Kona

The Kona coast is spectacular if you are looking for luscious beaches and lava rock forms. Jag and I started off the day by driving and forgetting a few things which required us to return to our hotel room. Once we got it right we were on our way to our first stop, Waipiho lookout. It wasn't overly impressive (I ended up liking it more and more when I looked at it through camera review). Afterwards we went to meet up with Nancy and after getting lost we finally found her waiting patiently at Starbucks. She showed us quite a few locations that were very interesting. Six sites and 2 "yes we are here" and 1 "maybe". Very interesting island the Big Island is. Lots of natural beauty but I still believe the better beauty of this island is accessable via air. We are very interested in a cove that contains a bunch of sea turtles and is quite pretty to film at. We found out that Tim Burton had asked Nancy (when he hired her) to get him a permit to shoot here when he filmed "Planet of the Apes". Kinda nice to know that we liked what he likes. We were also amongst a bunch of Fountain Grass which stuck out of the floor lava like weeds. We thought it would make a very interesting aspect while filming. We weren't the only ones. Apparently Bloomingdales and Tommy Bahama felt that as well. Hmm...new career? Nah, too much here. We are driving around the Hilo side this morning focusing on another Black Sand beach as well as the falls and Volcanoes. Should be another interesting day. Click here for pictures from today!

The top picture was taken at Kua Beach. I noticed the Fountain Grass on our way out and thought that if they were backlit they could make for a nice picture. The bottom is a B&W with sme color. Picasa software is pretty cool.