Kona, Hawaii
Kimberly Harding
We had no
set plans for Kona, just that we wanted to see Pu’uhonua o Honaunau (Place
of Refuge). Herb & Trish had rented a car and said that we could go along
with them for the day. The ride from the pier to the car rental place took
about 15 minutes and there was a little line so we had to wait awhile to
get the car. Once we had the car we headed south. We stopped at the Royal
Kona Coffee Museum and store, but no one bought anything. The prices were
much cheaper in Hilo Hattie’s. We then arrived at Pu’uhonua o Honaunau
(Place of Refuge) and we walked around and took pictures. The main
building was under construction, but we got pictures of everything else.
We even saw 2 Hawaiian Sea Turtles in the bay along with some fish. After
walking around for an hour, we got back in the car and headed back into
Kona. We had lunch at Bubba Gump’s and had seats right on the water. We
saw another turtle and tons of fish. We also had a great view of the ship!
After lunch we stopped at Long’s Drug store (right behind Hilo Hattie’s).
They have the best prices of anywhere on Macadamia Nuts, Maui Potato
Chips, Kona Coffee, Pineapple Wine and any other Hawaiian food souvenir
that you could think of. So we stocked up there before heading back to the
ship.