http://bigisland.onethousandthingstodo.com Find things to do in your city! Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:29:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've made a lot of changes lately and one of the biggest changes is this - you can now contribute ideas, events, and recaps of your todo's to CoeurdAlene.OneThousandThingsToDo.com! We're turning this community over to you, heck you live here, it's already yours! It's Easy Our contribute form is located here. ... http://bigisland.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/11/29/you-can-contribute-to-onethousandthingstodocom/ On our recent trip to Kona, my wife and I visited the Kona International Market, a mostly outdoor shopping complex of vendor stalls. When there is a cruise ship calling in the port of Kona, free shuttle service is offered from the parking lot next to Kamakahonu Beach in Kailua-Kona. ... http://bigisland.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/08/25/kona-international-market%e2%80%94kailua-kona/ My wife and I visited this beach when we met her Mom and sister in Kona for Christmas. This is a nice little beach in the heart of Kona town, right off Ali’i Drive. This beach is right next to Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel, and offers many different activities, including ... http://bigisland.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/08/20/kamakahonu-beach%e2%80%94kailua-kona/ Recently, my wife and I met her mother and sister in Kona for a vacation. We devoted one day to visiting the mighty Kilauea Volcano in Volcanoes National Park. The entrance to the park was about a two hour drive from our hotel in Kona. We rented a private car, ... http://bigisland.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/08/17/volcanoes-national-park%e2%80%94kilauea/ Recently my wife’s Mom and her sister came to visit us in Hawaii, and we met in Kona on the Big Island. One of the highlights of our trip was a snorkeling excursion to Kahalu’u Bay, which is about a 15 minute drive from Kailua town. We actually walked about ... http://bigisland.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/08/09/snorkeling-kahaluu-bay-kona/ My wife and I recently visited Hilo on the Big Island. Hilo is a laid back, tropical coastal town. The highlight of our trip was scuba diving. We had no appointment set up when we arrived, and when we started calling various dive shops, we found that almost all of ... http://bigisland.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/08/03/scuba-diving-leleiwi-beach-park%e2%80%94hilo/ My wife and I made a visit to the Big Island and stayed overnight in the town of Hilo, on the island's east coast. Hilo has the distinction of being the town with the most rainfall in the United States, so be sure to bring an umbrella if you visit. ... http://bigisland.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/07/27/out-on-the-town-in-hilo/ How amazing would it be to say that you got to spend the night on a volcano? That’s exactly what my friend Dee and I did and it turned out to be one of the craziest and most surreal experiences we’ve ever had – but one that I would ... http://bigisland.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/07/21/spending-the-night-on-a-volcano-in-volcano/ My wife and I were in Kona on the Big Island this last Christmas. The highlight of our trip was a special scuba dive to see manta rays in their natural habitat—at night! First, a little background: manta ray dives have been happening for years off the Kona coast. There ... http://bigisland.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/07/20/manta-ray-night-dive%e2%80%94kona/ Tired of the usual date night that consists of dinner and a movie? Have you run out of ideas for somewhere out of the ordinary to take your significant other? How about a romantic yet adventurous (and even a little cutting edge) evening that involves the ocean and ... http://bigisland.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/07/20/an-unusual-night-on-the-town-watching-the-lava-flow/