Category Archives: Places

No Bike Tours

A sign alongside the road at Pololu, Hawaii

Pololu is at the end of the main highway through North Kohala. It was popular with bike tour operators who would drop their clients in Hawi for the 15 mile round trip to Pololu lookout and back. However, the stretch from Kapaau is narrow and winding and the shoulder is slim to non-existent. It also gets a lot of traffic with people keen to see the views without getting all hot and sweaty. So after some accidents and more near misses, people lobbied to have the bike tours banned. This duly happened and is, on balance, a good thing I think.

I did like this sign, about 100 yards from the road end at Pololu. It seems a bit late to warn about the ban, but perhaps it’s meant to discourage tour operators from driving their clients to the end of the road and having them cycle back!

Red Anthurium

A Red Anthurium at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden. Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.

The Numbers Game #102

Sunset over Kohala — North Kohala sunset.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 224. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A gecko sparkles in the sunlight — A gallery of Gold Dust Day Geckos.

Cattle Egrets and mower

Cattle egrets follow a lawn mower in Hawaii.

Cattle egrets look for snacks stirred up by the passage of a lawn mower.

Mirror, mirror on the wall …

Looking into the mirror at my dentist’s office in Waimea.

Room with a view

A view from the shelter at Kapa'a Beach Park in North Kohala, Hawaii

The view from the shelter at Kapa’a Beach Park in North Kohala.

The Numbers Game #101

It’s the time of year when big northwest swells start to hit the islands. This one is from a few years back.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 223. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.