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My family and I took a cruise around the Hawaiian islands in 2019. We embarked in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. Prior to embarkation, we spent a few days on land and explored Oahu. Using Hilton’s Hawaiian Village as our base, we enjoyed visiting many interesting sites before boarding the Pride of America. We spent a week on board cruising the Hawaiian Islands. Our first port of call was Kahului Harbor on Maui.

After Maui, we sailed to the big island of Hawaiʻi. On the big island we had two ports; the first was Hilo. At the port, we met our guide from Roberts Hawaii. He took us to Volcanoes National Park where we visited the Volcano House, the steam vents, Kilauea Iki and Chain of Craters. We stopped at Big Island Candies on the way back to port for some goodies. Back at the port, we hopped into a taxi to go to Rainbow Falls and Richardson’s Black Sand Beach. As we sailed away from Hilo after a busy day of sightseeing, we had a good view of an interesting island attached to the Big Island by a bridge. We’d seen a rainbow over it when we’d arrived in port that morning.

This island is Mokuola or Coconut Island. It is connected by the bridge to Lili’uokalani Park and Gardens and is a small pubic park with beaches, picnic areas and fields.

Mokuola means ‘island of life’ in Hawaiian and was the site of an ancient healing temple. According to legend, the ill could be cured by swimming around the island three times.

Hilo Posts➢

Location: Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawaii
Designation: Public Park
Date of my visit: April 16, 2019