Early one morning 3 of us set off on an adventure to the big island to see a volcano.
Picked up at 7 out the front of our hotel, the bus driver was having a bad day, the next 2 stops the scheduled people did not make an appearance! So around the circuit again and we sat and waited outside a hotel for a party of 4, they needed their morning fix of coffee and be buggered if they didn't get it, so lets make everyone else wait, we only have a plane to catch!
Got to the airport and boarded for the 45min trip to the big island, quicker than flying to the Goldie.
Picked up in another bus and we are off, there are 12 of us.
First stop some black sand beaches, similar to those in the northern parts of Bali, with some of the same wildlife!
Then it was off to rainbow falls.
Our next stop was a macadamia factory, picture a golden rough with a macadamia hidden within........I've died and gone to heaven :)
Weston for some lunch where Greg and I hastily purchase a thirst each as due to our assention it was getting a bit chilly for our attire.
After a reasonable lunch of Portuguese bean soup and magma burgers (yes lame I know) we head into the volcanoes national park, volcanoes because there are actually 4. Kilauea is just the one that is currently erupting, it's the smallest.
Craters, this one takes about 4 hours to climb down, walk across and climb out, the photo just does not do it justice, there are actually people in the photo at the bottom.
Lava, lava everywhere
These holes are made when a tree is surrounded and burns slowly, the hole is the result when the lava cools.
A bubble popped!
The lava flow went all the way to the sea.
One of the things I'd been waiting for, a lava tube!
And then as evening started to decend we notice an orange red glow off to our left
An end to a great adventure, back to the airport and back to Waikiki arrival time 10pm
Wow.
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