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Arrival at Kona

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Coffee and Art Stroll at Holualoa Village. Lots of art galleries and samples of coffee from most of the local farms.

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Coffee growing

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The P;ace of Refuge. When the ancient Hawaiians broke Kapu, if they could get to the place of refuge, they would not be killed. It was very hard to get there.

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Place of Refuge

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Place of Refuge

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We went to a luau at the King Kamehameha Hotel

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Place of Refuge ancient game

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Place of Refuge

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Carl and I went snorkeling many times

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The Kona Coffee Festival Parade

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Shows at the Makaeo County Pavillion. They taught local crafts there too.

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Many colorful birds there

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Condo where we stayed.

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Where we stayed

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We met friends of Carl

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Cindy took us on a trip around the island. This is near the black sand beach.

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Black sand beach

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Kiluaea vent

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Path to the Thurston Lava Tube. This tree fell over and contunues to grow vertically.

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Vanilla farm

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Pat got to play with the MeleOhana ukulele group. It was lots of fun.

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We are trying to hula. They had a hula show at the condo once a week.

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waiting at the airport

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Aloha