Then the four of us piled in the van and went to tour Greenwell Coffee Farm. I had decided that I wanted to buy some real Kona coffee, but I figured that if I was going to do that (and pay the $$$$$ for it), I'd really like to buy it from the source. It was an interesting tour. We got to taste the raw beans right off the tree, and saw how they dry and process the beans. Jim and I bought two pounds, one of chocolate macadamia nut, and one of their private reserve.
Then we continued south to tour the Place of Refuge, where ancient Hawaiians who broke societal laws were spared execution if they could make it there. Talk about a photo opportunity!! Beautiful, very peaceful place.
We have had very good weather so far. Typical pattern: Kona is clear in the morning and then clouds up in the afternoon, maybe some light showers. The Kohala coast has been sunny, warm, and breezy everytime we've been there.
We had lunch at Bubba Gumps' in Kona. It's definitely a tourist trap, but it's a fantastic location right on the water!
Later we had the main event of the day (trip?): the Manta Ray Night Dive. It was awesome as always. 2 tanks. The first tank, twilight dive was in a lava cavern that was shaped like a carousel, and we saw a rare, shy flame angel fish. Very pretty!
For the night dive, we had 3 mantas show up, and they put on the usual terrific show for us. During our "tour" of the reef afterwards, we saw 2 eels out hunting. It was a great dive, but boy were we exhausted when we got back to the condo at nearly 10PM. Slept GREAT!
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