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After the stop at Akaka Falls, we stopped at a local fruit garden and had a taste of fresh fruit – yes, fresh coconut, fresh bananas and a couple of other fruits for which the tongue needs to twist too much to say out loud. We then headed a bit south to the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden.
First of all, this is a botanical garden, so floooooowweeeeeer pictures (big fan). Second of all, the history of the garden is pretty interesting – one man, in 1977 was strolling around the Big Island with his wife and said “I’d like to live here”. Of course, no housing crisis back then, so he bought about 17 acres of land (now the garden occupies about 40 acres). He kinda got bored and did not want to destroy the nature on this island, so he decided, along with his wife, to start a botanical garden. So, they sold everything that they had on the main land and decided to move to the Big Island and start working on the garden. Of course, this piece of land was not at all taken care of, so they had to carve their way through the jungle and start taking care of the place. 7 years later, in 1984, the garden was open to the public. 30 years later, I present you some pictures from the garden – of course, you can’t tell they are actually taken there, but bare with me.
And this place is a rainforest. Here, you can see the droplets of water on a tree and my attempt at macro photography.
One of the places I appreciated most in the botanical garden is this waterfall – you are in the middle of the “jungle”, trees and shade all around you with patches of sunlight, all you can hear are the birds and the sound of the waterfall and there is a bench nearby so you can just lay down and wait for a couple of minutes. Of course, this is a “jungle”, so by laying down you might expose yourself to who-knows what animals/insects looking for lunch.
The flower is nice, but I really like the background in this picture – I never knew that my lens can take such pictures.
Oh, hi there – I almost didn’t see you because last night… “I drink I thank too much”.
And more flowers…
After taking millions of pictures of the flowers in the Botanical Garden, we headed south once more, towards Hilo, strolled around the city for a bit and then went to Rainbow Falls. This is a small waterfall, just outside Hilo which looks like perfect for a dip in the hot summer days. Apparently, if you get there at 10AM on a sunny day and there is some water in the waterfall (this time, there was not a lot of water. Last time I was there, even less), you will see rainbows in the mist surrounding the waterfall. Just above the waterfall, there are some ponds where the water gathers – they call these the “Boiling Pots”.
There is a slight hike you can take through the forest and across the Boiling Pots and you can get to the gorge of the waterfall and see the stream flowing. Talk about a different point of view…
This thing about being more agile with my blog posts and pictures proves to be a challenge – one that I am willing to take. Over and out, it’s Friday evening.
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