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Post by longbike on Jun 4, 2019 11:33:48 GMT -8
Aloha , As title says for your interests, Many always ask me from which Island I originally was born and lived and came from. So I will give you a little idea of where it is in the Hawaii Island Chain. The Big Island is where I am from and this is where all the Volcanoes are at. Here are a few places around the Island and its coast Line and what we do there. Aloha and thanks for looking . Louis  Hilo, Hawaii Bay from the air and my Home Town.  ________________________________________________________________ Hilo , Hawaii From the air a back view   Reeds Bay named after a Famous Man here. (Reeds Island in Back ground) ___________________________   Japanese Gardens ____________________________________________  Mini Island know as .....Coconut Island by the locals. _______________________  Call ....Ono'mea Arch ....There was a crossing between the two heights but due to earth quakes it collapsed few years ago. Above is a Cable Basket for sight seeing. _________________________________________  Above : During the 1946 Tidal wave here there was a School back of this pier here and it was destroyed. One Hundred present at the school and .... 55 were killed. Tidal Wave came in early in the morning around ...8:00 a.m.  Just down the Coast Line from there.  Famous Scenic Falls just outside City of Hilo call Rainbow Falls. When the Sun shines here the rainbow appears across the water. ___________________________________________________________  Beach along the Coast Line.  Along the far Country Coast Line __________________________________________________________________________  Now we are going along the Kalapana Coast line where the Volcano destroyed land recently.   _________________________________________________________  We go Fishing off this Rock Point a lot.  World Famous ..Mackenzie Park named after one of our first National Park Rangers here.  Grandsons friend -119 lbs. Grandsons Uncle 124 lbs. ![]()     We use Conventional Reels cast out from shore to catch Giant Trevally Sport Game Fish ranging from .... 1 lb. up to 100 and plus more pounds. We have yearly ...... Fishing Casting Club Competitions also for this. ____________________________________________________________________________  Along the National Parks Volcano area coast line.  Coast Line continues again  World famous Tourist Attraction called ...The Green Sands Bay. The sand here is totally like .... Fine Green Crystals.     World Famous ....Waipio Valley Look Out area. You can Drive / Horse Back down to the beach area and a Tourist Attraction _______________________________________________________   Hawaii Volcanoes National Parks ...... Kilauea Crater called .... Halemaumau Fire Pit.    |
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Post by small on Jun 4, 2019 14:22:55 GMT -8
Very nice photos... one day I would love to go back and spend more time, one week was not long enough...
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Post by longbike on Jun 4, 2019 18:30:49 GMT -8
Very nice photos... one day I would love to go back and spend more time, one week was not long enough... Aloha small , Yes it does end quick. If doing this then after traveling around it would take about roughly Two Weeks ...to get all of it done. Many come here and miss a lot and the Tours are cut drastically for the prices. I have a Very Good Close Friend that came over from ..... Sweden with His Wife and Daughter .... couple years back so I went to The Big Island and My Biker Buddies there got together with me and we borrowed .... My Cousins Big Tour Van ... that holds about ... 19 - People ...that he uses for .....Touring Himself. We took them all over and they stayed with us at his home and he has ... Two Other Beach Houses that he owns so there was a lot of room which is close to .... The City Of Hilo then we traveled around the..... Whole Island and stayed in a few Friend Places and Beach Houses they had and made sure they saw every thing possible and that took about .... 12 days. We used..... Friends Beach Houses and other places as we traveled. We rode our Bikes and packed .... Their Luggage and Them also and set out to visit every one. We took care of all .... The Fuel and Cost Expanse for every thing for them and all they did was buy things for themselves. We all arranged a.... " Huge Hawaiian Luau Parties and Get Together's " .... for them with other Friends as we traveled around ...... The Whole Island. Everyone got involved For Them that we know and our Friends also and Others. We did all the Food Preparations and they ate every thing we cooked up and enjoyed it a lot. Their Trip Cost them a lot so we wanted to take good care of them while they were here. They were totally ... Blown Away with all they did and what they enjoyed with us. We made a huge .. " Going Away Beach Party for them that lasted.... Two Days and One Night " and they were amazed with what they ...did and Saw. Over a Hundred People attended and .... We All Know each Other there. Aloha Louis |
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Jun 5, 2019 5:54:59 GMT -8
Beautiful Louis . . . . just beautiful.
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Post by longbike on Jun 5, 2019 8:17:12 GMT -8
Beautiful Louis . . . . just beautiful. Aloha and thank you Sir. I have been to your State and I can say the same too. Here we have a lot of Ocean and Jungle ......  , and you have a lot of Buildings and Freeways ..... . Louis |
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Post by russtmurray on Jun 5, 2019 9:02:48 GMT -8
Great shots Louis. I spent 2hrs on a layover flight en-route to Australia back in '99. Me thinks I'd like to spend a little more time there  Aside from a lot of the promotional photos etc, I also got a good sense of the land in that George Clooney film The Descendants. Wonderful place to call home. |
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Post by Mr.Jones on Jun 5, 2019 9:32:48 GMT -8
Wait, so you're not Finnish? |
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Post by small on Jun 5, 2019 14:30:26 GMT -8
Very nice photos... one day I would love to go back and spend more time, one week was not long enough... Aloha small , Yes it does end quick. If doing this then after traveling around it would take about roughly Two Weeks ...to get all of it done. Many come here and miss a lot and the Tours are cut drastically for the prices. I have a Very Good Close Friend that came over from ..... Sweden with His Wife and Daughter .... couple years back so I went to The Big Island and My Biker Buddies there got together with me and we borrowed .... My Cousins Big Tour Van ... that holds about ... 19 - People ...that he uses for .....Touring Himself. We took them all over and they stayed with us at his home and he has ... Two Other Beach Houses that he owns so there was a lot of room which is close to .... The City Of Hilo then we traveled around the..... Whole Island and stayed in a few Friend Places and Beach Houses they had and made sure they saw every thing possible and that took about .... 12 days. We used..... Friends Beach Houses and other places as we traveled. We rode our Bikes and packed .... Their Luggage and Them also and set out to visit every one. We took care of all .... The Fuel and Cost Expanse for every thing for them and all they did was buy things for themselves. We all arranged a.... " Huge Hawaiian Luau Parties and Get Together's " .... for them with other Friends as we traveled around ...... The Whole Island. Everyone got involved For Them that we know and our Friends also and Others. We did all the Food Preparations and they ate every thing we cooked up and enjoyed it a lot. Their Trip Cost them a lot so we wanted to take good care of them while they were here. They were totally ... Blown Away with all they did and what they enjoyed with us. We made a huge .. " Going Away Beach Party for them that lasted.... Two Days and One Night " and they were amazed with what they ...did and Saw. Over a Hundred People attended and .... We All Know each Other there. Aloha Louis I'm not sure two weeks is enough. We took tours hoping to see as much as possible. One day on O'ahu w/a tour that showed up almost 2 hours late and then the president showed up so the highway was closed down and we needed to take side roads w/everyone else...We missed a lot. I look forward to seeing the big island again love the little doughnut shop at the southern tip...I can't say I've had better doughnuts...maybe as good (in a different way) and I know my way around food... If I ever make it back I'll give you a heads up and might get to buy you a cup of coffee... |
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Post by longbike on Jun 5, 2019 19:00:23 GMT -8
Aloha Sir. Hi small and yes it takes a lot of seeing to get done. Oh That Donut Shop : Aloha Louis Ok this Drive Inn was built around 1952... by The Original Owner and His name was ..... John Andrade . Mr. John Andrade was a Portuguese Man that lived in this ..... Sugar Plantation Town of Honoka'a. Mr. Andrade married Mrs. Andrade who was Mary and her name was ..... Texeira. Mr Andrade's Nephew ....Frank Texeira is .... The Brother of my ... Son In Laws Dad. The Andrade's lived in this Sugar Plantation Town of Honoka'a and later owned a .... Meat Packing Place and Slaughter House because he was also a Rancher and owned lot of surrounding land too. Mr. Andrade lived in this little Town long ago along with His Dad that use to work for the Sugar Plantation but left to start his own business as a Country Store , then later enlarged into ... The Meat Business also. We also know them for many years because the area that still is till today.They were and still are a very ..... Large Portuguese Family and well known all over the Island and State. It is a ....... World Famous Place and many .... A Dignitary has come here to ... Eat and Visit them. The Name .... is said like this ... Hono ka'a . Say Hono .... then add ka'... brief the first ...a ...then apply the last ... . ( This is Hawaiian ) Tex Drive Inn and Gift Shop located in Honoka'a, Hawaii ... 51 miles West going out of ... The Big Island City of Hilo. It is about .... 80 to 100 Yards from the main Highway and easy to get there. OK the sign says ..... " ONO KINE ". Which is ..... Hawaiian broken language way of speaking here which is like a term called ....... Pigeon English for ..... " GOOD TYPE OFF EATING ".     The Drive Inn and Gift Shop  The Advertisement Menu for the Tex Donuts and Food.  The Donut can be stuffed with many Delicious Ingredients offered for it.   The Bakery Only Two people work in there Basic Lunch / Dinner Plates    Tex Fabulous and World Famous ...... 4 1/2.... Pound Teriyaki Sandwich or Custom Made Burgers  |
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Post by small on Jun 6, 2019 4:02:08 GMT -8
Now you'er just being cruel... |
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Jun 6, 2019 5:42:31 GMT -8
Beautiful Louis . . . . just beautiful. Aloha and thank you Sir. I have been to your State and I can say the same too. Here we have a lot of Ocean and Jungle ...... , and you have a lot of Buildings and Freeways ..... . Louis I think I'd prefer the ocean and the jungle. |
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Post by longbike on Jun 6, 2019 9:48:51 GMT -8
Aloha ,
Yes I like the open spaces also and not from ...... The Concrete Jungle at all.
But I live here now so ..... The Concrete Jungle is present but when I can I go back home and do a lot.
Only a Half Hour Flight so really easy to go when I like too.
I go for Fishing and Hunting Trips and visit Family. My Mom is ... 94 now but up and going strong yet.
I am a .... Out Doors Guy and can not stand the closures of building that much.
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Post by longbike on Jun 6, 2019 10:09:05 GMT -8
Now you'er just being cruel... Small is that ..The Place you mentioned about....?? I just went back there about 2 months ago too and brought back ...... 6 - Dozen of that stuff. People on the Plane were asking what I had in the boxes because of the aroma of the Donuts. When I live back there and went Bike Riding I always stop and talk and tell them I need to Order and send to Hilo so they always send it through a Courier Delivery guy to me so I have them. But being of Portuguese Ancestry also we have a ... Special Malasada Holiday Day also. The Cultural People get together and have baking for sales for all to have. I order about..... some times about .... 15-20 Dozen for everyone to have but they give me a good Family Price also. Most of the time I just call them and they send it to me. but these Donuts are very Fating too like most are. But The Food I know how to make all that so it is always around us. I make many .... Crazy Burgers like that Big One but my wife says I am crazy but I like ..... Crazy Foods. I Bake those Buns also then I use ....., Dried Corn Beef and then I use some Sour Kraut and some other things like Brisket and some other ingredients that I use and I go for it....  . I just love Sour Kraut and always eat it in many different ways. Here we all Love To Eat and Enjoy all types of Food. Aloha Louis |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2019 15:58:17 GMT -8
Now you'er just being cruel... Small is that ..The Place you mentioned about....?? I just went back there about 2 months ago too and brought back ...... 6 - Dozen of that stuff. People on the Plane were asking what I had in the boxes because of the aroma of the Donuts. When I live back there and went Bike Riding I always stop and talk and tell them I need to Order and send to Hilo so they always send it through a Courier Delivery guy to me so I have them. But being of Portuguese Ancestry also we have a ... Special Malasada Holiday Day also. The Cultural People get together and have baking for sales for all to have. I order about..... some times about .... 15-20 Dozen for everyone to have but they give me a good Family Price also. Most of the time I just call them and they send it to me. but these Donuts are very Fating too like most are. But The Food I know how to make all that so it is always around us. I make many .... Crazy Burgers like that Big One but my wife says I am crazy but I like ..... Crazy Foods. I Bake those Buns also then I use ....., Dried Corn Beef and then I use some Sour Kraut and some other things like Brisket and some other ingredients that I use and I go for it.... . I just love Sour Kraut and always eat it in many different ways. Here we all Love To Eat and Enjoy all types of Food. Aloha Louis And yet, Louis, you always look trim and fit with no signs of fat! |
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Post by longbike on Jun 6, 2019 17:23:01 GMT -8
Aloha Sir,
Hi Peter , and yes I do because I stay away from Food that have Chunks Of Fat on them. I will
Prepare It Cook It but not eat it at all I cut away all of it. I mostly eat .... Oriental Foods since I was a Kid so that is
my most common Diet. I worked as a .... Butcher and Meat Cutter for some years before so I know what Inspectors look for
when Animals are Slaughtered.
I eat a lot of Sea Foods also but noting that has lived on the Ocean Floor because these are ....The Garbage Eaters
of the Ocean and and eat all the junk off it. I eat Shrimp , Oysters Clams , Fish but I clean the way I was taught
before consuming them.
Here Most Local People as they call them like .... " Pork and Beef with a lot of Fat on it " , but Orientals do not really
eat that way. This is why when people are seen they are very much over weight , Sick, High Blood Pressure and so on.
Salt is a .... Major Additive to every thing eaten here Polynesians like Fat and Salt in almost any thing cooked.
Most Orientals are Major Vegetable Eating People They eat vast amounts of Noodle Content Foods also.
Myself I do not eat Excessive Fat Contained Foods but I do not have sickness's like many do but I have been
like that most of my life. Here .... Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Heart Trouble .... is a Major Sickness continually.
Sugar, Salt , Spices and all that is consumed massively all the time because they love good strong tasting foods.
I do not eat a lot of .... White Bread but I do eat Brown Wheat Bread mostly.
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Post by HiBeat on Jun 6, 2019 17:29:06 GMT -8
No freeways here in Jersey
Only highways 😀
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Post by longbike on Jun 6, 2019 17:40:28 GMT -8
No freeways here in Jersey Only highways 😀 Aloha Sir, Hi Jon, I was amazed before when ... Drag Racing and also traveled all over by what has been created to travel on where ever I went. I really like the Mountain Areas for traveling too. I drove .... Semi's Cross Country during off season Drag Racing with my Friend that owned ... 4 - Semi-Rigs so I traveled a lot and on many different varieties of Roads, Bridges and Highways and experienced different Weather Condition also. Louis |
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Post by HiBeat on Jun 6, 2019 18:27:26 GMT -8
You have so many great experiences Louis.
Fun to see and hear.
Gorgeous home land. Hopefully you never get tired of it.
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Post by suntzu on Jul 4, 2019 15:02:38 GMT -8
Those fishing pictures  Beautiful homeland. My folks have traveled the world and stayed in all sorts of fancy island resorts. Hawaii by far was their favorite.
I'm fishing every weekend. Will be heading out this weekend. My friend's parents have a home on the beach at the Jersey shore with residential passes needed for the beach. So it's always empty. Spread out, find the spot along the surf and fish away. We've moved from striped bass to fluke now as the desired catch inshore. Plenty of sea robbin, dog fish, and blue fish in the mix too. Occasional cow nose sting ray and false albacore.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2019 22:12:17 GMT -8
Lovely photos. I lived on Oahu (Mānoa neighborhood) for 3 years. Loved every minute of it and I'm still kicking myself for leaving. Once you've lived in Hawaii, no other place will compare.
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Aside from a lot of the promotional photos etc, I also got a good sense of the land in that George Clooney film The Descendants. Wonderful place to call home.
