After spending over two months staying relatively close to the Kona area, and speaking with dozens upon dozens of travelers coming to the hostel we live at, we have gotten a new take on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Having thought that the first time around we saw everything there was to see, we realized [...]
Having shared a few culinary ideas here and here, and being the self-confessed foodies that we are, it is time to formalize our culinary adventures.
We regularly concoct various meals and desserts, and then convince ourselves that people would pay good money for them. We try to use indigenous ingredients, so much [...]
I’m coming to realize that an adventure for Kelly & I isn’t complete without a trip to the hospital.
One night rather late (after 11pm), Kelly was routing through the fridge for a snack. And out jumped a 5-gallon heavy glass jar full of iced tea. It launched itself from the top [...]
Do you ever get those little itches? You know the kind – just a small pinprick of a tickle, on your leg or arm? One that just has to be scratched?
Most of the time, you could swear that you’ve got an insect or bug of sorts crawling on you – the itch is so [...]
I don’t remember so much spare change on the streets of Canada. But here in Hawaii, loose change is everywhere. Pennies, nickels, dimes, and even quarters litter the streets. If you walk with eyes down, you could get rich picking up spare change.
Initially I let the pennies go. Even the odd [...]
An exercise in Hawaiian pronunciation, we decided one day to hike up Hualalai Street to the town of Holualoa. (I challenge anybody to pronounce these names correctly the first time and then not to confuse them later on. It’s taken me weeks)!
Being on the side of a dormant volcano, there are three [...]
Upon picking up a local newspaper or listening to local radio programs here, you will become intimately acquainted with all recent arrests and convictions in the last week.
“Joe Smith was convicted of driving under the influence in Hilo on March 1st”.“Jane Doe arrested for possession of drugs at county of Captain Cook.”“There were [...]
This is an article which has been brewing in me for some time, but came to a head yesterday. First, let me share with you a sad story:
I awoke at 4am and wandered into the common area to find one of my roommates up, huddled over a cat bed in the [...]
