I'm sure y'all know that my family took a vacation to the big island of Hawaii about a week ago. It was totally not what I expected, but it was super fun! I'm not going to go into full detail about each day because this post would be very long, so I will just tell y'all the overall plan for each day. Arrival We left Georgia on the 13th around 1:00 pm. This being my first time on an airplane since I was a toddler, I naturally had to take a ton of airplane pictures. We laid-over in L.A. for around an hour, then we hopped on a six hour flight to Hawaii! Since it was around 2:00am Georgia time, we planned to stay in a hotel in the town of Kona (the far west side of the island) close to the airport. Wednesday, June 14th The next morning we woke up, checked out of the hotel, and made our way to Hilo, a town on the east side of the island. In order to get to Hilo, you have to take the highway that runs all the way along the southern border. We planned to do all of the stuff on the south side while we made our way to Hilo! My dad wanted coffee, so we stopped at a little shop close to Kona. It had beautiful views! Our next stop was this ancient burial site. Kind of creepy, but it was so pretty! After driving a little further, we stopped at this gorgeous site in the town of Honaunau. Definitely one of the prettiest destinations on the island. Our next stop was another favorite- the "Place of Refuge" in Honaunau. It was an old prison, but is absolutely gorgeous! It's like a mini beach with tons of palm trees and lava rocks. On our way to the next destination, we stopped at a little bakery in the town of Punaluu for lunch and malasadas! A malasada is basically the Hawaiian version of a donut, except it is covered in sugar! Close to the bakery, we stopped at the black sand beach. It was so cool! Our next stop was Volcanoes National Park. First we looked at the crater, then we walked through the Thurston Lava Tubes, basically where lava formed a giant tube that you can actually walk through! Finally, our last stop of the day (my personal favorite) the sea arch. This was formed by waves crashing against the lava rock so hard that the inside eventually collapsed. Thursday, June 15th Today, our plan was pretty much the same as yesterday's, but instead of travelling along the south side, we drove around the north side to the town of Waikoloa, where we stayed the rest of the trip. We woke up and started our day by going to Rainbow Falls. If you get there at just the right time, you can see a rainbow just above the waterfall, but unfortunately, we were a little too late. Driving a little further on our route, we decided to stop at the Hawaiian Botanical Gardens. It was this HUGE garden with tons of greenery and flowers! (there were even baby pineapples!) Also, since I new that we would be walking lot, I wore my The Pinkish Flamingo T-shirt with black leggings. The shirt is so comfortable, and you can get yours 30% off with my code "Caroline3"! Before I tell y'all about our next stop, I wanted to point out something. Probably 3/4ths of the island is dead land with mounds of lava rock and tall grasses sticking out. It was definitely not what I expected. Our next stop was one of the largest waterfalls in the United States-Akaka Falls. In this picture you can't even see the bottom of the waterfall, it was that long! The rest of the day was just driving to our hotel in Waikoloa. Thursday, June 15th One of the days I was most excited for was Thursday because we planned to go on a horseback tour in the valley of Honokaa. I have always wanted to ride a horse, and it was so fun! After our tour was over, we pretty much just went back to the hotel to relax. The rest of the trip Since we had already seen pretty much everything on the island, the rest of the trip was just relaxing by the pool or the beach. However, we did do a couple of fun things, so I will tell y'all about those. One night we drove up to the dormant volcano, Mauna Kea, because they have a star tour where they will tell you about the stars and constellations. Since we got there early, we were able to see the sunset, and it was incredible! On the last day of our trip, our hotel had a luau. If you ever go to Hawaii, you HAVE to go to a luau, it might of been my favorite part! I didn't take any pictures, but it was so interesting learning about the Hawaiian culture.
So that was all for my Hawaii Recap post. I hope y'all enjoyed the pictures, and I'm sorry I didn't have a lot for the last part of the trip. xoxo, The Georgian Prep
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