What no shower.... Oh a hot tub instead uh huh that will have to do ;) From the basic but adequate apartment in Hilo to another rather lovely rural retreat i was one happy lady when I pulled up in the drive this afternoon - i even had to bang a gong !! It was a rather uneasy drive here all self inflicted nearly running out of petrol, getting lost and then ending up on a non paved road! However as always the water never let me down there were few beaches but the ...

If you are familiar with the fantastic song "club tropicana" by the awesome group wham! You will be familiar with the sounds from mother nature that kept me awake last night! If you dont know it https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WYX0sjP6Za8 you just need to listen to the first 10 seconds! This mixed with heavy tropical rain showers on a corrugated roof led to a rather short nights sleep! The rain continued into the morning and when in the briefing room for our h...

Two days in one blog this could be a challenge! Going back to yesterday which started with a 6am alarm call and a 2 hr journey back up the hana highway. The road is very narrow and one side is a sheer drop but I survived and again I even remembered to let the locals passed as they hurtle pass in their huge vans with the open backs. As i got closer to the airport I spotted a rainbow and it was positioned as though the end was in the sea. I couldnt pull over :-( un...

Did you know the hawaiian flag has got the union jack on it ! Some leader from way back wanted stronger ties with us this was pre it becoming the 50th state :-) Sorry my ability to absorb the history stuff is zero the place names and peoples names are really hard ! From my experience it is 68% US, 17% Traditional Hawaiian / polynesian and 15% other. Anyway back to my day, after setting me up with an impressive breakfast of croissant, scrambled egg and fruit th...

I am feeling better today :-) My day started like any other a 3 hour hike to a 400ft waterfall ! My word it was a long way but worth it. It took me through a bamboo forest which was amazing and so pretty. The trail was down the side of the volcano but fortunately it has been extinct for a long time! At the bottom you can normally swim in the lava pools but today they were closed. In fact as i write this in the garden of where i am staying the rain is coming dow...