Vagabond's Compass

I headed out from Hilo around noon, but first I checked out Hilo's famous Rainbow Falls.  Not able to get a good rainbow picture from th...

I stayed in Hilo last night.  Hilo is actually the largest town on the island, but is on the wetter and less tourist friendly side of the is...

After I changed clothes in a parking lot and figured out how to hang all my clothes and backpack items around the car to perhaps dry.  I hea...

I awoke this morning to what can only be described as driving rain.  I got ready, went to breakfast in the Hotel Restaurant. Still raining. ...

I made my way eastward from the beach and soon found myself in Volcanoes National Park.  I arrived a few minutes after the visitor's cen...

As I head down the coast I hit two National Historic Parks: Kaloka-Honokohau and Pu'uhonua o Honauna.  Both were important Hawaiian cult...

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 :-) ...

So this is my third trip to Hawaii and I know it to have a super stable climate with temps rarely climbing above the mid-80’s and a ...

I have a conference on Oahu this week, so I’m headed out early and going to do a tour of the Big Island!   I’ve always wanted to go and it i...