TravBuddy.com: agarcia's Big Island, Hawaii 2008 travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/28208 This was a one week trip to the Big Island of Hawaii with a couple of my sisters and in-laws. en-us Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:40:55 PST Top of the world http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/28208/Top-of-the-world-Mauna-Kea-6 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:40:55 PST Top of the world Mauna Kea, United States, Mar 06, 2008

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 orde...

]]> Cruising and eating http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/28208/Cruising-and-eating-Kailua-Kona-5 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:46:03 PST Cruising and eating Kailua-Kona, United States, Mar 05, 2008

Woke up still feeling unwell but with a schedule of sitting on a boat to go whale and dolphin watching and then sitting and watching a Luau, ...

]]> Waterfalls http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/28208/Waterfalls-Waipio-4 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:08:42 PST Waterfalls Waipio, Hawaii, Mar 04, 2008

I woke up that day with my arms feeling super-hot but yet I was slightly shivering under the light blankets.   Crap!  I got sick...

]]> Swimming with the fishes... http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/28208/Swimming-with-the-fishes-Kailua-Kona-3 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:33:33 PST Swimming with the fishes... Kailua-Kona, United States, Mar 03, 2008

We had signed up to go snorkeling with the Sea Quest Ocean Rafting Company in the morning.The raft they used was the smallest transport I have ...

]]> First full day http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/28208/First-full-day-Punaluu-2 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:39:29 PST First full day Punalu'u, United States, Mar 02, 2008

We had a slow morning as we were trying to get use to the 4-hour time zone change from Chicago.  Some of us (like me) woke up at 4 am ...

]]> Are we there yet? http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/28208/Are-we-there-yet-Kailua-Kona-1 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:40:34 PST Are we there yet? Kailua-Kona, United States, Mar 01, 2008

Our traveling day began on the cold winter morning of March 1st at 3 am, Chicago time.  I had stayed overnight with my sister Cilvia...

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