We are having a great time here in Puna! The first week was a little rainy but now the we
ather turned to a mix of sun and clouds, highs in the mid 70’s, lows in the low 60’s with the gentle trade winds rustling the palm fronds. We have been to Kehena Beach a few times and have enjoyed the warm waters while watching pods of spinner dolphins move along the shore performing their spectacular spinning jumps which give them their name. The water at Kehena is quite treacherous and many swimmers have lost their lives there. We went in the water briefly one day. There are big waves breaking right on the beach so your timing has to be very precise when getting into the water to avoid getting slammed by a breaker. Then when you get into the water there is a very strong current that wants to pull you out to sea. The sandy part of the beach is quite narrow and there are sharp lava rock cliffs everywhere else. Needless to say one has to be very careful!
We’ve also been bike riding almost every day. The roads here are lightly traveled and very scenic with crashing waves and sea spray washing over you as you ride by. We often ride on the red road so named beacouse of the red color of the soils here. Before the road was paved it was red in color. Above is a picture of the red road I took the other day.
On April 14 a magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook the area! I was on a bike ride by myself so didn’t feel it but later everyone at the beach was talking about it and decribed the sensation as a “rolling” feeling.
Scott bought a spa memebership at Kalani Oceanside Retreat a non-profit educational retreat nestled in the jungle and less than a mile from where we are staying. Scott swims in their pool everyday and uses the gym. The other day while we were hanging out on the beach, Richard, the founder and director of Kalani had a group of guys staying at Kalani with him and they did a little Hula for us, clicking surf-smoothed lava rocks in their hands to mark the tempo. We caught it on video…see it here!
So that’s it for now. We will be hiking out to where the lava flows into the sea in the next day or two and will be posting video, stay tuned!
Posted on April 16th, 2009 by Dave
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Thanks to this post I do not seem like an idiot. I had an argument with my friend and this shows I was right. Thanks!
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