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    Hangin’ Out

    February 24, 2009 - By 

    Yesterday we went on a snorkel trip from Keauhou Harbor, which is within walking distance of our condo here at Kanaloa, with an outfit called Sea Paradise. It was a really, really nice day for it, sunny and calm. Keauhou Harbor is famous as the birthplace of Kamehameha III, and there’s a heiau down there. Two roads lead in, one from each side, and we stumbled on the closer one by dumb luck, as the driving directions actually indicated the other access road. When we got there, we found the storm-battered hut that several adventure companies work out of; most…

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    Post-Snorkel Post On Hawaii in Hawaii

    February 22, 2009 - By 

    Hey! Lookit all mai new fishfrenz! Kahaluu Beach Park Snorkeling Secrets! The Complete Guide to Big Island Snorkeling! Kahaluu Beach Park is a tiny sheltered cove on the west side of the Big Island right in the town of Kailua Kona. It’s one of only a handful of beaches in Hawaii with such a large tame fish population. Kahaluu Beach is not a marine preserve, yet for having no fishing limitations, it rivals and sometimes surpasses the quantity of fish you’ll see at a dedicated marine sanctuary. We’re on the Big Island, so we’re now On Hawaii In Hawaii. We…

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    Trouble in Paradise

    February 20, 2009 - By 

    Trouble in paradise: Cash-strapped tourists avoid Hawaii – USATODAY.com LAHAINA, Maui — Every winter, scores of humpback whales trade the Gulf of Alaska for a few months of breeding, birthing and basking in Hawaii — a follow-the-sun migration that fuels much of the tourism industry in this former 19th-century whaling town. But while the marine giants are returning right on schedule this year, their cash-strapped human admirers are not. And the effect of that absence is, “in a four-letter word, ugly,” says Bill Seidl, a boat captain who peddles whale-watch trips on the Lahaina waterfront. We seem to have fallen…

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    Homer Honu

    February 19, 2009 - By 

    We’re going to place a travel bug somewhere on Kauai today in a geocache. UPDATE: Homer Honu TB was released today near Hanapepe, HI on Kaua’i in a cache called “Swinging Bridge.” Aloha, Homer! Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Homer Honu By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 19 Feb ’09, 2.28pm CST PST

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    Kohola Kama’aina

    February 19, 2009 - By 

    We went on Captain Andy’s Na Pali Adventure cruise yesterday – billed as a snorkel trip, but too rough to actually go in. But we were happy to see all the dolphins (spinner and bottlenose) and whales. I didn’t get very many good fluke shots, but I’m happy with this one. I have another one that’s more suitable for researchers who identify individual whales by the unique patterns on the undersides of their tails. The day started VERY early, but not horribly early. We just had to be about 30 minutes down the road before 7:15 am, which is not…