Ranking the 4 Hawaiian Islands & my vacation takeaways
Oh, it's that time. My takeaways, my favorite part whenever I finish my trip. It's not exactly summarizing my trip, but it's a chance for me to reflect on what I walked away with during ....
Category: Big Island
From Hilo to Hamakua Coast
We had originally booked 4 free nights at the Grand Naniloa Hotel using our Hilton points. However, knowing that we'd be flying out of Kona, we decided to spend our last days back in Kona. ....
Big Island of Hawaii Bucket List: Volcano and Rainbow (check)
My Friday started pretty early - around 4:30am (local time). I received a text from work which required me to talk to my employees, ran a couple of conference calls, and I had remained on ....
Hapuna Beach, Waikoloa, a cop, lost backpack
It's now our Day Two on the Big Island and we decided venture off to Hapuna Beach. I had forgotten how far of a drive this was. The distance from our resort to the airport ....
Hilo Daze
Our Thursday was all about our move towards Hilo, located on the other side of the Big Island. We got ready, packed our stuff, and we left our timeshare, Kona Coast Resort, by 10am. Those ....
Once on this Big Island
Why this title? A few months ago, we had an opportunity to watch Once On This Island on Broadway, an enchanting musical revival that had taken Broadway by storm. [caption id="attachment_13334" width="960" align="aligncenter"] We won ....
What we did on the first few hours on the Big Island
Yaaasssss....we finally arrived on the Big Island. We headed straight outside to catch a shuttle to Budget Car Rental. It was still raining steady showers at the time, and it took a little while to ....
Big Island or Bust! How we booked our trip to Hawaii for $11 using points
Here we go again. Our entire family is once again headed back to Hawaii. This time, for a change, we are headed to the Big Island. We've all been to Oahu, Maui, and Kauai many ....