Jim_Iain - B2B Sydney - Honolulu - Vancouver

[Jim_Iain]

2 hours ago, cruzzzinma said:

I use this website with the cities sorted by time

 

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/?sort=2
 

 

I use one similar but trying to find a time zone 1 hour ahead of Honolulu was proving difficult.     It's a time zone 1 hour earlier than Anchorage and On hour later than Honolulu.    I did find it finally. 

[Jim_Iain]

Kona is a beautiful small town with so many things of interest.  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jim_Iain]

Our Day2 in Hilo

 

ww started out with a hike at Pi’u Loa Petroglyphs National park 

 

 

Memorial to a fallen Park Ranger

 

 

 

Pu’u Loa Petroglyphs

 

 

 

 

Edited May 1 by Jim_Iain

[Jim_Iain]

So much tranquility in this sacred place. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The wooden boardwalk was installed to preserve the stone carvings.  

[Jim_Iain]

The trail lead us to a beautiful beach and tidal pools.   This magnificent site is about 5 miles from the ship near Costco. 
 

 

 

 

 

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[Jim_Iain]

The star of the day were the sea turtles lounging and nibbling in the tidal pools. 
 

 

 

 

[Jim_Iain]

At this point we should have turned around.    Since the fish pond trail was closed that would have taken us back to the Ranger Station we took the beach root.... Our Navigator (me) thought it was a short circle along the beach back which turned in to the march from he11 across the lunar surface for 1 1/2 hours.

 

Luckily no one stoned me to death.

 

 

 

Edited May 1 by Jim_Iain

[Jim_Iain]

Since we enjoyed the Coffee Hut at Captain Cooks so much ---off we were for the 45 minute drive.

 

What a beautiful day do sit on the patio and overlook the ocean with gentle trade winds and the absolute shangi-la

no trip is complete without meeting the locals. 
 

 

 

 

Edited May 1 by Jim_Iain

[DaKahuna]

3 hours ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

There is no cure for tinnitus

 

 So are you saying all those advertisements I see on YouTube telling me they can cure mine in 10 minutes are lying?  Say it ain’t so.  🤣 

[hcat]

could not even begin to pick a favorite...but a joy to see healthy turtles.. some of the  ones we saw in Maui way back when  were very stressed and ill! 

 

the color in the first one below are amazing!  And the lizard is a winner!

 

Looks like you had a great day..hope you  both sleep well

 

Edited May 1 by hcat

[hcat]

is it a lizard,?

[DaKahuna]

18 minutes ago, hcat said:

is it a lizard,?

 

 Isn’t that a gecko?  Not the Geico one of course but still — 

 

[Ex-Airbalancer]

1 hour ago, DaKahuna said:

 

 So are you saying all those advertisements I see on YouTube telling me they can cure mine in 10 minutes are lying?  Say it ain’t so.  🤣 

Amazing on how many people fall for it 😉

[Maui4us]

2 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

Kona is a beautiful small town with so many things of interest.  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My absolute favorite tree, Rainbow Shower tree❤️ We have one planted where I see it from the office every day!!! Their gentle fragrance is really lovely, too. Mahalo for sharing!

-Kelley 

[Maui4us]

1 hour ago, DaKahuna said:

 

 Isn’t that a gecko?  Not the Geico one of course but still — 

 

It's a Madagascar Day Lizard and they are introduced to Hawai'i. They can be quite tame and lured easily to grape jelly. I still prefer the brown geckos that are more nocturnal which I grew up with here. They make a loud clicking sound similar to the sound horseback riders make with their tongues to signal their horses. It seems like the Maddie is evolving to be nocturnal because the brown ones are disappearing...

-Kelley

[maggieq]

It’s really too bad the solstice will not be including Maui on its future Hawaii cruises. I’m not thrilled about going on another cruise line but this will probably push us to. 

[Jim_Iain]

Hmmm... saw an interesting post on the FB page...    At least they posted anonymously.

 

 

 

[Jim_Iain]

4 hours ago, hcat said:

is it a lizard,?

 

It's a Golden Dust Day Gecko.      They are very common on the islands and are great to have around as the eat mosquitos and other bugs.        They are very friendly.

[Jim_Iain]

4 hours ago, hcat said:

And the lizard is a winner!

 

I love the feet....   they are so cute. 

 

Years back when in Hawaii with my son for 3 weeks he caught a lizard and kept him -  catching bugs and feeding him the whole time.   At the end of the trip he let him go and said.....see you next trip.

 

[Jim_Iain]

2 hours ago, Maui4us said:

My absolute favorite tree, Rainbow Shower tree❤️ We have one planted where I see it from the office every day!!! Their gentle fragrance is really lovely, too. Mahalo for sharing!

-Kelley 

 

Kelley--- thanks for sharing the identity ... I hadn't looked it up yet.      Just loved the colors.

[Jim_Iain]

Did something a little different last night.   We moved clocks forward an hour and will move another hour tonight.   We decided to turn our clocks forward earlier and ended up eating earlier and .....

 

I stopped by the Theater while Iain had a smoke.     Don't get excited.... I just stayed for the first couple minutes...   Looked quite high energy but the theater was less than 1/2 full -

 

Production Show -  Broken Strings.

 

 

[Jim_Iain]

The demographics have really been weird on both cruises.  People must want to stay real casual and dine in OVC.  
 

Luminae is always empty.   This was last night. 
 

 

I had Prime Rib  and Iain had the smoked Trout Starter for Dinner. 
 

 

 

The deserts were weird, but our waiter talked us into trying. 
 

I had the Blueberry Mousse, Lemon Curd with Vanilla Frozen yogurt 

 

 

The other sounded terrible we had to try. 
 

Raspberry Licorice Cream - maple granola and Milk Chocolate  Ice Cream. 
 

 

i b will say the base was a chocolate mousse with a slight touch of licorice.  Ice Cream was the star of the dish. 

 

 

[Maui4us]

1 hour ago, Jim_Iain said:

 

Kelley--- thanks for sharing the identity ... I hadn't looked it up yet.      Just loved the colors.

This was in June 2022 🌈 

-Kelley 

[DaKahuna]

Jim — I hope you know you are getting me into trouble.  I have been sharing your review, especially the photo’s with my wife and I may have to spring for an Australian to Canada cruise in the next year or so ..  We have both really enjoyed all your commentary and beautiful pictures.  The warm blue skies are making us envious as it has been over cast, chilly, and rain almost every day since we arrived but thankfully there are clear skies for our sail away here in the next hour or so.  

 

[hcat]

10 hours ago, Maui4us said:

It's a Madagascar Day Lizard and they are introduced to Hawai'i. They can be quite tame and lured easily to grape jelly. I still prefer the brown geckos that are more nocturnal which I grew up with here. They make a loud clicking sound similar to the sound horseback riders make with their tongues to signal their horses. It seems like the Maddie is evolving to be nocturnal because the brown ones are disappearing...

-Kelley

thank you!