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Saturday, August 3, 2002
Holualoa, Kona, Hawai'i, Hawaii
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Holualoa, Kona, Hawai'i, Hawaii:
Latitude: 19° 37' 12" North
Longitude: 155° 56' 57" West
Altitude: 1660 feet
From Seattle: 2920 miles
Lodging: Hotel - Kona Hotel
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Today's Travel:
Country: United States
Region: Hawaii
Weather: Mostly Sunny / Overcast
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Tiger Calwrie Dive: Long Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Slipper Lobster Dive: Long Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Lava tube exit Dive: Long Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Golden Lace (?) Nudibranch Dive: Long Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Golden Lace (?) Nudibranch Dive: Long Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Spanish Dancer Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Spanish Dancer Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Spanish Dancer Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Spanish Dancer Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Spanish Dancer Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Spanish Dancer Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Spanish Dancer Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Four spot damsels Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Lion fish Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Lion fish Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Lion fish Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Lion fish Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Lion fish Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Lion fish Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

? Fish Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Lion fish Dive: Spiral Lava Tube, Kona, Hawai'i, HI

Dolphin Kona, Hawai'i, HI

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Trip Stats to Date:
Day: 52
Linear Dist: 13253
Countries Visited: 3
Regions Visited: 9
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Hotels: 19
Friends / Family: 24
Camping: 6
Transit: 1
Hospital: 2
Beers: 93
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Journal Entry:
We were on the dive boat before eight. The first dive was at "Long Lava Tube" - a pretty neat dive that included swimming through a pretty long lava tube (150+ feet long) where we saw a couple varieties of lobsters and a couple different nudibranchs. Other highlights were the very nice coral, and a lot of different reef fish. The second dive was at "Spiral Lava Tube" - another shorter lava tube. The highlight of the dive was a Spanish Dancer (the largest nudibranch in the world - this one was about a foot long). It was the first one I've seen that actually danced (swam). After the dives we talked to one of the guides about a trip that their leading in 2004 to the Galapagos - I really want to go.

The rest of the day was spent going to a Macadamia Nut center to learn about macadamia nuts, but it was really just a shop - which didn't stop us from buying some. We also hit the Kona Coffee Cooperative and tried to go to the painted church - but there were services going on.

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