Mauna Kea Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals

I was feeling much better but still not 100%.  Today we planned to go stargazing at Mauna Kea.  We left the Kona area around 2 pm in order to make in time to see the sunset from the mountain.  We made our way north again on Highway 190 until we turned westward onto Saddle Road.  Saddle Road is a pot-holed, sometimes one-lane (over narrow bridges) road that serves as a shortcut to Hilo.  The area also serves as a military winter training camp.As we got closer to the tu…

Studied abroad in Hawaii, Fiji Islands and Australia. In Hawaii, we traveled to the Big Island, Maui and Oahu. Studied Marine Biology and did research related to marine life.

Kris and I spent a week on the big island and went to Keck Observatory, the volcano park, and dig some scuba diving.

We journeyed clockwise around the island in our rental car.  Alternating scenes of bucolic cattle-filled pastures and leafy rainforest rushed past my window for the first hour or so before we broke through to the ocean views of the northeast coast of the Big Island.  We passed Mauna Kea (White Mountain) along the way.  Distant admiration was the only homage we could pay this mecca for stargazers, since we had a lot of driving ahead of us and there was no hope of&…

Experience our Hawaiian Islands

My boyfriend had never been to Hawaii so we really tried to fit everything in! I was born here and lived on the islands for the first 9 yrs. of my life. It was a lot of fun, we camped instead of staying at hotels which was great because we got to see more of the islands natural beauty and went on some really awesome hikes!

I spent three months in Hawaii while I "lived" there. Hawaii was my home while I travelled in South East Asia. My sister lives there.