Aloha, Day 9 pt 2
Aug. 13th, 2006 06:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ciroccojToldja it was a long trip. Here's where we went up around the horn of the Big Island, and learned what they meant by "there's 11 types of ecosystems in the world, and the Big Island has nine of them."
Dry side of the Big Island.
It's quite impressive. One moment you're on the dry side, then you turn a corner and...
...you're not.
The main attraction in this town was a very old statue of King Kamehameha, the first Hawaiian king to unite all the islands into one kingdom. I believe about 25% of things in Hawai'i are named Kamehameha. Kamehameha St., Hotel Kamehameha, Kamehameha Point, Kamehameha Park, Kamehameha School, Kamehameha Macadamia Nuts, Kamehameha Airlines, Kamehameha Edible Underwear...
We just missed Kamehameha Day. Apparently, he got lei'd. Yes, I'm twelve.
Here is a caution sign rarely seen in Ontario.
Driving west some more, we came to a gorgeous cliff. Here's the view from the top:
And the view as we started down the cliff:
Dry side of the Big Island.
It's quite impressive. One moment you're on the dry side, then you turn a corner and...
...you're not.
The main attraction in this town was a very old statue of King Kamehameha, the first Hawaiian king to unite all the islands into one kingdom. I believe about 25% of things in Hawai'i are named Kamehameha. Kamehameha St., Hotel Kamehameha, Kamehameha Point, Kamehameha Park, Kamehameha School, Kamehameha Macadamia Nuts, Kamehameha Airlines, Kamehameha Edible Underwear...
We just missed Kamehameha Day. Apparently, he got lei'd. Yes, I'm twelve.
Here is a caution sign rarely seen in Ontario.
Driving west some more, we came to a gorgeous cliff. Here's the view from the top:
And the view as we started down the cliff:
