Expedition Hilo

I went to Hilo last weekend with 3 other interns. Hilo isn't a hot spot for tourists. The town looks like it's straight out of the 1970's-80's, complete with a 1950's downtown. The Big Island is known for its slow pace of life and country attitude, completely different than the Islands of Oahu and Maui. Everyone here seems to be "local or native." Hence- if you have blonde hair you stick out and if you go to the beach with two other blonde girls you really stick out in the crowd!

We spent the day at the Beach. Two little local boys loved playing with us! In Hawaii, young people refer to elders as Aunty and Uncle. The boys kept calling us Aunty and Uncle all day. It was Hilarious and we have no idea where their parents were all day. Hope the little kiddos made it home okay.


We found some Lilikoi- a type of passion fruit- at the beach. It was delicious,free, fresh, but had a very funny texture.


In Hilo Town we stopped to have a famous Hawaiian Shaved Ice. This Massive Snow Cone beat the pants off any snow cone you will ever find at Swiss Days or the Berne Pool!