| Akaka Falls - Hawaii |
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| Kahuna Falls - Hawaii |
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| Unnamed Town in Hawaii selling Passion Fruit Jam |
On the return to Hilo, we stopped at the Macadamia Nut Plant, but could only take the self-guided tour and briefly visit the gift shop. We forgot it was Sunday. We also tried to visit a coffee farm, but they were not open on Sunday either. We found a restaurant not too far from the ship for dinner then returned to the ship because tomorrow we had an early morning adventure.
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