{"id":48557,"date":"2025-01-04T21:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T03:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=48557"},"modified":"2025-01-09T20:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T02:52:14","slug":"hawaii-day-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=48557","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii Day 3 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Hawaii Day 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our last full day of this trip. The plan is to have another lazy early morning then we’ll get in the car to do some tourist stuff.<\/p>\n

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\nLove how the grounds are maintained here. The landscaping maintenance must be constant work, especially here next to the ocean with the constant salt spray and wind.<\/p>\n

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\nRL takes a look at the tide pools. It’s interesting how some lava rocks are black and some are more pinkish light brown colored.<\/p>\n

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\nDo no suggest climbing on lava coastline with sandals. It’s sharp and jagged causing any fall to have a high chance of injury.<\/p>\n

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\nThere’s a certain beauty in the barren lava coast and the tropical landscape right next to each other.<\/p>\n

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\nLittle KL found his little ipad nook. Living his best life.<\/p>\n

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\nAlright, it’s almost 10am time to hit the road.<\/p>\n

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\nThey are doing construction in the neighborhood that this airbnb is in. We ended up taking a long detour.<\/p>\n

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\nFinally, back on the main road. It’s just this straight main road that goes on and on and on. If any emergency happened here, everyone would be clogging this one road.<\/p>\n

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\nStill on the road.<\/p>\n

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\nOne of those yellow Hawaii fire trucks. One of the kids told me about that first actually.<\/p>\n

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\nGet some snacks\/brunch at the gas station. I love how the convenience stores here are partly like the ones in Japan.<\/p>\n

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\nMauna Kea, the tallest mountain\/volcano on the big island. You can just barely make out the shiny observatories up on top.<\/p>\n

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\nDriving towards Hilo.<\/p>\n

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\nHilo is just up ahead.<\/p>\n

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\nCrazy how you can see the observatories so clearly.<\/p>\n

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\nPast Hilo, headed to the forests past it.<\/p>\n

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\nJapanese graveyard. So many Japanese who live in Hawaii.<\/p>\n

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\nThen we turn into a smaller road.<\/p>\n

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\nThis reminds me much of Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

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\nReached our destination, a botanical garden.<\/p>\n

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\nIt was quite popular, and the parking lots were already filling up. We got really lucky and snagged a primo spot right by the ticket office. Might as well sit in the van with the sliding doors open and eat a light pre-lunch.<\/p>\n

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\nAbbey Road, L family style.<\/p>\n

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\nRL is in heaven.<\/p>\n

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\nVery pretty. The theme of the garden also changes from one area to the next.<\/p>\n

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\nDid not know they had Monarch butterflies in Hawaii. I guess they don’t fly off the island?<\/p>\n

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\nWhat a silly girl.<\/p>\n

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\nGold Dust Day Gecko, the same ones that we saw inside our airbnb. Apparently not native, but now thriving well here.<\/p>\n

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\nFlowers are crazy and wonderful.<\/p>\n

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\nI like this.<\/p>\n

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\nBamboo.<\/p>\n

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\nMoss!<\/p>\n

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\nFirst time seeing a Pineapple in Hawaii. I believe they grow a lot of pineapples here.<\/p>\n

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\nGuava tree.<\/p>\n

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\nPretty awesome botanical garden. It’s also a good manageable size for the kids and the grandparents.<\/p>\n

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\nMoss!!!<\/p>\n

To be continued at Hawaii Day 3 Part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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