KILIG IN KILAUEA

This coming school year, the incoming grade five students will be discussing the types of volcanos as part of their lessons in HEKASI. They will definitely discuss the shield volcanoes and might discuss Kilauea as one example. The teacher might ask who has seen Kilauea. When this happens, my daughter will most probably raise her hand and there is a high probability that she may be one of the very few who will do so.

It’s been close to 3 decades since I studied volcanoes in school and I still recall that we discussed Kilauea. On day 6 of our trip to Hawaii, we got the chance to check out one of the most active volcanoes in the world. It was amazing! I was like a child in awe.

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SUB FOUR

During our 11 day trip to Hawaii, we saw a total of FOUR submarines.

ONE SUB
We rode a US $ 12 million submarine for 60 minutes to the tune of US 114 per person. It is called the Atlantis Submarine Adventure in Waikiki.

TWO SUB
We went inside two submarines during our 11 day vacation. The first was the USS Bowfin which was part of the Pearl Harbor historic trip and the second was the Altlantis Submarine Adventure.

THREE SUB
Last May 31 on day 8 of our trip, we saw 3 submarines: the Atlantis XIV, the Atlantis VII and the yellow submarine at the Maui Divers office.

FOUR SUB
In total during our 11 day vacation, we saw 4 submarines – the Atlantis XIV, the Atlantis VII and the yellow submarine at the Maui Divers office on day 8 and the USS Bowfin on day 2 of our trip.

The funny Atlantis tour guide who looks like Rick Fox of the LA Lakers said that those who rode the submarine belong to the 10% of the world’s population that have seen the depths of the ocean.

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FORD’S EDGE

The original plan for the Big Island, Hawaii trip was to rent a sub-compact car, the cheapest vehicle in the car rental lot. Public transportation was not very efficient in this side of town so car rental was a wiser option. Had we opted for a sub-compact car, we would have gotten a pretty red Nissan Versa instead we opted for a compact SUV in the guise of a white Ford Edge.

The Ford Edge is a very capable vehicle. Its direct competitors are the Kia sorento, Hyundai SantaFe, probably the Toyota Fortuner and the Mitsubishi Montero. It is s not offered in the Philippines though.

It was equipped with a gas guzzling V6 engine but that was compensated by the visibility offered to the driver and all the passengers. The size and ride was similar to our personal compact SUVs – Honda CRV & Subaru Forester, so driving adjustment was minimal.

We logged a total of 275 miles, X miles on day 1 and Y miles on day 2. On day 1, the farthest point that we reached was the Chain of Craters road inside the Hawaii National Volcano Park located south of Hilo, Big Island and on day 2, the farthest point that we reached was Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site and Spencer Beach Park which was north of Big Island along the Kohala Coast.