5th August '98

A last day in Big island, this tour

It came the last day in Big Island, in an instant. I waked up at 8:00am, because I removed the difference in time. We went to Hapuna beach after breakfast. It was a fine day against yesterday. But it was a hard wind. The direction of the wind was opposite against as usual. There was no wave, because the wind blew from land to sea. So we could not surf in spite of I rented two body boards. Not only this, when I sat on the beach, I was made attacks by sands. So I had an ache on my skin. I had this experience in Maui, when I went to the Embassy Suite Hotel. I was attacked by sand at that beach. My wife defended herself by her an umbrella, which she brought from Japan. My son gave up surfing and changed to snorkeling. There were some rocks on the shore line. There were a lot of coral and seaweed. Therefore, there were many fishes around them, because the fishes ate them. My son and I found these fishes while we swam with body boards as floater. It was a good condition under the no wind no wave. My son enjoyed seeing them, because he could find many fishes. I went to pool after beach, because we had a time until lunch. It was best after playing beach. There was no way to stock the foods, which I brought from Japan, because I would leave Big Island tomorrow. We ate the foods, there were in kitchen, as we canceled to go to another restaurant. We went to go to two hotels, Maula Lani Bay and Orchid at Maula Lani. The both hotel were located in the resort of Maula Lani. It was the Maula Lani Orchid that my son wanted to stay, when he watched the pamphlet. The Orchid was named Litz Carlton once. I wondered when it changed it's name. This hotel was not only for family, but also for mature age couples. I thought so, when I visited there. I had a impression that beach of both hotels were very beautiful. However, when I saw them at this time, I felt that they were not beautiful, because I saw the Hapuna Beach, which was the top ten beaches in USA. I bought a bucket with hotel logo at Maula Lani Hotel, and two geckos made by glass at Maula Lani Orchid. I ate dry noodles for supper after tennis with my son.