Our last morning on Maui we went to a little breakfast place called Cafe Cafe. They had a sign that said, "So good we name it twice." My coffee was beautiful and delicious.
The Big Island is appropriately named. It is big. It seems a large portion of it looks like this. Definitely different than the constant ocean views in Maui.
Since we planned this trip by first buying our plane tickets, then planning it (It never would have gotten planned any other way, we had flown into Kona. Then proceed to drive to Hilo, which has it's own airport. We tried to get all the out of the way sites in on the way there.
This is Waipi'o Valley. Our original plan was to go horseback riding around the rim of the valley. However it was so hot and humid the thought of being on a horse outside was so much less appealing than being in the air conditioned car we drove to this look out. It was beautiful.
Another scenic place on the way around the Big Island.
So for the first week of this trip we were crazy levels of active. Lifting heavy bags, walking around with heavy things strapped to our back, and throw in surfing which is using muscles I didn't know I had. For all of this I was perfectly fine. At the airport Steven dropped me off with the bags while he returned the rental car. I managed to carry two dive bags, a huge suitcase, two carry on suitcases, and my backpack. (This was even commented on by some ladies watching me trying to figure out how to do this, they were surprised I succeeded.) Even doing this I was fine.
We stopped at Akaka Falls. It has a flat paved parking lot, with a view of the waterfall, and a mostly flat paved path to walk to the falls. Somehow walking across a flat even surface I managed to completely mess up my back. The walk to the falls was only about a quarter of a mile, but it took me over an hour. I probably should have just gone and rested, but I was too stubborn.
After the falls we went straight to the hotel room. I iced my back and laid there being a grump until we were both hungry. We were very nearby a quick food place called Cafe 100. The guidebook and yelp both highly recommended it. I got a fascinating thing called a Loco Moco. Normally it consists of rice, gravy, a hamburger pattie, and an egg. All things I normally find to be delicious. This place had a special of rice, curry, salmon tempura, and an egg. We saw somewhere later that Cafe 100 was the inventor of the Loco Moco, so making weird ones fits right it.
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