Big Island North Coast - 2009

 

 North of Kailua-Kona turns to desert.

 

 Resort hotels on leeward coast,
they don't want rain.

 

 Must be entrance to a resort.

 

 My rented Toyota with desert plants.

 

 Don't like the climate?
Drive 20 miles, it changes.

 

 Heading east along north coast.

 

 North coast of Big Island.

 

 Laupahoehoe Point north of Hilo.

School children killed by 1946 Tsunami.

www.hawaiiweb.com/hawaii/html/sites/laupahoehoe_park.html

www.ghosttowns.com/states/hi/laupahoehoe.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laupahoehoe,_Hawaii

 

 World Botanical Gardens
 16 miles north of Hilo.

www.wbgi.com

Unfortunately as light is fading.

 

Must see again on future visit.

 

Other tropical gardens in Hilo area:

  • World Botanical Gardens -

www.wbgi.com

  • Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden -

www.htbg.com

  • Nani Mau Gardens -

www.nanimaugardens.com

 

 World Botanical Gardens.


End of 2-day Hawaiian road trip,
circumnavigated Big Island.
World Botanical Gardens
at sunset.

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Nat Hager III  -  2009 Jul 10