Today, I woke and left my hotel by 5am, but, advantage to traveling +6 hours, this was no problem since I had already been up for hours :-) I caught a shuttle to the airport and boarded my plane for Kona on the northwest coast of the Big Island of Hawai'i. The flight afforded beautiful views of Diamond Head's crater and some of the other islands including Molokai. Molokai is the setting for the audible book I have chosen for this trip which details the history of the colony for Hansens Disease (Leprosy) on Molokai.
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| Diamond Head from the air |
Upon approaching the Big Island it was immediately apparent that it is much more volcanically active than the other islands. The Kona airport sits right in the middle of a not-ancient lava flow and I was struck by the dark colored volcanic rock that was everywhere. I quickly made my way off the plane and into my rental car. Time to start driving!
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| Airport lava and distant Mauna Kea |
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