It was about an hour or so drive away from the Kona airport/Alula Beach. All good & recommended.įed, watered, tired yet happy we started the drive towards our airbnb at Hilo. The kids had their usual mixed fried rice & my DH tried a loco moco, which is a local speciality. Chain or not, I would recommend this place. Later, we found they are actually a local chain. Not wanting anything fancy, we actually decided to tuck in at the L&L Hawaiian barbecue. We all went over to say our hellos.įinally, we were able to drag the kids away from the beach, and back in the cars it was dinner time. Soon the kids & DH had found a few green turtles swimming, honestly more like floating, in the water. Some sunk into the sands, some strode into the waters, some jumped on the lava rocks - each letting it all go in that one moment. The fears, the worries, the panic all left us as we finally dipped our feet into the waters there in H-oo-wa-yee. Many also call it the Turtle Beach and rightfully so. It's a small 5 mins hike from the parking to the beach itself thru shady trees and sand. Instead we went straight to the Alula Beach. But, no, we did not make our way to our abode for the night. We picked our rental car (which are killer expensive in these post covid shortage era). Luckily, none of us had to a go thru a heart break and before long we were sending emails to their teachers about excusing them for two days. My father, who we were meeting after three whole years was also a part of the pack this time.ĭue to all the uncertainty that surrounds us in this new found normal, we kept it as a surprise for the kids to save them the heart break in a just-in-case scenario. With that, we slowly started exploring ticket prices, options and inched our way to booking our flight to Hawaii or as our 5 year ol' Abesh was promptly calling it. But, being avid travelers, it has been just way too long we hadn't felt the thrill a simple boarding pass can actually bring. □ My DH & I were plain overwhelmed by the worries yet excitement, fear yet anticipation of flying after-somewhat during Covid. It took life after Covid to make me realize what Shakespeare truly meant when he penned the heavily used line, to be or not to be.
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