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Honeymoon recap 06 – Submarine tour and botanical gardens

The PolyBlog
January 27 2024

Day 6 in Hawaii was fun as we were now in Kona, ready to start “phase II” of our honeymoon. We had finished with Hilo, and now we were going to explore all around Kona. I mentioned in a previous post that part of my desire for the trip was to experience events that I couldn’t do anywhere else…bucket list items, for example.

The first activity of the day was a submarine ride, cruising around the coast of the Island at about 100′ deep. It’s not exactly the Marianas Trench, but it’s a submarine nonetheless. Of course, it’s designed for tourists and capturing every rent-seeking dollar they can from you, which means they offered the obligatory memorable photo (selfies weren’t really a thing yet) before taking the Atlantis out to the submarine.

Submarine tour

In reality, it’s a lot like an underwater bus with windows all the way along and a big glass dome cockpit.

Submarine tour

Down the centre ran a long bench, and if there were enough people, they’d probably fill both sides. We weren’t exactly in high season, so you could swing from side to side, depending on which side had the better view.

Submarine tour

I didn’t get great shots out the windows with our little point-and-shoot camera, but enough to show fish, a boat wreck with anchor, etc.

Submarine tour
Submarine tour

It wasn’t as exciting as the helicopter tour previously, but it was fun. If I had one, I think I’d love to just go hang out with the sting rays.

Submarine tour

After the morning submersion in the ocean, we went to explore some of the local flora. There was a botanical garden a short drive back towards Hilo, we’d passed it the day before on the way in, and we went to check out the trees, leaves, and flowers. You could wander around and see lots of things, even after a brief rain, but signage wasn’t extensive so hard to identify some of the plants.

Botanical gardens
Botanical gardens

Some of the leaves were incredible though. Definitely not Ontario.

Botanical gardens
Botanical gardens

We couldn’t identify most of the flowers either.

Botanical gardens
Botanical gardens

The submarine was a bucket list item, and I’d love to do it again. The botanical garden wasn’t as exciting as we had hoped, but pretty interesting still.

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Honeymoon recap 05 – Hilo park, Rainbow Falls, and Black Sand Beach

The PolyBlog
January 28 2015

Day 5 in Hawaii was a bit of a sad day as we had to leave Hilo to head to the other side of the island. We had only been there 4 days, but already we were starting the “Hawaiian tourist” conversation with ourselves of “what-would-we-do-if-we-lived-here”. It was awesome in Hilo. But we were booked for only 4 days on that side of the island, and it was time to move on to Kona. Before leaving Hilo, we wanted to explore a bit around the park next to our hotel. Note that Hilo is a much quieter, simpler world compared … Continue reading →

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