After packing, remove half of what you packed as you probably wont wear it. Bathing suits and shorts with a nice dress/ shirt for guys is all you need.
Buy a big jug of water at trip start if you are used to good RO water, we drank the tap water but it tastes "chlorinated". Maybe we would have drank less beer had we had good water ;)
Look around at menus and prices in the busy areas, you will find quite a variety of selection and prices.
Take your cooler to get groceries, Kona is 30+ everyday
Binoculars... take them if you have them
Rent a Jeep and don’t be afraid to drive it... there is lots more to see then on the paved paths
SKIP - road to the sea, miollii , Whittington,
With a beach umbrella you can sit on any beach, if you like some shade like me you will find many o the beaches may not have many shade spots
Costco is the cheapest place on the island for gas and food, booze and snacks. If the sea food display is up buy as it is short lived and packaged salads sell out so get it when you see it.
Mantra rays are best seen from below.. so dive if you want the best seat
There are more beaches then you can see in probably 3/day for a month ;) If you want to go to green sand beach and have a jeep and good driver ..go and stay high closest to the fence line. if you are worried/have no insurance/ pay the runners the $20/person to take you, I would never walk it.
Tropical dreams ice cream in Hawi is yummy and the point up there is worthy the drive. The donkey station just before sells yummy ginger lime aid
There are many great websites and books, like Hawaii Revealed (which also has an app)
If you are looking for a great condo, pick Kona Isle E4
Booze is cheap like rest of USA, by end of our 12 days we donated 90 beer cans, 6 henry hard sodas, 1 regular rum, 1 jumbo baileys and 2 pre mixed margarita bottles, 2 pina coloda mix, 4 large juice containers to the condo recycling fund. It is so good to see they recycle on the island.
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