tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977044224939777967.post5370362896692615200..comments2023-11-18T18:14:45.871-05:00Comments on Blunoz Random Ramblings: Big Island - Part 5 wrap-upblunozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917109513028096262noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977044224939777967.post-33778497679948921272008-06-12T22:57:00.000-04:002008-06-12T22:57:00.000-04:00Nicely done. When I was a JO a new airline starte...Nicely done. When I was a JO a new airline started up--Mahalo--and they had an introductory deal of $50 one way tickets. I slept overnight in line and spent every cent I had free on them--and used 'em for the next two years going to the other islands.<BR/><BR/>I wish I had caught this in time; on the road from Kona to the volcano is the winery, which is cute, and a little coffee place where this retired Vietnam-era Navy intel officer does the initial fermenting and drying of coffee beans on his little plot of land. He sells coffee, has all sorts of macadamia and avocado and other such lining the rough road to his place, and it was worth a casual visit. Also, the biggest bonsai collection outside Japan is in a botanical garden about halfway to Volcano, and they use banyans for bonsai as well so you see some pretty interesting trees.Chaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10387249548750458757noreply@blogger.com