Day 4 - Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau and Greenwell Farms Kona Coffee

Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau is a beautiful and historic area of Kona.  The Royals had land here and there was also a place of refuge. If you got yourself in trouble with the law, and you could outrun the law enforcers, you could go to this place of refuge, get pardoned, and not loose your life or limb(s). Here we are looking at a pond that has fish in it. The circles are where the fish lay their eggs and protest them.

  

We traveled a way down from this spot and saw where the royals were buried and the Captain Cook monument.

  

The Greenwell farms was the next stop. If you know me, you know that I am not a coffee person. But, it was a pretty and neat tour. We learned how coffee was made, got to see some coffee plants, the students tried some coffee.  I took pictures.

Apparently the red ones are the ripe ones.

   

 

I saw this dish on Yelp and just had to have it.  It was as yummy as it looked on line.  Pasta, vegetables, and sausage.  So good! After a super yummy dinner at Mi's Bistro, we came back for night activities.