Big Island 2

We just love our stay here at the Avocado Tree House!
It is S. of Hilo, on the wetter, and lush side of the island. Near rainforest, and lava fields, which means few tourists, as most people like the nicer beaches on the west side.
Pahoa is quite the hippie hang out, and Craig read something about FBI fugitives..
Breakfast is included: the best papaya ever, bunches of bananas (shorter, tastier than at home, and might be of the Lady Finger variety per Craig. In Maui, we had Apple Bananas from our host's smaller farm), all the avocados you can eat, oranges &tangerines, star fruit, their own eggs.. Whole grain bread + coffee.

More pictures: Big Island 2 link
Our hostess is super nice; she runs this 11-acre organic fruit farm, on which she has 3 rental properties now that their kids are grown up. Her husband manages another farm nearby. We have total privacy, and only hear the small coqui tree frogs (loud in the evening, and their call sounds just like their name!), and Craig has found it difficult to sleep at times due to the rooster, and the birds. The guineau fowl are big per Craig, and can also be pretty loud.
We had our first 'night out' at Uncle Roberts, a local evening market with food, and music. The word 'Aina' means land, as seen in the picture of the sign.
Thursday we biked to the new lava fields, and saw the steam, where lava flows into the ocean from the Kilauea eruption. Amazingly, people are building new homes right on the lava fields, and coconut palms, and flowers are starting to grow where it is difficult to see any soil at all.
I had fun imagining all kinds of objects in the lava formations.
The pictures of the flowers and the fruit, were all taken a few feet from the house, or from the house. The one of avocados and star fruit, is the view from our bathroom sink, a covered outdoor such, but with nice, warm, running water. A Loo with a View!
Thursday we also biked from here, came home for a late lunch, and after this Craig snorkeled in nearby tide pools, and saw lots of colorful fish. Too late in the day for me, as the sun was low, and we might go back when the tide is higher, and the footing on the sharp lava is better. Don't have the pic's from this day yet due to 'technical difficulties...'