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Subject: What to see in Kona
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Date: Thu, 29-Sep-83 15:37:24 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 29 15:37:24 1983
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The first thing you should do when you get to Hawaii is
to pick up the pamphlet "This Week - Big Island".
You can find this in the airport or in all of the hotels.
It will give you ideas of what to see, where to eat and
what you can do for entertainment.  It also has a shopping
guide so that you can look like a tourist (sorry).

But I will list a few things you should see.

Kona (city) is a very nice town and it has some very
interesting historical sites.  One of them is the
Royal Palace.  The Captain Bean diner cruise in Kona is fun.
You should try to go to as many luaus as possible.  The
Kona Surf has a good luau but it will cost you a little
money.  You should also go to some of the cheaper luaus.
This not because they are cheaper but in many cases they
are better than the expensive ones.

North of Kona is the Parker Ranch and the beautiful valleys.
See the valleys first then drive down the center of the northern
tip of Hawaii to the Parker Ranch.  This way you will be driving
through the ranch country.  One thing you should notice as
you are driving this route is that all the hills are old
volcanic cinder cones.  Also the view when you are driving
down the mountain to the town, where the Parker Ranch is, is
spectacular.  Then you can eat lunch at the Parker Ranch restaurant.

South of Kona is the City of Refuge.  This place shows you
some of the history of the Hawaiian people.  This "city" had
a special meaning when the Hawaiian people were at war.

You must take one day out and drive to the Volcano National
Park.  You should eat at the Volcano House (it's on the edge
of the volcano crater).  Make sure that the day you drive
out to the Park it will not rain at the Park.  It will
become foggy and you will have wasted your time.  It is
always sunny at Kona so don't use this to determine if
it will rain at the Park.