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Papakolea Green Sand Beach, Hawaii

Postcard from Hawaii | the big island

Papakolea Green Sand Beach, Hawaii

We left the cool green morning that collects between the trees near the volcanoes to make our way down to the southern tip of the island. Look out across flaxen fields of grass dotted with cattle and horses the color of sand to see the ocean meet the sky.

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junk drawer // armchair travel volume 2

Cabilao Sunset

The ‘Junk Drawer’ is a random dose of  things to read, eat, enjoy and explore

Somehow in the midst of all this, we are moving.  Heading off to Hawaii to set down roots for a couple of years surrounded by the vast blue ocean.  News of our move prompted me to immediately watch the film Endless Summer.  Although I am a scuba diver (a hobby borne out of a love for water and beach, but the inability to sit still), I never really had the desire to try surfing…that was until I saw the film.  Maybe it is the innocence that the film exudes or Continue reading