Hawaii, Big Island trip, September, 2014


Some miscellaneous pics from watching sunsets and places around and near Kailua.

At Don the Beachcomber's I saw a green flash just as the last bit of sun went below the horizon. The sunset pictures below were taken well before that happened:

Around Kailua
Sunset from Don the Beach Comber's

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Minutes before the Green Flash

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Huggo's - Some Rain, Some Mai Tias, and Thou

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We took a tour of the Hula Daddy coffee plantation.

Hula Daddy
Coffe Cherries

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Coffe Cherries

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Picking Cherries

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Different Roasts

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Volcanic Soil

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Local Chocolateer

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Heading south, we took in a church that had been painted by an artful but untrained painter.

The Painted Church
3D Effects with Paint

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Ceiling

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Detail

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About 16 miles south we toured the Place of Refuge (Pu'uhonua o Honaunau).

Place of Refuge
Game Board

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Main Gate

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Gate Keepers

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Gate Keeper Backup

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Guard Shack

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Out Rigger

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