Nov 14, 2005 - Full House

With winter encroaching on the mainland, and the Hawaiin isles proving close haven, we have gone from an intimate community of 4 work traders to a full house. Curran stayed long enough to see the arrival of the masses and left shortly thereafter to seek refuge on a tug boat off the mainland, leaving Noe, David and I to live in the rain. We have family Emminger in residence (Julia, Franz and daughter Jana), who work trade for the time they spend here and use the 4wd they bought to explore the island when not. Martina - a close friend of...

Mar 4, 2005 - Big Island

We have spent the last few days here on the Big Island and it is truly an amazing place. The contrasts are unbelievable, one moment you will be driving along the coast and there is nothing but volcanic rock where it is hot and humid and then you are in a tropical rain forrest or a beautiful mountain town where the air is cool. We have spent most of our time doing volcano stuff and a number of the photos we have attached show that. Stand outs have been a long and arduous hike to see the larva flows. This was a 4 1/2 hour round trip over some...

Sep 17, 2004 - The BIG Island!

Aloha Folks! Well, I was up at crack of bird fart this morning, because I was getting picked up by the tour company for my trip to The Big Island, Hawai'i. They took us to the airport, where we got onto one of those lil' propeller things (yup, my arsehole disappeared into my body when I saw it, never mind heard about it!!) The flight, however, was n't bad (we landed in one piece!) so they got two hearty thumbs way way up! We were picked up at the airport by our tour guide Steve. He was good. He had loads of info about everything. The...

Aug 22, 2004 - Big Island, Hawaii

Enjoyed our first surf lesson on Waikiki Beach and managed to stand up and surf the waves. We both fell onto rocks and had minor cuts so it was a good excuse for Debbie to visit the hunky lifeguard for some plasters. Spent last week in the Big Island, which was fantastic, with a huge variety of scenery. Spent a couple of days in Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park. This has the most active volcano on earth - Kilauea Caldera. This is part of Moana Loa, which itself is the largest volcano and also the biggest single mountain mass in the world....