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<\/a><\/p>\nOn, then, to some more outrageous snorkeling, this time at Kahaluu Beach. Even got to see a fish taking a shit; so that was nice.<\/p>\n
Doubled back to downtown Kailua, and picked up some too-hot-to-handle Sapodillas from the Farmers\u2019 Market (even bought some slightly unripe ones, to eat over the next few days)! After a wondrous lunch at the oceanside, it was time to bug out of Kona.<\/p>\n
Seized, then, upon the chance to continue the Karmic wheel-rolling as I spied a hitchhiker right there in downtown; on his way, as it happened to South Point. Cool guy. Name of \u201cMatt\u201d, hails from Tejas. A fellow WWOOFer, and<\/em> (could we get a fanfare, please?) a fellow Wonder Showzen<\/a><\/em> devotee! (For those not in the know, the Showzen<\/em> was the greatest teevee program in the history of teevee programming \u2013 and you can take that to the motherfucking bank<\/em>, daddy-o.)<\/p>\n I\u2019d been debating whether to make the jaunt down to South Point on my way around to the Volcano (it\u2019s twelve miles from the main highway) or to try to see the lava flow. Matt believed that it\u2019s not<\/em> flowing at the moment, which corroborated what one of my co-farmers had told me a few weeks before the present date.<\/p>\n So, on to South Point it was. When we arrived at the parking area, there were a bunch of drunk rednecks (I dunno, maybe they were hippies \u2013 but they seemed too white and too fat to\u2019ve been real live Punatics) jumping down this narrow chasm into an underground swimming hole. (Basically, another lava\/ocean arch formation — this one quite elaborate.)<\/p>\n It’s a good forty or fifty feet down, I guess. Matt asked if I were going to jump. Don\u2019t precisely recall my response; but it was words to the effect of, \u201cSee here my good man, are you outside of your cotton fucking mind<\/em>?\u201d But no sooner had the words left mine lips that he was stripping off and preparing to make the jump! Went and did it, too.<\/p>\n For what it\u2019s worth, South Point is the southernmost point in the U.S. of A.. To me, it ain\u2019t worth much. But I\u2019ll tell you, the place rules<\/em>. Here\u2019s one pix of the awesome view.<\/p>\n And it\u2019s all good and windy, so the waves are friggin\u2019 huge. Y\u2019all know by now what a sucker I am for the pounding-ass surf\u2026 Just remember the mantra: photographs cannot, repeat cannot, do Hawaii justice (it’s especially tricky, I’ve found, with the colour of the ocean waters).<\/p>\n I gave Matt his leave to hike off to the Green Sands beach, sending him along the way with a few bananas, and somewhat reluctantly agreeing to sell to him the water I\u2019d purchased as we were leaving Kona. I’d have liked to have hiked out to Green Sands as well; but at two-and-one-quarter-miles for the each direction, I knew that it’d take too long to both make the hike and goof off at the beach. So…<\/p>\n Finishing it all up was the drive from South Point to the Volcano: ho-hum, only the most insanely beautiful drive EVER<\/em>! Shit, this Island is too god damned much<\/em>; you know what I\u2019m saying? Here\u2019s the best bit. Imagine, right, if the picture were in focus. Okay, think about how bad-assical that would be, then multiply it by eighty-four, and you\u2019ll know, roughly, how bad-assical it looks in person.<\/p>\n In the little town of Naalehu was only the most coolest road sign EVER<\/em>!<\/p>\n Are you fucking kidding me? Too bad, though, I\u2019ve not yet rolled the Karma wheel \u2018round far enough to have been lucky enough to actually bear witness to<\/em> keiki playing the goddam see to the saw. That\u2019ll have to wait \u2018til another day.<\/p>\n I\u2019m actually staying in a hostel about fifteen miles North of the Volcano. Way out in the sticks; so, no Internet access. Ergo, by the time you read this, it will already be tomorrow (or wheneva).<\/p>\n Sigh, received an e-mail from my sister, relating that she\u2019d wept tears the entire flight back to Seattle after having lived on Oahu for six months. I believe I shall be doing the same come Tuesday. Big Island of Hawaii is the best<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yep, it\u2019s true. As the title implies, the Big Island of Hawaii has kicked my dimpled ass yet again. The day began with a drive up to the Koloko Cloud Forest, 5,000 feet above Kona. As per usual, the vegetation … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/diving.jpg\" "\\"diving\\"")
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