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So this is the end of the road. The last of a looong series on the state of Hawaii. If this is the first time you found this road trip well you missed a lot. Cause this is the final chapter. You should go back and start from the beginning.
We’re on Hawaii’s big island and this is the resort town of Kona. This is where the journey ends. The final three days will be on this island’s western coast.
Looking back - after those last three days, I think Kim and I saw every square inch of these islands worth seeing.
And now I’m gonna show you.
This is where I left off from the last video. So we left Hilo and headed to Kona on day 5 on the island. It was mid morning when we crossed through the middle of this strange land. And almost the entire drive is some variation of volcano stuff.
Hawaii has five volcanoes. Two of them are extinct we think. I already showed you how destructive KIleaua is - it’s down here. It’s still very active and causes all sorts of drama when it erupts every year.
These two though. Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. They are active. And they dominate the entire middle of this island. And you pass right between them when you drive on Saddle Road.
So we spent our last three nights in Hawaii in Kona. It’s the biggest city on the western side of the island. There really isn’t anything much on this side of the island outside of this large touristy town.
Kona has 25,000 people. About 10% of this island’s population. It’s really the only cosmopolitan place on entire island. It’s the big island’s big beach vacation epicenter. Especially now that a lot of eastern beaches were wiped away from a Kilauea eruption 6 years ago.
So now, if you want big sandy beaches and some sort of surfing ,and to feel like you’re on a Hawaiian vacation, this is the only place on this island that you can do that.
Lava ruined the east side of the island, so currently the only place you can see a white sandy beach here is on the western side. And Kona has a few that are sorta okay I guess. Not really.
The first beach we were told to go to is called Kahalu'u Bay (Kaha loo hoo). We were really excited cause we heard it has the best snorkeling on the island. But it was closed dammit. For coral spawning. Whatever that means. Well that sucked. I knew the plenty of parking was too good to be true.
So we settled on a much less impressive beach. It’s a little spit of sand close to downtown called Magic Sands. Just enough room for everyone. And the sun was out so no complaints.
#hawaii
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So this is the end of the road. The last of a looong series on the state of Hawaii. If this is the first time you found this road trip well you missed a lot. Cause this is the final chapter. You should go back and start from the beginning.
We’re on Hawaii’s big island and this is the resort town of Kona. This is where the journey ends. The final three days will be on this island’s western coast.
Looking back - after those last three days, I think Kim and I saw every square inch of these islands worth seeing.
And now I’m gonna show you.
This is where I left off from the last video. So we left Hilo and headed to Kona on day 5 on the island. It was mid morning when we crossed through the middle of this strange land. And almost the entire drive is some variation of volcano stuff.
Hawaii has five volcanoes. Two of them are extinct we think. I already showed you how destructive KIleaua is - it’s down here. It’s still very active and causes all sorts of drama when it erupts every year.
These two though. Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. They are active. And they dominate the entire middle of this island. And you pass right between them when you drive on Saddle Road.
So we spent our last three nights in Hawaii in Kona. It’s the biggest city on the western side of the island. There really isn’t anything much on this side of the island outside of this large touristy town.
Kona has 25,000 people. About 10% of this island’s population. It’s really the only cosmopolitan place on entire island. It’s the big island’s big beach vacation epicenter. Especially now that a lot of eastern beaches were wiped away from a Kilauea eruption 6 years ago.
So now, if you want big sandy beaches and some sort of surfing ,and to feel like you’re on a Hawaiian vacation, this is the only place on this island that you can do that.
Lava ruined the east side of the island, so currently the only place you can see a white sandy beach here is on the western side. And Kona has a few that are sorta okay I guess. Not really.
The first beach we were told to go to is called Kahalu'u Bay (Kaha loo hoo). We were really excited cause we heard it has the best snorkeling on the island. But it was closed dammit. For coral spawning. Whatever that means. Well that sucked. I knew the plenty of parking was too good to be true.
So we settled on a much less impressive beach. It’s a little spit of sand close to downtown called Magic Sands. Just enough room for everyone. And the sun was out so no complaints.
#hawaii
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If you want to move to a city, but need help deciding on which city is the best, I can help you. I do consulting on where you should move. I can also help you find a real estate agent in any city in America. Let's talk! Email me: NickJohnsonNC18@gmail.com
My Instagram: instagram.com/nickjohnson.youtube
Mappy Merch: youtube.com/@NickJohnson/store
I have a Patreon if you love it so much! Here's the link to donate to the channel: patreon.com/NickJohnsonYouTube?fan_landing=true
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