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Description
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Kahaluu Beach
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This will link you to our web page where you'll find out about a great snorkeling
beach located only 1/2 mile north of our condo!
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Keauhou Shopping
Village
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This site describes activities and events scheduled in the beautiful Keauhou
Shopping Village, located just uphill from our condo, & within walking distance.
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This is the single best website for learning about the Big Island (BI). Check out the
two forums - one for "Visiting the BI" and one for "Moving to the BI". This sites
contains a little bit of everything about the BI.: Culture, history, art, music, as well as
the usual travel information. Great site!
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This site is an electronic version of a popular magazine that is typically available for
free at airports on the BI. Its value is in its timeliness. It is updated very often, so
this is the best place to find the current phone numbers for just about every
attraction and activity offered on the island. A hardcopy can be purchased online for
a nominal fee. This is a "must have" for anyone visiting the island for the first time.
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Excellent site with lots of information about visiting the Big Island: local events,
beaches, accomodations, attractions, stories & legends, etc. Created by people who
know the island very well and have much respect for the Hawaiian culture. Check
out the "Do's and Don'ts" section for tips on how to fit in with the island culture.
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Another online travel guide. This one is a little different. Check out the section on
"Special Places."
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This is the website for "Wizard Publications", publishers of the best hardcopy travel
guide to the BI: "The Big Island Revealed, 3rd edition". This book is a absolute
"must have" for anyone visiting the BI. Reading this book cover-to-cover is probably
the best way of ensuring that your visit to the BI will be a memorable one. The book
is availble for all major bookstores, including Borders, Barnes & Nobles, and of
course Amazon.com.
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This USGS site will give you the latest update concerning Kilauea Volcano and the
lava flows. Lava activity has been especially active since May, 2002. Definitely worth
seeing, especially at night.
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Hawaii Beaches
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Useful site. This site contains photos and descriptions of just about every beach that
you'll find on the BI.
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Shore Diving
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This site contains excellent descriptions and directions to the best diving &
snorkeling sites on the BI.
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GoHawaii
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Another good general site for learning about the Hawaii Islands. This one has some
interesting video stories.
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Kona Country Club
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Information on the Kona Country Club Golf Course & Restaurant.
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This site describes the attractions, shopping, and accomodations available in the
Keauhou area. Find out more about the nearby restaurants, the Kona Country Club
golf courses, snorkeling cruises, etc., - all available within a mile or so from our
condo.
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KeauhouTrolley
Schedule
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The schedule for the free trolley which runs between various locations in the
Keauhou area as well as downtown Kailua-Kona.
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Kona Average
Temperatures
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Greenwell Coffee Farm
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The Big Island is known for its coffee. There are over 200 coffee farms on the island.
Greenwell is one of teh best and offers and informative, free tour of the operations.
Not to be missed.
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MapQuest
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A map of the Big Island, courtesy of Mapquest
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Interactive Map
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This URL will take you to a fairly nice interactive map of the Big Island.
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