Hawaii, Big Island Travel Blog

Waipio Valley Child fishing during Kona sunset Kealakekua Bay Looking south from Kealakekua Yes, a zebra in South Point! Warm pond at Issac Hale Beach Park Looking east down the Puna coast Kalapana Lava Flow Hilo Bay and Mauna Kea Beautiful Ho`okena Beach

Mauna Kea’s lava flow of the late 80s and early 90s left just one building that still stands today, the Star of the Sea, or Kalapana’s Painted Church. Located on the left at the bottom of the Kalapana Highway, just before the fork in the road leading to the lava field that was once the beautiful...