i apologize for my picasa. i'm not quite sure what's going on, but i'll fix it and get the pictures up soon.
thank you for your patience.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Big Island Fun
as i spent the week preparing for a very needed seven days away from reality and from life, i did not realize that i was preparing for one of the best vacations i would encounter. i have been on my share of vacations in all sorts of tropical destinations, but this one was especially special.
upon arriving at lax in the middle of the afternoon and as we boarded our non-stop flight to kona, hawaii, i thought to myself, how different is this place going to be from oahu. was it going to be equally touristy and a tropical version of LA? as we descended into the kona airport, we were greeted with a old school staircase that led us directly off the plane, which felt so old school, something that elvis would have done back in his days of perusing through hawaii. immediately after getting off the plane, i was greeted with a great cool sea breeze and an open air terminal. i knew i was definitely not in the city anymore.
after picking up the rental car, we began our long journey to waikoloa, a resort area of the island. without knowing how far the condo was going to be from the airport, we began our journey with a long, dark twenty mile drive to waikoloa. being from the suburbs of LA, we have our share of cars and the pollution gets thick in my neck of the woods, so as we were driving, i stuck my head out the window of our rental car and marveled at the beautiful stars that seemed to blanket the sky above kona. just thinking how blessed i was to be in such a beautiful place.
when we got into our condo, i stepped outside into our wrap around penthouse balcony and saw this strip of white cloudiness in the sky and as i was about to call for my dad to ask what it was, my dad came out and let me know it was the milky way. and that was the first time i saw the milky way, it was so close, so visible, i felt like i was just floating inside the milky way.
ok enough of my commentary, i just wanted to share the first few hours of my travels to the big island. i'll continue the rest of the story with pictures, since everyone loves pictures.
here we go!
that's the cliff notes version of our vacation. i also took a bunch of instax pictures, so once i get those scanned in, i'll make sure i post it.
seriously one of the most beautiful places i've ever been.
mahalo.
upon arriving at lax in the middle of the afternoon and as we boarded our non-stop flight to kona, hawaii, i thought to myself, how different is this place going to be from oahu. was it going to be equally touristy and a tropical version of LA? as we descended into the kona airport, we were greeted with a old school staircase that led us directly off the plane, which felt so old school, something that elvis would have done back in his days of perusing through hawaii. immediately after getting off the plane, i was greeted with a great cool sea breeze and an open air terminal. i knew i was definitely not in the city anymore.
after picking up the rental car, we began our long journey to waikoloa, a resort area of the island. without knowing how far the condo was going to be from the airport, we began our journey with a long, dark twenty mile drive to waikoloa. being from the suburbs of LA, we have our share of cars and the pollution gets thick in my neck of the woods, so as we were driving, i stuck my head out the window of our rental car and marveled at the beautiful stars that seemed to blanket the sky above kona. just thinking how blessed i was to be in such a beautiful place.
when we got into our condo, i stepped outside into our wrap around penthouse balcony and saw this strip of white cloudiness in the sky and as i was about to call for my dad to ask what it was, my dad came out and let me know it was the milky way. and that was the first time i saw the milky way, it was so close, so visible, i felt like i was just floating inside the milky way.
ok enough of my commentary, i just wanted to share the first few hours of my travels to the big island. i'll continue the rest of the story with pictures, since everyone loves pictures.
here we go!
that's the cliff notes version of our vacation. i also took a bunch of instax pictures, so once i get those scanned in, i'll make sure i post it.
seriously one of the most beautiful places i've ever been.
mahalo.
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