We left late afternoon on a Thursday, which got us there with enough time for dinner and sleep. The place that we were staying at included a kitchen and living room, so we didn’t have to go out for breakfast. On Friday, we decided to stay close since we were going on a dinner luau cruise. The cruise was about what you would expect. They had a live band along with dancers that would dance around the isles and on the tables. I didn’t have the heart to tell Leslie that the wine I brought back from the bar was box wine, but she probably had her suspicions when I told her that the bartender had suggested I bring back some ice for the wine since it was warm. After all of the food had been taken away, everyone was invited to dance on the tables to the sort of stuff you’ll find played at weddings when they want everyone to dance. My personal highlight was when Leslie and one of the dancers started doing the electric slide. The rest of us around that table will a little intimidated at the quality of the dancing, so I decided to just take pictures.

In an effort to pack in as much as possible, much of Saturday was spent driving to various parts of the island seeing the volcanoes and waterfalls. The best waterfall we saw was a triple waterfall at one of the botanical gardens. We drove around the volcano park, which was pretty impressive for someone that had never been to a volcano in person. Most of Sunday was spent shopping before we flew back Sunday night. If you want to see some more pictures, I put some of the more interesting ones in a flick photoset. I’ll admit that it wasn’t the most exciting trip that I’ve ever had, but Kona is a great place to go if you want the kind of vacation where you just wander around and chill out most of the time.