Taking highway 11 (southbound) for ~two hours (from Kona side), you will arrive at Punalu'u Beach Park! It is a lot easier to find than the green sand beach since no hike is involved, and there were actually signs telling you where to turn. But as a result, there were definitely a lot more visitors -- both tourists and locals.
The beach was good for relaxing on the sand, under the coconut trees. We also snorkeled a bit, but it's hard to see fish when the water and sand looks black! It was was also not very easy to enjoy the water because the beach was full of little children that did not know how to use their boogie boards.
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Clouds are rolling in
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| From The Adventures of Jeff and Jen Sloshing around in the wet sand. It felt good The coarse black sand looks a lot like caviar Where's Jen?! Try and find her |
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Jen gave Jeff a hot stone massage as he slept
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There are green coconuts up there! (enlarge pic to see them)
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You have the cutest pink dress!
ReplyDeleteThe black beach looks the same as 20+ years ago. Was it too hot to walk on?
ReplyDeleteYes! the sand was pretty warm! we had sandals, but when we wanted to go into the water to swim, we had to run from our beach towels to the water! Not only was the sand very warm, but it was also very rocky. ouch! =)
ReplyDeleteWOWOW you def had such a wonderful visit! i am looking at your newer pics too and we need to go to the big island the next time. our trip to waikiki was very different, still fun, but i think steve wanted to see waterfalls and volcanoes. i will show him these pics to convince him to take me there next year! congrats on your one year!
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