Volcano

Thu 12 Sep – Plenty of movement but nothing to see!

Today we went back to the Beach Club here in the resort, it is only 5 minutes drive away so no need to get up too early and being a member of the resort means we get to park in the “members” car park and from here a few feet until the beach. The further … Continue reading »

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Mon 2nd Sep – Lava Flows and Caroles first Port O Loo experience

Today was our lava hike so we decided to conserve our energy and have a quiet morning.  We headed to the  park to view the steam banks (literally steam coming out of the banks) and then walk through the sulphur fields, which was just a km walk, although very hot.  Was interesting seeing all the … Continue reading »

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Sun 1st Sep – Evening of the Stars

After our day we headed back up to the Jaggar Museum in the Volcano National Park at about 10.30pm.  From here you can get wonderful night views of Halema’uma’u.  It is pitch black when you arrive at the parking lot to ensure that you get maximum views, navigating our way around to the viewing area … Continue reading »

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Sunday 1st Sep

We hit the road before 8am so that we could get out on the trail before it got too hot.  After a quick stop at the visitors centre to see exactly where it was we were going we started out on the Kilauea Iki trail. We walked to the bottom of the Kilauea Iki Crater … Continue reading »

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Sat 31 Aug / Fri 30 Aug!

Left Wellington nice and early at 6am, uneventful check in, unless you count the fact that one of our bags weighed over 23kgs and Air New Zealand are really strict on the allowance.  When did they start that!  So in the middle of the domestic terminal at Wellington the case was flung open, clothes, shoes, … Continue reading »

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