Geez I really need to update thing thing more. I probably preface every blog post I DO make though, with that first sentence...oh well. It's just that the social aspect of this website is a bit off....most people I try to talk to don't reply, or make an effort to be friends. So, I lose interest in maintaining this.
ANYWAY....
I just came back from Hawaii a week ago. Was there 8 days, on the Big Island. Got to see and do many incredible things, not least of which was watching a sunset over a permafrost-fed lake 12,000 feet up and then stargazing at that altitude into what felt like the world's realest planetarium (sorry, im from south florida, stars dont exist here).
I did a LOT of driving...almost 1200 miles while I was there. Every day was like a road trip!
Here are some photos...
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
Hiked down to the Pololu Valley.
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
Sunset at that lake!
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
unfortunately this is as close as they let you get to lava now....and that's massively zoomed in, its a few miles away
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
this cave is actually a lava tube
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
mmm black sand beaches!
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
top of the world! well...top of Mauna Kea, 13,760 feet!
ANYWAY....
I just came back from Hawaii a week ago. Was there 8 days, on the Big Island. Got to see and do many incredible things, not least of which was watching a sunset over a permafrost-fed lake 12,000 feet up and then stargazing at that altitude into what felt like the world's realest planetarium (sorry, im from south florida, stars dont exist here).
I did a LOT of driving...almost 1200 miles while I was there. Every day was like a road trip!
Here are some photos...
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
Hiked down to the Pololu Valley.
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
Sunset at that lake!
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
unfortunately this is as close as they let you get to lava now....and that's massively zoomed in, its a few miles away
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
this cave is actually a lava tube
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
mmm black sand beaches!
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
top of the world! well...top of Mauna Kea, 13,760 feet!
VIEW 4 of 4 COMMENTS
sakiidoll:
i need to go to morikami one of these days
bni:
LOL, hun im from portugal! ![biggrin](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/emoticons/biggrin.b730b6165809.gif)
![biggrin](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/emoticons/biggrin.b730b6165809.gif)