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I will never forget this vacation.

[day 1: North Kona]

• walked around Alii Drive
• ate decent Poke and more at Kanaka Kava
  
• snorkelng at Kamakahonu Beach
• visited Mokuaikaua Church, the oldest church in Hawaii
• sunset at Hapuna Beach

[day 2: Cool down the heat on back]

• oil nassage spa at Hilton Waikoloa Village

[day 3: gorgeous place: Waipio Valley]

• hiking Waipio Valley. crossed a tiny river and met wild horses
• ate the most delicious tuna melt at Simply Natural in Honokaa

[day 4: Honokaa Boy]

• Kalopa State Recreation Area, almost got lost in the middle of a native forest
• watched the Japanese movie Honokaa Boy at Honokaa People's Theatre
  
• drove from Honokaa to Hiro

[day 5: Volcano]

• went Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
• Kilauea Iki trail, a moderate 4 mile hike into a an old volcanic crater
• drove to Kalapana to see lava enters to ocean and barely could see it

[day 6: Hiro]

• woke up early and went to Hiro Farmer's Market. Super lively market.
• got 3 T-shirts and 2 Aloha shirt at Hiro downtown
• went to Akaka falls. So impressive waterfalls.
• dropped by Honokaa and had a pineapple and coconuts smoothie. yum.

[day 7: Mauna Kea]

• joined the Mauna Kea Sunset and Stargazin tour. So, amazing experience.

[day 8: Just Beautiful]

• Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
• and snorkeling at Honaunau Bay. Turtles and tons of colorful fish on the coral.

[day 9: Cozy Beach]

• the beach at the Mauna Kea Hotel is public. safe and not too big.
• floating and reading a book under the shade of trees
• Simply Natural again to make sure the best tuna melt sandwich.

at Nijiya Market & Whole Foods Market. We also bought a 15lbs bag of Japanese rice which is not in the photo below.

yep. I'm doing this *again*. I think I got used to it.

Just made a model of teeth and gums from cardboard. I'm gonna use this at a speech class to demonstrate how to floss teeth.

let me try tasting it

長崎 皿うどん、英訳わからず。

at Whole Foods.