We have been to Big Island before when Cherub was there working for Maui Divers.....We had hoped to get there again but, as I said in my posts, we had trouble getting out of bed earlier than 10.30am.
The Big Island is definitely worth a trip for anyone visiting the Hawaiian Islands.....the diversity of the island, its different landscapes, the volcano still spewing and bubbling into the ocean....we thoroughly enjoyed our time there back then....and I am assuming that nothing much has changed, except maybe the population.
We certainly enjoyed walking Waikiki and taking it all in, not to mention the shopping. We made sure we were definitely NOT going to buy another suitcase, as this has happened so often before!!! Small stuff this time, except for the ukelele's.....did'nt know you say ookelele's and not yukelele's.
The only thing that was heavy was the kitchen towels and oven mitts, and they were crammed into my caseand it survived. The two ukelele's were hand carried.
I did'nt pass comment on the weather....it is similar to Townsville in winter.....bliss.