More relaxing

Than normal, anyways. Today we trundled into Kona town, to stock up on supplies. The markets here are pretty good, the wares are great and you can get fruits and veggies for (mostly!) much cheaper than at supermarkets.

I've seen the photos before, but this time I've actually seen the real-life green geckos here. I approve:

Geckos and more in Kona

And in the afternoon, after heading back to the condo, we headed back out again, bound for the Place of Refuge, also known as Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park. But yeah, that's a massive mouthful. So Place of Refuge will do just fine.

The nickname 'Place of Refuge' is given by its original purpose - it was a colony formed of those accused of breaking the sacred kapu, Hawaiian laws, punishable by death. Those that escaped their punishment and reached the Place of Refuge were forever safe from retribution for the crimes.

Lots of traditional housing, games and canoes here:

Place of Refuge

After much squawking about the sun being at the wrong angle for sunset, we made for the condo again, stopping briefly in the outskirts of the town of Captain Cook to admire a rainbow. The rain is occasionally good for something!

Rainbow in Captain Cook

That saw us through the end of another day. More wandering around Kona tomorrow.

Felicity says:

Nice to be back in familiar territory - Kona is like a second home to me now, it's much less stressful when you know where everything is. There is much less rain here than Hilo as the clouds don't often get over the mountains. It's hotter this year than usual though, I am noticing it is a little unpleasant to be out walking around. Daylight Mind Coffee (in Matthew's photo) is a new place since last I visited, will be giving them a try another day as their deck is right on the ocean.