This route covered the Southern part of the island. We started from the Woodvalley house, stopped briefly at the Buddhist temple, which was fitting for the spiritual surroundings. Then we made another stop at the Kau Coffee Mill for coffee and macadamia nut tastings. After 2 Cat-5 climbs we reached the famous Punalu'u Bake shop. Then we climbed a Cat-3 and it all went down hill: all the way to South Point, the Southern-most point in USA (which was actually not in Key West, Florida) The cliff was a popular spot to jump into the ocean (which I didn't, obviously) Then we took the van all the way up to the Volcano. After a nice dinner of Thai food at Thai Thai, we visited the Jagger museum of the Volcano to see the "red hot fire" spat from it. It was an unforgettable scene. We stayed at the cozy (yet a bit cold) Hale-Ohia Cottage for the night.
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| L-R: Michael, Chuck, Lisa, Alex Candelario, me |
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| South point cliff jump |
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| Fire spat from Kilauea |
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