Kohala Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text After a day of driving through [Hamakua](/en/all/entries/2007/01/18/hilo_waipio_valley/), we arrived to Kohala - the northern end of the Big Island's west coast. Just as our book said, the rain stopped once we started descending towards the western side and we found ourselves in a rather deserty climate. The landscape was quite bizarre: the area got overflown by lava a century or so back and would have been totally inhospitable, if it wasn't for the few giant resort hotels that managed to cut roads through it. It really must have taken some determination to built there. We spent a few nights in Hilton (at the conference rate) while I was attending HICSS events. We also took some time in the afternoon to check out the near beaches. <2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ x2 2007-01-03-b-abay/20070103_223_3169 A turtle at the 'Anaeho'omalu Bay ---- 2007-01-05-b-aa-beach/20070105_174_3889 Imagine walking across this 2007-01-03-b-abay/20070103_295_7535 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---- ---- 2007-01-03-b-abay/20070103_159_0080 2007-01-05-b-aa-beach/20070105_060_3009 A road through lava ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2007-01-05-b-aa-beach/20070105_052_6727 A'a lava 2007-01-05-b-aa-beach/20070105_105_7082 Coral on the black sand 2007-01-05-b-aa-beach/20070105_144_5015 2007-01-05-b-aa-beach/20070105_149_5384 Pahoehoe lava ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2007-01-03-b-abay/20070103_207_9816 Turtle escaping into the water 2007-01-03-b-abay/20070103_262_5968 2007-01-05-a-hilton/20070105_039_9534 2007-01-03-c-sunset/20070103_320_8663 A tropical sunset ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2007-01-03-b-abay/20070103_257_3780 2007-01-05-b-aa-beach/20070105_135_5645 Pahoehoe lava 2007-01-05-a-hilton/20070105_015_2692 2007-01-05-b-aa-beach/20070105_081_4493 A'a lava 2007-01-05-b-aa-beach/20070105_091_0639 A black sand beach 2007-01-03-b-abay/20070103_281_7651 'Anaeho'omalu Bay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter Don't put anything here HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI Don't put anything here A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel