Sunday, February 18, 2007

Day One: Hilo, Hawaii

A local on the flight recommended we go to Ken's Pancake House for breakfast. We do too!
We thought we'd have enough time to go to Volcano Nat. park and a botanical garden, but it didn't happen. We only made it through the park. We did a stop at Akatsuka Orchid Nursery to make up for it. That was goregeous!
Here's pics from our trip.



We went to Cafe Pesto for dinner. That was good. It was great timing too. When we got there, they were getting ready to light firecrackers and have a lion dance right outside the resturant. Next thing we knew the lions were in the resturant dancing around our table. I was so surprised that Evan wasn't scared, and waved "hi" to them as they came by!
Happy Chinese New Year!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

hahah that's so awesome that you won a tshirt!

Love the akaka and gas collector pics. :)

Jerin said...

Haha! Winning that t-shirt is so Mark.

Michelle said...

your trip looks soooooooooooooooooo fun! we are jealous. the tshirt is classic. jason and i were cracking up about it. have a good rest of your trip!

Anonymous said...

So fun to read your update. Your little Evan is more darling than ever. We're jealous you're in Hawaii! We celebrated Chinese New Year with our family for the 1st time with having our little Gracie with us. I must say I skipped the cleaning the house bit, although I did know about that tradition. We must see a photo of your famous T-shirt! Also, next year we will order take out! I'm not so good at cooking chinese food.
Come visit us sometime.
Love the Jewkes Family

Michelle said...

i remembered another good place. nico's at pier 38, in iwilei, close to costco. it has good fish and i think are only open for lunch. i think you're still in hawaii?