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Explore Kailua Kona, HI:
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Until recently, windward Hawaii's major city, HILO , was the economic and political powerhouse of the island. It's still the capital, and home to 45,000 people, but as the sugar mills close ... Read more...
The Island of Hawai'i is the furthest south of any in the island chain, and it's larger than all the other islands put together. It's also the home of the world's highest mountain ... Read more...
Kohala's largest community, WAIMEA , is no longer the company town it used to be; the Parker Ranch now employs just one hundred of its eight thousand inhabitants. While still proud of its cowboy ... Read more...
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Unless you stay in Volcano House or the park-service campgrounds, the village of VOLCANO offers the only accommodation in the vicinity of the park. Though it's just a mile or so east of the park ... Read more...
HOLUALOA , the first and nicest of the coffee-growing towns, stands well above the Belt Road, scarcely three miles out of Kailua, and feels a long way removed from the hurly-burly below. This sleepy ... Read more...
Most visitors to the Waikoloa resorts never head the eight miles up to WAIKOLOA VILLAGE itself. Should you want to do so, take the road that leaves Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway a short distance north ... Read more...
Explore Kamuela, HI:
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Explore Kohala Coast, HI:
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You can't miss NA'ALEHU as you drive through Ka'u. Eight miles south of Punalu'u, it lines each side of the highway for around half a mile, without stretching very far away from the ... Read more...