Few shops on Big Island cater to the sweet tooths of visitors and locals alike quite like Big Island Candies, whose sprawling factory and handsome storefront found off a leafy side-road in the town of Hilo is absolutely packed wall to wall with buttery, sugar-dusted chocolatey delights. The alluring perfume of its fresh-baked shortbreads greets …
Hawaii’s Big Island has no shortage of destinations deemed “magical” by the thousands of intrigued visitors it welcomes each and every year. Magic Sands Beach is one of the most popular After all, Big Island is the place of towering green Jurassic Park-looking valleys, mystical fairy forests of ironwood trees browsed by wild horses, bubbling …
Magic Sands Beach-The Disappearing Act Along Kona’s Ali’i Drive Read More »
Tree lovers who also happen to be history buffs will find a shady, tree-lined road looping along the shoreline of Hilo’s Waiakea Peninsula that boasts some of the most peculiar (and perhaps most famous) plant life to be found on the island. It is a sleepy seaside drive right off the main highway passing by …
A Review of Suisan Fish Market: Although the classic Hawaiian diced raw fish dish known as “poke” has gained great popularity on the mainland in the past decade, locals in the town of Hilo and elsewhere were eating it many years before to little fanfare. It began with local fishermen in the islands saving the …
Sombat’s Fresh Thai is simply the most delicious Thai food Big Island has to offer. The walls inside its downtown Hilo restaurant are strewn with “Best Of” awards from local newspapers spanning back many years, and its large portions, friendly waitstaff and consistent quality has built a large, loyal following in a city with many …
Sombat’s Fresh Thai Cuisine-Hilo’s Award winning Thai Restaurant Read More »
A Review of Kanaka Kava: The restaurants around Big Island’s Kona Town serve up something for everyone, from prime rib to hamburgers, Asian noodles to Indian curry, fish tacos to pizza. There are plenty of eateries offering contemporary Hawaiian cuisine, too — a mix of different foods from multiple continents, sometimes combined in strange and …
A Review of Big Island Grill: For those visiting Kona Town and looking for a taste of real Hawaiian comfort food for breakfast or lunch, the macadamia nut pancakes, hot noodle soups and smoked pork plate lunches. Big Island Grill are tasty ways to delve into the islands’ legendary, sometimes-strange local food. Contemporary Hawaiian cuisine …
A Review of Kamana Kitchen: Vacationing foodies might be skeptical of the idea of finding top-notch Indian food being served in Hawaii, much less on the largely rural and sometimes insular Big Island. But somehow, out of the dearth of exceptional ethnic cuisine on the island (besides East Asian food, of course), there is one …
Kamana Kitchen – Kona’s Mouthwatering Indian Cuisine By The Sea Read More »
There are many excellent surf breaks along the western shore of Hawai’i Island, but few are better suited for those new to the sport than Kahalu’u Beach Park. Inhabiting one corner of Kahalu’u Bay, this Kona-side swimming and surfing spot is a stretch of mixed black and white sand beach with a coastline of smooth …
Kahalu’u Beach Park – Big Island’s Best Snorkle and Surfing Spot for Beginners Read More »
The sands of West Hawaii beaches are predominantly white, made of finely pulverized coral built up over millennia. But on the eastern shores, Punalu’u Beach the sands are black; a testament to its active volcanic heritage, where rivers of lava from the massive volcano Mauna Loa and its smaller offshoot, Kilauea Volcano, charge downhill to …
Punalu’u Beach – The Best Black Sand on the Big Island Read More »