The Big Island..Hawaii.....Port of Hilo

This morning we docked in Hilo, on what is known as the big Island, the one that is actually called Hawaii. I was up early answering the knock on the door that was our room service delivery of a cup of tea. I needed to be up at seven, so I could book our tender off the ship for tomorrow morning.
After a leisurely breakfast in the dining room, we took the free shuttle to the farmers market in downtown Hilo, and wandered around the shops for an hour or so.
There was a wonderful Tsunami Museum we spent an hour looking around, and learning about the tidal waves, as we once called them. Hawaii is very vulnerable to tsunamis, as it is right in the centre of the "ring of fire" in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Hilo has been devastated a couple of times this century, and there were many photos, and personal stories of survivors in the museum. The waterfront area of Hilo, which was once covered in buildings, has been turned into parkland now.

The last time we were here in Hawaii in 2010, we awoke to a tsunami warning, fortunately, it came to nothing. We were able to spend the morning in the hotel bar waiting for something to happen.

To return to our ship, we jumped on a public bus, and after quite a drive around the town, we were dropped within walking distance of the dock.

We enjoyed our lunch at the Cadillac Bar, and then had a quiet afternoon on the ship before meeting up with Russ and Judy, who had been on an excursion to the active volcano of Kilewea.








After dinner we saw a fabulous show in the Hollywood theatre. A wonderful magician, who was also a dancer and a comedian. He did the most amazing illusions, a couple of which involved audience members.





A pig was our friend tonight.