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Spring Break ~その1.Big Island

2016.05.24

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ハワイ大学の春休み期間中に行われたツアーでビッグアイランドを訪れた学生たちのレポートをご紹介します。

I experienced so many things for this mid-term break.
I went to big island with friends and Julie, who is HELP teacher. On the first day, I visited the telescope. The stars were so beautiful and we cannot see them in Japan. They were beautiful like diamonds in the sky. The guide staff gave us some food, hot cocoa, and a sweet brownie. They were so delicious. I also saw the sunset before looking through the telescope. I cannot describe how beautiful it was, so I put photo of the view here.
On the second day, I took the tour bus and saw the volcano. I learned a bout "Pele" the goddess of Hawaii. After that, I went to a black sand beach. I was surprised that the sand was literally black. I could also see a sea turtle and it was pretty. In addition, I went to a rainbow fall. Exactly, it was great waterfall, but I thought it was just a waterfall. If we could see rainbow there, I might feel different, but the weather was not good, so we couldn't see rainbow.
On the last day, I ate a delicious chicken sandwich. The restaurant was in front of the hotel which we stayed. It was a little expensive, but it was worth eating.
I could enjoy this trip very much. The taxi driver was nice and told us some information about Hawaii. Julie was also kind to us and supported us very much. I'm so grateful to them.

Saki Mishima

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I went to Big Island from May 13th to May 15th. I was worried about the weather because it would be rainy or cloudy according to the weather forecast, but luckily the final day was a very clear day.
On the first day, I put my baggage in the hotel room, and I participated in the Mauna Kea Summit Adventure. This tour plan was that we ride the tour bus and see sunset and star from top of Mauna Kea Mountain. However, unfortunately, this day had bad weather, so we could not to see the stars at all. Luckily, I could see a beautiful, beautiful sunset!! I had never seen a view like this. It was so beautiful and I was moved.
On the second day, we got up early and took the big tour bus. We participated in the tour to go around the Big island by bus. We could see almost all the tourist attractions of Hawaii island. In particular, I liked to see the volcano and the black sand beach. It was the first time for me to see a real volcano. I felt that it is very mysterious that lava broke out from the mountain and smoke appeared. And also, I felt the wonder of nature. I've never seen a black sand beach, so I felt it to be very fresh because I have looked at only the white sandy beach.
On the last day, we walked around the hotel because it was freetime until the time of riding the taxi. When it was past noon, traffic was stopped and a lot of activities like flea market were lined up on both sides of the road. I was shopping and it was fun!!
I was able to have an experience that I've never done on Oahu in these days. Someday, I want to take my family out to this place again.

Kanae Takatori