吃罷早餐大家集合出發登山涉水去了，行程雖然有些商業化，特別保護的自然環境還是值得再度重游。一路上嘻嘻哈哈到達山頂的高聲呐喊減壓，暢快極了！看那如刀切的峭壁，真是鬼斧神工！放眼望去，綠幽幽一片，找不到摩天樓、電綫杆、水壩等等破壞自然景觀的建設，太難得了！
在炎热的日子里，最討好的是有當地刨冰清凉一下，我特別推薦用冰凍水果（並非濃縮果醬）攪碎的smoothies,草莓、黄梨、香蕉、香草薄荷和芒果都不錯。
2009年10月12日 星期一
夏威夷 - 第六天 Hawaii - Day 6
吃罷早餐大家集合出發登山涉水去了，行程雖然有些商業化，特別保護的自然環境還是值得再度重游。一路上嘻嘻哈哈到達山頂的高聲呐喊減壓，暢快極了！看那如刀切的峭壁，真是鬼斧神工！放眼望去，綠幽幽一片，找不到摩天樓、電綫杆、水壩等等破壞自然景觀的建設，太難得了！
在炎热的日子里，最討好的是有當地刨冰清凉一下，我特別推薦用冰凍水果（並非濃縮果醬）攪碎的smoothies,草莓、黄梨、香蕉、香草薄荷和芒果都不錯。
2009年10月8日 星期四
夏威夷 - 第五天 Hawaii - Day 5
氣，天氣熱得讓人發昏。
一艘小艇把我們从游客中心送至纪念馆，全程需時大约75分钟，禁語禁拍攝。電影[珍珠港]的戰爭片段陸續閃過腦海，情緒開始複雜起來，氣氛也隨著升旗禮開始逐漸嚴肅。負責升旗的海軍，年輕高大威猛帥氣，妹妹們別看傻眼，小心掉下水哦！
2009年10月6日 星期二
夏威夷 - 第四天 Hawaii - Day 4
夏威夷犯罪率是美國最低的，當那裏的移民沒大筆錢可不行，大都以旅遊業為生，休閒活動更是接近大自然，與海洋和動物密不可分。接送我們的司機以帶家人衝浪、打乒乓和騎馬度周末為榮。據説當地政府極力保護大自然，所以海洋沒受污染，沙灘的沙細又乾淨。
最令我感動的是輪椅上公車的情景，入口處伸出鐵板，然後降下載上坐輪椅者緩緩上升，再縮原處。這動作需時不短，乘客們和車後的私家車若無其事，這份耐心和體恤是國内人所沒有的，倘若同樣的動作放生在國内，造就喇叭聲四起了。
飯店附近快餐店多，餐食的選擇也多，總算讓我在超市找到夏威夷木瓜，型小卻價格不菲。黃梨小得更可愛，沒什麽肉，香味特濃，主要製作成香水、香精油，香皂等沐浴用品。
我們糊裏糊塗闖入不起眼的遊客展示厛，買到有鰻魚和醬漬小墨魚的特價日本便當當午餐，和嬰孩頭般大小的桃子，至今難忘那滿口甜蜜桃汁。
2009年10月4日 星期日
夏威夷 - 第三天 Hawaii - Day 3
首先參觀皇家科納磨房及品嘗據説可媲美藍山咖啡的純碳烤科納咖啡，可是非我所好。其香
味淡、味道微酸帶點苦澀，沒加牛奶喝不下，我仍舊是南洋黑咖啡支持者。
過後聆听传统和现代的夏威夷音乐与吟唱。观看呼啦舞者以优雅曼妙的舞姿，还有萨摩亚火刀舞者和令人着迷的大溪地舞者，更突出波利尼西亚风情。那似銅鑄的特大號肉團擊鼓者，擊打唯一特大號鼓的畫面滑稽，兩方面都在抖，肥油四濺！不料四周聲響蓋不了沉穩的鼓聲，聲浪一波接一波達到高潮即刻停止，觀衆也停止呼吸一秒鐘後起立鼓掌，不由心存敬畏！
文化村是縮小版的夏威夷岛，呈現多种族裔居民的多种文化、艺术、食物、庆典及历史。閒逛時見好多人圍著臺上的酋長，幽默的他一面示範欑木生火，一面訴苦。原來燒飯是夏威夷男生討老婆的基本功，而女生只負責跳舞和生小孩。
再見了！夏威夷火山貝利女神!
2009年10月1日 星期四
Postcard - Pearl Habor Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
珍珠港紀念舘
Photo by John Wagner
Pearl Harbor is the home of the largest U.S. Navy fleet in the Pacific. On December 7, 1941 the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked and destroyed the U.S. forces by surprise and killed almost 2,400 military and civilians, most of them trapped in the USS Arizona (BB-39).
The USS Arizona Memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day 1962 to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor and the men who died defending it. In 1989, the USS Arizona was designated a national historic landmark. Since 1980, the National Park Service has operated the Memorial and the Visitor Center to ensure the preservation and interpretation of the tangible historical resources associated with the attack — including the rich and vivid memories of its survivors. Veterans have always played a key part in maintaining this historic site. In fact, funding for the USS Arizona Memorial is provided in part by the Arizona Memorial Museum Association, a group of Pearl Harbor survivors and others interested in preserving this important legacy.
珍珠港是在太平洋地區美國最大的海軍艦隊總部。在1941年12月7日，遭日本帝國海軍的襲擊並摧毀了措手不及美軍並殺害近2400名軍人和平民，其中大部分被困在亞利桑那號（降B - 39）。
美國海軍亞利桑那紀念館是獻給陣亡將士紀念日，以紀念1962年襲擊珍珠港的罹難者。 1989年，亞利桑那號被指定為國家歷史地標。這座紀念舘建在罹難的上，設計成棺木型與沉在海裏的軍艦呈十字型
References sources :
wikipedia
nps.gov
Photo by John WagnerPearl Harbor is the home of the largest U.S. Navy fleet in the Pacific. On December 7, 1941 the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked and destroyed the U.S. forces by surprise and killed almost 2,400 military and civilians, most of them trapped in the USS Arizona (BB-39).
The USS Arizona Memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day 1962 to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor and the men who died defending it. In 1989, the USS Arizona was designated a national historic landmark. Since 1980, the National Park Service has operated the Memorial and the Visitor Center to ensure the preservation and interpretation of the tangible historical resources associated with the attack — including the rich and vivid memories of its survivors. Veterans have always played a key part in maintaining this historic site. In fact, funding for the USS Arizona Memorial is provided in part by the Arizona Memorial Museum Association, a group of Pearl Harbor survivors and others interested in preserving this important legacy.
珍珠港是在太平洋地區美國最大的海軍艦隊總部。在1941年12月7日，遭日本帝國海軍的襲擊並摧毀了措手不及美軍並殺害近2400名軍人和平民，其中大部分被困在亞利桑那號（降B - 39）。
美國海軍亞利桑那紀念館是獻給陣亡將士紀念日，以紀念1962年襲擊珍珠港的罹難者。 1989年，亞利桑那號被指定為國家歷史地標。這座紀念舘建在罹難的上，設計成棺木型與沉在海裏的軍艦呈十字型
References sources :
wikipedia
nps.gov
2009年9月29日 星期二
Postcard - Green Sand Beach, Mahana Bay, Big Island of Hawaii
青砂灘（默哈納灘）
Photo by Michael Stewart
Papakolea Beach (also known as Green Sand Beach, Mahana Beach and, erroneously, Puʻu Mahana) is a green sand beach located at South Point, in the Kaʻu district of the island of Hawaiʻi. One of only two green sand beaches in the United States, the other being in Guam, the beach gets distinctive coloring from olivine crystals found in a nearby cinder cone.
Papakolea Beach is located in a bay circled by Puʻu Mahana, a cinder cone formed over 49,000 years ago and associated with the southwest rift of Mauna Loa. Since its last eruption, the cinder cone has partially collapsed and been partially eroded by the ocean.
The cinder cone is rich in olivine, a silicate mineral containing iron and magnesium, also known as peridot when of gem quality. Olivine is a common mineral component of Hawaiian lavas and one of the first crystals to form as magma cools. Olivine is locally known as "Hawaiian Diamond" and is notably found in Oʻahu's famous Diamond Head landmark.
Papakolea灘（也稱為青砂灘，默哈納灘或普奧默哈納）是一個綠色的沙灘，位於夏威夷大島的最南端。美國僅有的兩個綠色的沙灘，另一個是在關島，因含橄欖石而形成獨特的沙灘色。
夏威夷熔岩的礦物成分中常見橄欖石，含有鐵，鎂。當地人稱橄欖石為“夏威夷鑽石”，特別是在瓦胡島著名的鑽石山。
References sources : wikipedia
Photo by Michael StewartPapakolea Beach (also known as Green Sand Beach, Mahana Beach and, erroneously, Puʻu Mahana) is a green sand beach located at South Point, in the Kaʻu district of the island of Hawaiʻi. One of only two green sand beaches in the United States, the other being in Guam, the beach gets distinctive coloring from olivine crystals found in a nearby cinder cone.
Papakolea Beach is located in a bay circled by Puʻu Mahana, a cinder cone formed over 49,000 years ago and associated with the southwest rift of Mauna Loa. Since its last eruption, the cinder cone has partially collapsed and been partially eroded by the ocean.
The cinder cone is rich in olivine, a silicate mineral containing iron and magnesium, also known as peridot when of gem quality. Olivine is a common mineral component of Hawaiian lavas and one of the first crystals to form as magma cools. Olivine is locally known as "Hawaiian Diamond" and is notably found in Oʻahu's famous Diamond Head landmark.
Papakolea灘（也稱為青砂灘，默哈納灘或普奧默哈納）是一個綠色的沙灘，位於夏威夷大島的最南端。美國僅有的兩個綠色的沙灘，另一個是在關島，因含橄欖石而形成獨特的沙灘色。
夏威夷熔岩的礦物成分中常見橄欖石，含有鐵，鎂。當地人稱橄欖石為“夏威夷鑽石”，特別是在瓦胡島著名的鑽石山。
References sources : wikipedia
2009年9月28日 星期一
夏威夷 - 第二天 Hawaii - Day 2
話説有一遊人帶老爸到島上度假，走累了呆在椰樹下休息乘涼，不料椰子正好掉下砸死他，事情大條了！遊人是律師，這一告導致夏威夷政府賠了一大筆，因此下令把所有椰樹都閹了，那兒開花那兒剪。
踩在白又細如麵粉的沙灘上，迎著陣陣涼風，可我們曬得像西紅柿似的，早把帶在身邊的水喝光，渴得到處找水。老實說，島上的設施真不錯，飲水器和公厠都不難找，大多沒人管理卻也乾淨得出奇，當地的衛生教育肯定搞得很成功。
走啊走，走到快迷路，前面的一排店屋剛好可以問路。日本人開的珍珠飾品店以賣當地著名
的黑珍珠為主，見我們誠意缺缺，就招待其他人。隔壁是中年洋女人賣的文具紀念品，還有只波斯貓懶懶地躺在收銀機旁。當我們開口問路，她熱心地從抽屜拿出地圖，一面劃一面解釋，後來聊起她的貓，還翻出其他貓貓的照片，真是個愛貓之人，她的服務態度超級好，囯内也找不到幾個。
有明人指點，友人終于如願以償，找到上課的地點，可惜門戶深鎖，應該是暑假還沒結束吧。
將近晚餐時刻，再度來到豪華飯店，一列列的白色桌椅已整齊排在草地上，火把也點起來。司儀教大家念Lu'an，但大多數的外地人沒把Lu'an念准，都說成廁所了，哈......包括我們。
簡短的開場白後，自助餐就開始了，菜色種類繁多，有魚有肉有水果菜嫌少些。我專攻少人問津的蔬菜沙拉，沒了命地吃水果。有一道濃椰漿炒魚片菠菜賣相不特出，卻可吃到食材的新鮮和特別配搭的奇妙味道，讓我回味至今。
做法和臺灣原著民的相似，一大早生豬與滾燙的石頭擱在鋪上芭蕉葉的土坑裏，加上五顔六
色的薯，覆蓋上幾層芭蕉葉，再堆上土烤一整天。每人只分得兩小片，肉嫩多汁，愛肉者一定非吃不可。
我們的座位在一對夫婦對面，男生是特大黑碳塊，頭頂極短卷鋼絲髮；女生是健康銅膚色前
凸後翹美女；一對十來歲子女膚色像娘卻擁有一頭典型黑人卷髮，女孩還是滿頭小辮子，可
愛極了！怪不得司儀說夏威夷的混种人(mixed blood)多！
一面吃著美味佳肴。一面欣賞台上的歌舞表演，草裙舞、甩髮舞、耍毛球舞、伸舌頭舞、頓足舞紛紛上場，最精彩的壓軸是驚險連連火把舞，個個舞者像健美先生，肌肉結實油亮！謝幕前司儀嫌女舞者都太苗條當不了夏威夷的美女，原來原著民的審美眼光特別，女生的膚色要黑到發亮，體重200磅以上才稱得上美女！
2009年9月25日 星期五
Postcard - Oahu Map, Hawaii
瓦胡岛 - 檀香山（火奴魯魯）
Photo: City Sights Postcards
Oahu (pronounced /oʊˈɑːhuː/ in English) or Oʻahu (pronounced /oˈʔɐhu/ in Hawaiian), known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the State of Hawaiʻi. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast.
The island is home to about 900,000 people (approximately 75% of the resident population of the state) and partly because of this, Oʻahu has for a long time been nicknamed "The Gathering Place". However, the term Oʻahu has no confirmed meaning in Hawaiian, other than that of the place itself.[4] Ancient Hawaiian tradition attributes the name's origin in the legend of Hawaiʻiloa, the Polynesian navigator credited with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates that he named the island after a son.
The city of Honolulu—largest city, state capital, and main deepwater marine port for the State of Hawaiʻi—is located here. As a jurisdictional unit, the entire island of Oʻahu is in the City & County of Honolulu, although as a place name, Honolulu occupies only a portion of the southeast end of the island (essentially, the Honolulu District). Well-known features found on Oʻahu include Waikīkī, Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, Hanauma Bay, Kāneʻohe Bay, Kailua Bay, North Shore.
瓦胡岛 （夏威夷語:Oʻahu，英語：Oahu ）是夏威夷群島中面積第三大的島嶼，也是群島中人口最多的島嶼，島上的檀香山（又稱為火奴魯魯）是美國夏威夷州首府所在。该岛面积1,545.34平方公里，人口868,751人（2004年）。岛上的珍珠港是美国太平洋舰队的母港。
1845年，卡美哈梅哈三世将夏威夷王国的首都从毛伊岛迁至本岛。
References sources : wikipedia
Photo: City Sights Postcards
Oahu (pronounced /oʊˈɑːhuː/ in English) or Oʻahu (pronounced /oˈʔɐhu/ in Hawaiian), known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the State of Hawaiʻi. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast.
The island is home to about 900,000 people (approximately 75% of the resident population of the state) and partly because of this, Oʻahu has for a long time been nicknamed "The Gathering Place". However, the term Oʻahu has no confirmed meaning in Hawaiian, other than that of the place itself.[4] Ancient Hawaiian tradition attributes the name's origin in the legend of Hawaiʻiloa, the Polynesian navigator credited with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates that he named the island after a son.
The city of Honolulu—largest city, state capital, and main deepwater marine port for the State of Hawaiʻi—is located here. As a jurisdictional unit, the entire island of Oʻahu is in the City & County of Honolulu, although as a place name, Honolulu occupies only a portion of the southeast end of the island (essentially, the Honolulu District). Well-known features found on Oʻahu include Waikīkī, Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, Hanauma Bay, Kāneʻohe Bay, Kailua Bay, North Shore.
瓦胡岛 （夏威夷語:Oʻahu，英語：Oahu ）是夏威夷群島中面積第三大的島嶼，也是群島中人口最多的島嶼，島上的檀香山（又稱為火奴魯魯）是美國夏威夷州首府所在。该岛面积1,545.34平方公里，人口868,751人（2004年）。岛上的珍珠港是美国太平洋舰队的母港。
1845年，卡美哈梅哈三世将夏威夷王国的首都从毛伊岛迁至本岛。
References sources : wikipedia
2009年9月24日 星期四
Postcard - Pahoehoe Lava, Kīlauea volcano
基拉韋厄火山的熔岩
Photo by Peter French
Kīlauea is an active volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, one of five shield volcanoes that together form the Island of Hawaiʻi. In Hawaiian, the word kīlauea means "spewing" or "much spreading", in reference to the mountain's frequent outpouring of lava. Lava has been issuing continuously at Puʻu ʻŌʻō since January 1983. In 1998 Kīlauea was said to be the most active volcano on the Earth, an invaluable resource for volcanologists, and was said to be the planet's most visited active volcano. The volume of erupted material could pave a road across the world 3 times. Lava less than 1000 years old covers 90% of Kilauea.
Kīlauea is the most recent of a series of volcanoes that have created the Hawaiʻian Archipelago, as the Pacific Plate has moved and is moving over the Hawaiʻi hotspot. An eruption that started in 1983 is ongoing. These eruptions occur in the Puʻu ʻŌʻō vent. Thirty-three eruptions have taken place since 1952 not including the current episode.
In local belief the volcano is the home of the Hawaiʻian goddess of volcanoes, Pele. Legend says that eruptions take place whenever the goddess is angry. These concepts are included in tribal chants practiced by residents of the region.
基拉韋厄火山（Kīlauea）是夏威夷島上的五個盾形火山（Shield volcano）之一。是目前世界上觀光客流量最大的火山，也是最活躍的火山。根據統計，在20世紀內，該火山就爆發了45次。
創造夏威夷群島的一連串火山中，基拉韋厄是最新的一座，太平洋板塊也朝向夏威夷熱點移動。 基拉韋厄的意思是“噴出”或“傳播”，即頻繁源源不斷的熔岩。自1952年以來該火山爆發了33次，1983年的爆發至今未停，其熔岩一直發出不斷流出。 在1998年，基拉韋厄據說是地球上最活躍的火山及寶貴的火山研究資源。該爆發的熔岩可以鋪世界各地的道路3倍。少於1000年歷史的熔岩涵蓋90％的基拉韋厄。
當地人相信火山是夏威夷火山貝利女神的家，而其之所以爆發是由於女神發怒。
References sources : wikipedia
Photo by Peter FrenchKīlauea is an active volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, one of five shield volcanoes that together form the Island of Hawaiʻi. In Hawaiian, the word kīlauea means "spewing" or "much spreading", in reference to the mountain's frequent outpouring of lava. Lava has been issuing continuously at Puʻu ʻŌʻō since January 1983. In 1998 Kīlauea was said to be the most active volcano on the Earth, an invaluable resource for volcanologists, and was said to be the planet's most visited active volcano. The volume of erupted material could pave a road across the world 3 times. Lava less than 1000 years old covers 90% of Kilauea.
Kīlauea is the most recent of a series of volcanoes that have created the Hawaiʻian Archipelago, as the Pacific Plate has moved and is moving over the Hawaiʻi hotspot. An eruption that started in 1983 is ongoing. These eruptions occur in the Puʻu ʻŌʻō vent. Thirty-three eruptions have taken place since 1952 not including the current episode.
In local belief the volcano is the home of the Hawaiʻian goddess of volcanoes, Pele. Legend says that eruptions take place whenever the goddess is angry. These concepts are included in tribal chants practiced by residents of the region.
基拉韋厄火山（Kīlauea）是夏威夷島上的五個盾形火山（Shield volcano）之一。是目前世界上觀光客流量最大的火山，也是最活躍的火山。根據統計，在20世紀內，該火山就爆發了45次。
創造夏威夷群島的一連串火山中，基拉韋厄是最新的一座，太平洋板塊也朝向夏威夷熱點移動。 基拉韋厄的意思是“噴出”或“傳播”，即頻繁源源不斷的熔岩。自1952年以來該火山爆發了33次，1983年的爆發至今未停，其熔岩一直發出不斷流出。 在1998年，基拉韋厄據說是地球上最活躍的火山及寶貴的火山研究資源。該爆發的熔岩可以鋪世界各地的道路3倍。少於1000年歷史的熔岩涵蓋90％的基拉韋厄。
當地人相信火山是夏威夷火山貝利女神的家，而其之所以爆發是由於女神發怒。
References sources : wikipedia
2009年9月22日 星期二
夏威夷 - 第一天 Hawaii - Day 1
Aloha! Hawaii 夏威夷!
2001年本地上映一部轟動一時的英語浪漫戰爭片[珍珠港]，個人覺得激情有餘，震撼不足，只感受到戰爭的殘酷。
湊巧得很，8月間友人相邀到夏威夷度假，她原本打算孤身前往進修三個月的宗教課程，可是旅途寂寞難耐；我也難得偷空又銷年假，當然樂意答應，何況她是舊地重游，算是半只老馬。
那時的我，土包子一個，那趟旅遊可是第一囘沒跟團，第一囘乘搭日航，第一囘體驗轉機，第一囘在飛機上呆超過10鐘頭，第一囘自個兒回國，太多了第一囘了！料想不到也是第一囘給人放飛機！
一夜難眠，天沒亮就到了機場，會合友人辦完手續，順利登上日航往目的地飛去。後與友人在成田機場分手，因她持年票早我一小時轉另一航班，約好到科納機場接我。
我忐忑不安地再度登上日航，四周噪音特多，可與香港茶樓相媲美，不同的是此時聼到的是日語。
在這陌生的環境裏，鼻水給嚇出來了，頭也疼，問空姐要兩顆感冒葯，經過一番艱難溝通，她才明白過來，我的頭也裂開了，但漂亮的空姐還是強調沒有葯。可是她帶來了特別茶包，滿是日文我看不懂，她細心幫我泡，茶香夾辣姜味還受得了，後來她還幫我添被和熱水袋，日航空姐真體貼！太可愛了！
我昏昏沉沉地越過太平洋，糊裏糊塗地賺到一天，回到昨天，好奇妙的感覺！這是事實也是常識，如果你不知該打PP！
總算抵達科納機場，一出艙口，我被毒太陽曬到失明，差點沒滾下那狹小的階梯，踉蹌地提了行李奔向移民厛，不到10分鐘的路程，我成了半生熟的烤豬。
在機場裏苦等超過1小時，竟沒人接我，人生地不熟，我急得像熱鍋上的螞蟻。幸好出發前曾
抄下飯店地址和電話，趕忙撥了過去，對方一開口就罵，說我等錯地方（我若曉得哪兒是哪兒也無需在那瞎急）。真好笑！有人接的罵沒人接的，是那門兒的道理?爭執無益，我都累傻了沒回嘴，完全不像我的作風。罷了！召了一輛豪華出租車，白色馬賽地，司機是華僑叔叔，囉嗦得我差點要了他的命，如果你看過電影[月光寳盒]，就會明白我的感受。
到了飯店見到友人，心頭大石也擱下，見到化妝台前的瓶瓶罐罐，才想起得買東西來治我那
烤紅了的皮。但是還是遲了，隔天洗臉時的刺痛難以忍受，部分臉皮剝落，像蛇蛻衣，我毀容了！
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晚餐在飯店附近的小吃中心解決，食物種類雖然繁多，如德國餐、西班牙餐、意大利餐、印度餐、土耳其餐等等，肉多缺菜，我那肉食友人可樂壞了，可憐live to eat 的我只草草吃下兩條越南薄餅。
2009年9月20日 星期日
Postcard - Kona Coast
科納海岸
Photo: City Sights Postcards
Kona is the site of the annual Ironman World Championship triathlon and the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament.
South Kona’s calm and clear waters are also perfect for snorkeling, diving, and spotting dolphins and honu (green sea turtles). For the more adventurous, take a boat tour and swim with manta rays or go deep-sea fishing for giant Pacific Blue Marlin. On land, the cooler uplands are home to hundreds of coffee plantations where you can sample Kona’s unique, aromatic bean. On the versatile Kona coast, the adventures are as big as the island itself.
科納是常年鐵人三項世界錦標賽和夏威夷鐵人三項國際劍旗賽的地點。
世界級的深海獵魚及潛水活動愛好者，每天都包租船隻從凱陸亞（Kailua）碼頭及荷諾可納烏（Honokonau）港口出發。大島被評為世界最好的潛水地點及最適合初學者的潛水區，在卡哈陸吾海濱公園（Kahaluu Beach Park）有極優美的淺水灘，適合各種程度的浮潛者，夏威夷州立公園之凱阿拉凱庫亞水下活動園區（Kealakekua Underwater State Park）提供浮潛及潛水者至少下水100英呎的能見度，所以您可見到豐富多樣的熱帶魚聚集棲息與珊瑚生長繁衍。
References sources :
wikipedia,
HAWAII VISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAU
Photo: City Sights PostcardsKona is the site of the annual Ironman World Championship triathlon and the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament.
South Kona’s calm and clear waters are also perfect for snorkeling, diving, and spotting dolphins and honu (green sea turtles). For the more adventurous, take a boat tour and swim with manta rays or go deep-sea fishing for giant Pacific Blue Marlin. On land, the cooler uplands are home to hundreds of coffee plantations where you can sample Kona’s unique, aromatic bean. On the versatile Kona coast, the adventures are as big as the island itself.
科納是常年鐵人三項世界錦標賽和夏威夷鐵人三項國際劍旗賽的地點。
世界級的深海獵魚及潛水活動愛好者，每天都包租船隻從凱陸亞（Kailua）碼頭及荷諾可納烏（Honokonau）港口出發。大島被評為世界最好的潛水地點及最適合初學者的潛水區，在卡哈陸吾海濱公園（Kahaluu Beach Park）有極優美的淺水灘，適合各種程度的浮潛者，夏威夷州立公園之凱阿拉凱庫亞水下活動園區（Kealakekua Underwater State Park）提供浮潛及潛水者至少下水100英呎的能見度，所以您可見到豐富多樣的熱帶魚聚集棲息與珊瑚生長繁衍。
References sources :
wikipedia,
HAWAII VISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAU
Postcard - Kohala Coast sunset, Big Island of Hawaii
卡哈拉黃昏海岸，夏威夷大島 
Photo by Peter Fench
The Island of Hawaiʻi, also called the Big Island or Hawaiʻi Island (pronounced /həˈwaɪ.i/ in English and [həˈwɐiʔi] or [həˈvɐiʔi] in Hawaiian), is a volcanic island in the U.S. State of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean. With an area of 4,028 square miles (10,432 km²), it is larger than all of the other Hawaiian Islands combined and is the largest island in the United States.
Hawaiʻi is said to have been named for Hawaiʻiloa, the legendary Polynesian navigator who first discovered it. However, other accounts attribute the name to the legendary land or realm of Hawaiki, a place from which the Polynesians originated (see also Manua), the place where they go in the afterlife, the realm of the gods.
The Island of Hawaiʻi is administered as the County of Hawaiʻi. The county seat is Hilo. It is estimated that as of the year 2008, the island had a resident population of 201,109.
History - Hawaiʻi was the home island of Pai`ea Kamehameha, called by Westerners Kamehameha the Great, who by 1795 had united most of the Hawaiian Islands under his rule after several years of warfare and conquest. He gave his kingdom the name of his native island (by which the islands now are known collectively), Hawaiʻi. Captain James Cook, who made the Western world aware of these "Sandwich isles", was killed on Hawaiʻi in Kealakekua Bay.
夏威夷島（夏威夷语：Hawai'i）是夏威夷群島中最大的島嶼，又稱大島（Big Island）；位於島鍊最南端，有豐富的火山活動，設有火山國家公園，華人又稱火山島。全島屬夏威夷縣範圍。主要都市有東側的希洛與西側的科納市（Kona，又稱Kailua-Kona）。
島上以生產夏威夷果仁（Macadamia Nuts）與科納咖啡（Kona Coffee）為主要農產事業。
島上並有高度超過4000公尺的冒納凱亞火山，設有天文台群。台灣與美國合作的宇宙微波背景輻射陣列望遠鏡（Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy，AMiBA [1]）則設在此島的冒納羅亞火山。
歷史 - 夏威夷島自1810年被卡美哈梅哈一世統治，是夏威夷王國的開創者。他原是夏威夷島的一個酋長，經過多年征戰，於1810年統一。
References sources : wikipedia
Photo by Peter Fench
The Island of Hawaiʻi, also called the Big Island or Hawaiʻi Island (pronounced /həˈwaɪ.i/ in English and [həˈwɐiʔi] or [həˈvɐiʔi] in Hawaiian), is a volcanic island in the U.S. State of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean. With an area of 4,028 square miles (10,432 km²), it is larger than all of the other Hawaiian Islands combined and is the largest island in the United States.
Hawaiʻi is said to have been named for Hawaiʻiloa, the legendary Polynesian navigator who first discovered it. However, other accounts attribute the name to the legendary land or realm of Hawaiki, a place from which the Polynesians originated (see also Manua), the place where they go in the afterlife, the realm of the gods.
The Island of Hawaiʻi is administered as the County of Hawaiʻi. The county seat is Hilo. It is estimated that as of the year 2008, the island had a resident population of 201,109.
History - Hawaiʻi was the home island of Pai`ea Kamehameha, called by Westerners Kamehameha the Great, who by 1795 had united most of the Hawaiian Islands under his rule after several years of warfare and conquest. He gave his kingdom the name of his native island (by which the islands now are known collectively), Hawaiʻi. Captain James Cook, who made the Western world aware of these "Sandwich isles", was killed on Hawaiʻi in Kealakekua Bay.
夏威夷島（夏威夷语：Hawai'i）是夏威夷群島中最大的島嶼，又稱大島（Big Island）；位於島鍊最南端，有豐富的火山活動，設有火山國家公園，華人又稱火山島。全島屬夏威夷縣範圍。主要都市有東側的希洛與西側的科納市（Kona，又稱Kailua-Kona）。
島上以生產夏威夷果仁（Macadamia Nuts）與科納咖啡（Kona Coffee）為主要農產事業。
島上並有高度超過4000公尺的冒納凱亞火山，設有天文台群。台灣與美國合作的宇宙微波背景輻射陣列望遠鏡（Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy，AMiBA [1]）則設在此島的冒納羅亞火山。
歷史 - 夏威夷島自1810年被卡美哈梅哈一世統治，是夏威夷王國的開創者。他原是夏威夷島的一個酋長，經過多年征戰，於1810年統一。
References sources : wikipedia
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