Tag Archives: Big Island

Mauna Kea: A Short Walk to the Top of the World

Wanna feel like you're on top of the world? Visit Mauna Kea on the Big Island and you'll have that experience. By noreply@blogger.com (e komo mai) Mauna Kea is 'only' 13,796, but from its base on the ocean floor, the big volcano measures about 43,000 feet, easily the tallest mountain in the world. From the…
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Mauna Lani, The Big Island’s Luxury Oasis

By noreply@blogger.com (e komo mai) Visiting the Mauna Lani Resort in the South Kohala is one of Hawaii's major freebies. From the highway you look across a vast, sun-scorched slag heap of jagged lava: hardly a vision of paradise. But drive in to find a mile-long seacoast with white-sand coves, a 30-acre history park, tranquil…
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Hawaii’s Big Island — Did You Know?

The state of Hawaii includes 8 primary islands, the largest which is called -- drumroll please -- the Big Island. Are you surprised? Probably not -- but that's OK -- maybe some of these other fun facts about the Big Island will surprise you. Did you know....The Big Island's main name is Hawai'i. It is…
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