2012 Picture report from Hawaii number 7 Shrimp sunset · 21 January 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 (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.
Click on the photo for the bigger view
2012 Picture report from Hawaii number 6 - Indiana Colin · 16 January 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 · 14 January 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 · 14 January 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.
2012 Picture report from Hawaii number 2 and 3 · 11 January 2012 by colin newell
A typical day in Kona Hawaii almost always involves a cup of great coffee to start your day – a swim at one of many great sandy beaches – often with shore break capable of breaking your neck – so show respect…
And the people! The people of the Island of Hawaii love their life and they love their guests.
What better gig than to live and work here – Like Dr. Shawn Steiman (photo below to the right of yours truly — the visitor…)
Shawn is doing some work with the local coffee community and we are catching up over coffee at Kona de Pele Coffee on Alii Drive, Kona. Arguably some of the best coffee to be drinking – brewed right – Hario pour over – measured and brewed to precision.
Next photo: Typical sunset off of our lanai off of Alii Drive in Kona Hawaii – this is what we look at, day after day – if you have never seen a sunset like this, you owe yourself the pleasure of the visit.
2012 Picture report from Hawaii number 1 · 8 January 2012 by colin newell
Sitting by the pool today noticed a glint in the ocean… which was around 15 feet away.
I know – begs the question: Why build a small heated pool a few feet away from a gargantuan sized salty heated pool. Who am I to argue.
While we sunned by the pool we could hear the shouts of folks in their shuttered condos watching Sunday football – I know… that does not make sense either.
Hawaii – truly a land of mystery.
The real mystery awaits you below – it caught our eye. An iridescent glow above and below the water – like purple laser beams that flashed brighter as waves of water passed over the outcropping – I am assuming a fluorescent algae bloom – honestly, I have never seen anything like it. For once, a photo does no justice.
Will try and do a photo a day to encapsulate my experience.
Below our balcony – again, inches from the Pacific Ocean. This fellow flirted with the ocean life for an hour and came up empty handed… or did he?
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