Hawaii: Chapter 2 - KONA COAST

Our first 7 days in Hawaii were spent on the Big Island. Of those 7 days, we spent 4 days in the seaside town of Kona.

This town is built into the slopes of Mauna Loa, one of the big Islands largest Volcanoes topping 13,000ft (there is a total of 5 Volcano's on the Big Island)

I would say Kona is infamous for four things;

1) Diving, there is some amazing volcanic rock underwater formations, everything from walls to arches to caves and lava tubes, and an assortment of hard coral growing on the rock with an abundance of aquatic life living here (more to follow on that once the underwater photographs arrive)

2) Kona Coffee, personally not my favorite type of coffee (I'm a sucker for Sumatra), BUT the only coffee actually grown in the United States, so we must represent and endorse. Gretchen and I actually toured a couple coffee plantations and learned the process from seedling to tree to fruit to processing to bean to roasting to my cup in the morning.

3) Beer, home to Kona Brewing Company, southern most brewery in the United States!

4) The world Ironman Triathlon Championships every October, need I say more, much respect...