BIG island vacay

i was super stoke to go on a trip with shon this past weekend. unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, it was ended short...sigh. everything is alright, false alarm but i was pretty bummed out regardless.

thursday: arrived at hilo at 8:30ish. got picked up by kim (shon's sis) and she drove us to her house. it was super country. it reminded me of a beach house. she showed us this beach which was literally across the street. it wasn't too much of a beach since it was all rocks but it was nice. afterwards, we drove the north side to kona. we stopped by waipio look out and this other beach along the way. we drove almost 100 miles. oahu is about 100 miles around, big island is roughly 100 to go over ONE side! got to kona, checked into our hotel, napped, ordered genki sushi takeout, napped, bought safeway groceries, watched a movie, ktfo.

friday: on our way to the place of refuge, we got kinda lost. i suck at map reading. we took the scenic route which we were kinda glad we did since it was pretty neat. checked out the place of refuge. if the hawaiians were to break a kapu (their taboo laws) they were usually sentenced to death. they have to run away and come to this place as sanctuary. no blood is allowed to be shed here. they were then forgiven and sent back off to their daily lives. anyways, i love this place. the history is so rich here and to imagine this was once a thriving community just blows my mind. after this, we drove back to our hotel and walked around ali'i drive. we ate at a buffet across our hotel, $96 for two buffets and a bottle of wine. i could barely walk afterwards.

saturday: since we had unforeseen circumstances, i rebooked our flight to fly back to honolulu that evening. we quickly drove to south point checked out the scene and drove to volcano national park. the park was huge. we didn't have too much time to do a lot so we checked out the crater and the lava tube. got into hilo and went to two ladies kitchen. shon and i both ordered a 9 piece strawberry mochi box and when we got to the airport, we got 16 pieces. did we get lucky or just the wrong order?

i miss the big island, A LOT. all the food i ate there were amazingly delicious. i guess since i had to come home earlier, i felt a little cheated and didn't get to experience my ENTIRE vacation. oh wells, there's always spring break!