Visiting
Kona, Hawaii Island/Carlos Pueblo
Cruise ship
moves to the southwest side of the Big Island, Kona
the dry side
or I guess it means flour in Japanese language. Kona is
famous for
its clear sapphire sea water best for snorkeling to view
the
underwater kingdom. We took the lifeboat tender to shore for
a morning
walk down the beach front shopping street. We had visited
several
places such as the old king’s residence now a museum, two nice
churches, a
farmers’ market, several pearl shops, and of course many
restaurants.
There were some activities on the sea, for instances, we saw
a civilian
submarine, snorkeling, boat towing flying parachute like kite, and
some fiestas
near the dock of tender.
My cruise
strategy is simple mathematics that I only pay for the cruise fare
and
mandatory tips; therefore, I can go more cruises in the future. I don’t
believe that
land excursion and restaurant are good ideas. Most of traveling
is looking
around of the old town and enjoying sightseeing of different culture.
Luckily, I
have had some opportunity to revisit places such as Hawaii, England,
France, Germany,
and many American cities. Kona becomes an attractive tourists
town and
with many timeshare projects. There are all kinds of visitors from air
not just from
the cruise. Farmers’ market is better organized than the one at Hilo
yet with
more shoppers. Amy bought a pound of longan, a tropical fruit popular in
Taiwan. I
was chatting with a lady owner of a pearl shop while she was looking around
for purchase.
I asked the lady owner again for portea,
a transplant from South Africa,
and I
received a much clear answer from a flowering expert. She said that the flower
season
should be in the spring and the growing area should be a little bit higher. I
had
had a very
good impression when I first visit Maui some 20 years ago. At that time, our
neighbor
supermarket carried such flower at its floral shop and Maui nursery could ship
the product
oversea timely.
Kona is not
that big as Hilo; however, we still can view the development up to the hill
side with a
population of 11,000.
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