2012 Picture report from Hawaii number 7 Shrimp sunset · Saturday January 21, 2012 by colin newell
Meal at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. on Alii Drive in Kona.
This place was massively hammered by the Tsunami in March 2011 – the community pulled together and had the restaurant up and running again in 24 hours. That was the way it was all the way around the damage zone.
Many people do not know this but the Kona Village Cabins and resort (some 25 minutes up the highway towards N. Kona and Kohala – was utterly devastated by the wave – and they will not be rebuilding. Sadly, they had one of the best Luau going.
Anyway. Nature lashes out – and people pull together.
Below is a shot of nature at its gentlest. A sunset. We get one a day.
Enjoy it folks. It is a precious thing.
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2012 Picture report from Hawaii number 6 - Indiana Colin · Monday January 16, 2012 by colin newell
Shared a picnic table with a friendly, but slightly twitchy praying mantis – eventually he walked onto a stick (a real stick) and moved off to a safer area.
We met with the good folks from Blue Horse Kona down in Kealakekua Bay – home of great swimming and snorkel activities – this was also an area that was hard hit by the tsunami of March 2011 – whole houses were ripped off of their foundations and dragged out into the bay.
The view here is spectacular – Kealakekua Bay is home to the Captain Cook memorial and the works largest cliff side mausoleum – (more on that on a later blog of our trip…)
Photo taken by former art director for Prada (yea, the fashion company…) – Joachim, owner partner at Blue Horse Kona Coffee. Click on the photo for a bigger view.
2012 Picture report from Hawaii number 5 · Saturday January 14, 2012 by colin newell
Proving several things.
God has a sense of humor – watching this fella (or lady) struggle to get up to the dry lava rock, tells me that we all have our struggles but there is always a reward.
And that we are not the only important creatures on this planet (having seen a dozen whales and hundreds of dolphins the last few weeks…)
Sometimes the best part of getting away, is getting in touch with reality.
Photo taken from at least 25-35 feet away with a long zoom – Turtles are protected and should not be approached, harassed or played with.
2012 Picture report from Hawaii number 4 · Saturday January 14, 2012 by colin newell
A subtle reminder that there are great places on the planet – peaceful, surrounded by a vast ocean, seemingly insulated from the rigors of daily life… at least for a few weeks of the year.
Photo below: The balcony at the Hale Kona Kai – Kona, Hawaii.
