Volcano Road Trip  July 2, 2011 Volcano's National Park - No matter how many times I go to the Volcano I see things there I've never seen before. I've been 5 times in 15 ...

Four Seasons Kona Village Coming Soon?  Before Tsunami



After



The boat is still original. Now let's revisit this in a couple of years and see how far off the mark I am. Posted ...

Kona Village Resort Closing Indefinitely   The following was released to the media earlier today:


Aloha All,

It is with a heavy heart that we must inform you of the decision to close Kona ...

Is Kona Village Closing Forever? Something Smells Fishy  Both resorts that are closed due to the tsunami are the Hualalai Resort and Kona Village. They happen to be side by side.

Kona Village sustained more ...

Kona Tsunami - March 11, 2011  So far this is the best video of the tsunami as it was in progress. I did not shoot this. His heart was in the right place, his brain, I'm not so sure....

Feb. 25, 2011 Pod of Whales Cruising By  So I'm sittin here minding my own business reading West Hawaii Today, aka yesterday's news tomorrow and what do I see?

About 15 whales pass by the ...

Kona Coffee Nightingale Donkeys Mass Population Problem   Up around Waikoloa there are around 600 donkeys that are decedents of the original Nightingales brought to the island to help harvest coffee before the ...

Flying Over The Island of Hawaii | Mauna Kea | Mauna Loa | Wiapio Valley  On a recent trip to the 9th island (Vegas). I shot a short video over the big island showing Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa with snow. And notice my surprise ...

Best Big Island Lava Video - Just Shot A Few Days Ago 

shuttle service from Hilo town to Kona airport other than the HeleBus?  Joe, do you or any of our FB friends know of a shuttle service from Hilo town to Kona airport? Our son lives in Hilo, and always flies out of Kona at Christmas ...

Only In Ocean View...  My friend from Ocean View sent me this photo. You never know what you're going to see down there. Notice the tusks...

Help with Where to stay - Please!  Hi!
I need lots of help! We are looking to come to Kona but need help with where to stay.
We are wanting a resort/hotel that has all the amenities that ...

Keki Hula  

This is a test to see if the audio is working in this video. It works for me at Youtube but a couple of people said there was no sound.

What ...

Our Kona Adventure Vacation  My son and his girl friend came to visit. She's never been here before. This is what we did.

Saturday late afternoon arrival, stopped off at old ...

Konaweb and Konaforum - Friends or Foes?  
Some website owners squelch or delete the mere mention of another websites name that they view as a competing website about their topic.

Personally,...

Kona Water Spout Dec. 20 2009  I spotted this monster water spout just off Kaiwi Point at 10:10 AM.



Earlier I had been sitting on the lanai reading the paper and was watching ...

Kona Stroll Dec.   The response to the Christmas parade video was pretty surprising in a good way. Lot's of folks emailed and or commented here that they liked the video....

Kona Christmas Parade 2009   Wow! This was the biggest parade I've ever seen here in Kona. It was really good. They beat me down at 1.5 hours, that's when I started heading for home....

www.hawaiiwildlifecenter.org  I received an email about the Hawaii Wildlife Center yesterday and it was the first I had heard about it. Currently my plate is full and I don't have time ...

Ironman USS Paul Hamilton Navy Seals  The Navy destroyer just pulled up outside the house... If it's like last year, the Navy Seals will parachute into Kailua bay just before the start of ...

Hawaii County Helicopter Searching For A Shark   Chances are the county helicopter was trailing a big shark in this photo taken with the webcam on Saturday afternoon.

This photo was taken just above ...

Hawaii Humanne Society  When we were in Kona we visited the Hawaii Humane Society in Kona on two occasions. We found many nice dogs available as we love animals very much.

We ...

Do It Yourself SO2 Eliminator  For $52.04 I made my own SO2 eliminator - And It Works!

This simple unit uses a fish tank air pump to push air through bubble stones immersed in a baking ...

Paul Allen's Meduse  That was the yacht that was here Christmas eve day.(2008) After blowing up a photo I could see what I thought was "Medust" it was actually "Meduse" on ...

Can you name the owner of this yacht & helicopter?   It pulled up out front this afternoon on Christmas eve.

Snow In Hawaii?   My friend Mary Lovein sent me a bunch of photos from their recent trip to Mauna Kea. Hopefully I'll get time to post more of them.

Mauna Kea is over ...

Kona Commons - Petco, Office Max, Sports Authority Now Open  All of the above have opened here in the last few weeks. Every weekend we've went to a new store opening. That's how exciting its been around here lately ...

Rainbow Falls  Our family enjoyed the drive-up convenience of this beautiful waterfall, and no one was too disappointed that we had arrived too late to see any rainbows ...

Akaka Falls   Part 2 of Day 5, Akaka Falls is just a few miles north of the Hilo Botanical Garden off highway 19. After you turn off highway 19 to highway 220 to go ...

Kona Commons  While Kona Commons was under construction Makala Blvd. was closed for a few months, it was reopened yesterday.

Signs are up for Office Max and Sports ...

Place of Refuge 

Koka Kona  Anybody seen one of these? It's supposed to be a commemorative edition can for the summer Olympics.
This supposed to be Coca Cola in Russian.

Sunday Drive Final  This place is for sale in Hawi, and if the vog keeps up, this will be our new home.

IRONMAN 2009  WORKED THE IRONMAN LAST TIME I WAS IN KONA AND WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP AGAIN. DON'T KNOW WHEN IT IS IN 09 OR WHO TO ASK SO AS TO BE ABLE TO WORK....

It's Sunny and fairly clear today.   Hallelujah! Sunlight! It's the first fairly clear day in what seems like over a week.

Thou shalt not take blue sky for granted ever again...

Aloha Airlines Stops Flying   I just got this notice from Hawaiian airlines.

As you may have heard, Aloha Airlines will stop service at the end of the day, March 31st.

During ...

Photos from Aloha Hawaiian Night at the pier.   Mary sent these to me. She takes great photos.

Aloha Hawaiian Night at the Kailua Pier  Here is the first hour of the live webcast. It was great music and food.

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Is Vog a problem for people with asthma? 

I'm contemplating a move to Kona. In my effort to thoroughly research the area I came across a lot of information about the Vog. Since I do have asthma,...

Paul Allen's Super Yacht in Kailua Bay 
OK, it's raining and I'm not waiting for a good picture... who knows the yacht may not be here in the morning.

This baby came cruising into Kona this ...

Baby Ponds at Kona Bay Estates 

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Dolphins and Whales off of Honkahou harbor  

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Capt. Beans Dinner Cruise Comes To An End 

I heard via the wireless coconut and then read confirmed reports that an end of a era is upon us. No more Capt. Bean Dinner Cruise on the Tamure....

Kona Cliff Jumping Spot   Another place I went yesterday during my live webcast was a place the locals jump off a cliff into the ocean.

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Going to 2step at Place of Refuge this morning.   Watch live video from konafriends on Justin.tv

Waipi'o  Would like some advice on Waipi'o Valley. We do have a 4WD vehicle, but are somewhat worried about the road up/down to the valley floor. Is it really ...

Seen my first Chameleon today.   I've lived in Kona over 10 years and never seen a Chameleon till today.

Eila and I were invited up to Matt and Mary Lovein's to see the Chameleons....

Fishing with my friend Capt. Steve Kaiser on the Medusa  Steve was my first customer when I opened my shop here in 97, his wife Jennifer who handled my new shops insurance at the time sent him to me and we've ...

Holualoa Christmas Festival Full Video  

Spectacular Friday Night Sunset Video 

Stormy  This dove was born in the hanging plant basket in the guava tree. The parent birds visit and feed it.

Tropical Flowers  I had not visited the tropical flower page since I returned from Kona, I enjoyed your little video of the garden, and the new plumeria photo's are Very ...

chameleons in the garden, windy day in Holualoa 

Mary Sent Me Cool Jackson Chameleon Pics  I asked Mary if I could quote an email she sent me about these photos and she agreed.

We are very lucky in Hawaii to be able to see Jackson's chameleons ...

Beach Walks With Rox 

Cool Photo Show By Mary  She sent this to me to post.

Takes a little time to load but worth the wait. Mary sent this to me to post. Click "Watch" on next page. Very cool ...

Kona Coffee Festival Video 

Kona Coffee Parade Video 

Good News-Local Artists Please Read  I'm going to make a direct link on the left navigation menu above the Art Gallery Link to make it easier for you to show off your work. Should be live ...

Coffee & Art Stroll Video 

Car rentals ay KOA  I am curious about car rental rates,and/or any recommendations,nightmare,or other insight on this subject?

New Queens Market Place at Waikoloa Resort-Video  The new market place opened a couple weeks ago. According to their ad in the local paper it sounded like you could go out there and have lunch at one of ...

Konaweb.com and Konaforum.com  I just added them to the travel links page. I've been thinking about adding them for a while.

I made the decision that it's better for my visitors ...

Do you or someone you know have a local business?  Free Listings: Every local business on the big island can list their business by going to the yellow pages link on the bottom of the left navigation ...

Moving pets to Hawaii just got easier  The hardest part of moving here seems to be getting your pets through the process.

Seems it just got a little easier according to West Hawaii Today ...

Kona's Best Beaches 


Kekaha Kai State Park is located between mile marker 90 and 91 north of Kona International airport on Hwy 19.

I like this beach because of ...

King Kameahameaha Day Parade Prep  Riders get ready out front of the Konafriends office for the annual parade through Kailua Village.

North and South Kohala Pictures   Sometimes you just got to get out of the house and take a drive. So we did, and we shot some pics. Check them out on our Konafriends Facebook page.

The ...

Jon Clausen  It was a rainy, rainy time that first week of May in Kona this year. Massive amount of rain and thunder and lightning (but still 84 degrees). You would ...

Get $10 Off At Trent's Automotive In Kona   I need 7 more people to click our like button so I can get a shorter URL to our shop Facebook page.

On your next vehicle service get $10 off. All you ...

Go Shore Fishing With a Hawaiian Guide  

My friend Jeff Villafania makes da kine fishing lures that will help you catch fish. You can't buy anything like them anywhere other than from Jeff....

Europa Cruise Ship On World Cruise Visits Kona   The Europa arrived this morning from Lautoka Fiji and spent the night before leaving for Honlolulu.

The ship is a high end German luxury cruise according ...

HonuHearts.com And The Kona Stroll   Today was a great day at the Kona Stroll, it's really turned into quite the event.



The sky was blue with pretty white puffy clouds till late ...

Share Konafriends On FaceBook Or Twitter Super Easy  Konafriends.com has a new cool new feature at the bottom of the page that allows you to share it with your facebook friends or twitter. Just click the ...

Tsunami Video Kailua Kona March 11, 2011  This was shot this morning in Kailua Kona village just south of the pier next to the Palace.

Kona Pineapple Surprise  Look what I found in the backyard. A pineapple. There's 2 more just like it. I'm a happy camper to say the least. You might be wondering what's so great ...

Kilauea Volcano Lava Blasting In The Air   I shot this in 2009 for the Big Island 5 Day Video. The current episode that is all over the news is only viewable from the air. Check out our things to ...

Aloha Is Alive And Well In Kona   John from Kona Kwik Lube called me today and asked if I could align a van for Steve Thomas. Steve's Metal Art

He said they just installed a rebuilt ...

Kona Stroll Facebook Photos   You can check out the photos I shot at the stroll on our Facebook Page Make sure to bookmark Konafriends so you can find your way back here.

I haven'...

Flying To Kona Travel Tips  Here's a couple of tips from my recent trip to Las Vegas, also known as the "9th" Hawaiian island.

When coming to Kona if you sit on the left side ...

Konafriends Videos   These videos are all shot here on the big island in the Kona area. There are 11 videos loaded in the player below.

A new video starts after each one ...

Japan Airlines Quits Kona   Yup, after 14 years JAL is saying sayonara to direct flights to Kona. JAL is restructuring their flights to save money. So Kona's out. Maybe some day they'...

Hawaii 5-0 Band Contest - Winnner   This is way cool. Takes about 8 seconds to load. But worth it.

Cafe Pesto - Pizza Is The Best I've Had In Hawaii   My new best friend is going to be Mike from Cafe Pesto in Kawaihae Harbor.

I did some work on his car recently and he made me a pizza and brought it ...

Hawaii Five 0 | 42 Years To The Day  Yep, 42 years ago today was the debut episode of Hawaii Five-0. Tonight was the debut of the new Hawaii Five-0

On CBS every Monday night, make sure ...

Hawaiianfishhooks.net  Check out the new site I built to showcase my friend Curt's cool Hawaiian Fishhooks I had some of his hooks on this site in the art gallery but it just ...

Hawaiian Words   Yesterday I went to go meet my new doctor here in Kona. It was a great experience. He addressed my concerns in an un-rushed manner and we even talked a ...

Swim With Dolphins In Hawaii  Did you know you can swim with dolphins in hawaii? At the Waikoloa Hilton to be exact. They have small "pond" that the dolphins live and perform in.

You ...

The Early Morning Surfer  I remember when we were staying at the Kona by the Sea back in Febuary of 1991, the next day I wanted to get up early to have a cup of,what else, Kona ...

Hawaii Cell Phone Law 
As of January 1, 2010 it will be illegal to drive and use a hand held cell phone at the same time. Same goes for cameras, computers or any other electronic ...

Christmas Whales...   One our long time Konafriends, Frank from Delaware snapped a couple of photos of whales with our webcam today.

I'm totally impressed because I know ...

Hula at Hulihee Palace during Kona Stroll Dec 09   During the Kona Stroll there is always a concert at Hulihee Palace on the lawn with hula. Stay tuned for more clips...

Humpback Whales Spotted Dec. 11, 2009 Off Kona   At 11:43 am I was sitting down on the lanai getting ready to have lunch and spotted the first whales of the season straight out front at about a half mile ...

Uncle George  http://www.lovein.com/UncleGeorge.htm

Navy Ship View From Holualoa  Mary sent this picture to me.

Smartguide To New York   I was thinking about going to New York City for vacation and I found this great site Smartguide to New York which has a lot of great travel info about ...

How To Ruin Kona Kompachi  I was liking this video till I seen all the crap he put on the fish. Totally covers the taste of the fish.

He is right about Kona Kompachi being a ...

World Famous Artist Pays Tribute To Hawaii...  World Famous Artist Pays Tribute To Hawaii, Native Hawaiians
Hilo, HI

The world renowned Italian artist Mirko is heading to the Big Island of Hawaii ...

Waimea Hospital   I took my wife over there today for an out patient procedure. You know you're in Hawaii when the nurse gives you both a hug on the way out the door.

The ...

A good volcano video  It's kinda long, but you won't see footage like this anywhere.

U.S. Navy Seals Make Big Entrance To Ironman 2008 Race  I shot this clip this morning as the Seals parachuted into Kailua Bay. They were entered in the race and started right after they got to the pier.

I ...

USS Lake Erie Tiger Cruise In Kona  The ship turned up here Friday for Ironman. I've heard that there are 3 Navy Seals entered in Ironman that will parachute into Kailua Bay at 6:30AM Saturday ...

Ironman Parade   The parade was a test run for my hat cam. At first the video was more like a slide show, but after readjusting some settings I got the video quality from ...

Cruise Ships in Kona   Happiness is waking up and seeing a couple of cruise ships out in the "front yard."

We had 2 out there yesterday morning and 2 out there today (10-...

Things People Say  I spent about 4 months working on the Big Island 5 Day Tour DVD. Last week I sent out an email to the folks that subscribe to our newsletter giving them ...

Place of Refuge  Pu' uhonua o Honaunau National Park is more commonly known as Place of Refuge and is located 20 miles south of Kailua Kona.

From around 1550 AD to the ...

Pololu Valley   Pololu Valley is located at the end of Highway 270 at the north end of the island.

The view from the lookout is spectacular. From Kona it takes about ...

Hilo Botanical Garden   Hilo Botanical Garden is located 90 miles from Kona on highway 19 as you head towards Hilo. It makes for a nice day trip from Kona. We left at 8AM and ...

Lili'uokalani Long Distance Race   The above photo was shot with the webcam as the womens canoe race went past by our home this morning.

The Liliokalani race is the longest canoe race ...

Don't be a victim  In our Sunday paper a visitor wrote a letter to the editor complaining about her credit cards and ID being stolen out of her rental car while she was at ...

Honokohau National Park - Day 2 of BI Video Tour  Saturday was beautiful blue skies, no vog, a great day for shooting Day 2 of the Big Island 5 Day Video Tour.

Now mind you I have had 3 destinations ...

Art Video   Lovein Studio Works from Mary Lovein on Vimeo .

King Kamehameha Day Parade  This morning folks are getting ready for the annual parade. I shot the above photo with the webcam as they were getting ready to start. They line up here ...

Great Manta Ray Video   Hawaii fish video from Steve on Vimeo .

Sunday Drive Part 3 Kohala Mountain Road  I never like to back track so we took Hwy 190? from Hawi over Kohala mountain road into Wiamea. When there is no vog it's a very spectacular view. It'...

Sunday Drive Part 2 Polulu Valley  I can tell you the vog shifts away from the big island right at Mahukona which is about 40 miles from Kailua.

It was vog free from there all the way ...

Sunday drive Queens Garden at Queens Market   Sunday I got up and it was voggy. So I decided to drive up north and see how far I had to go to get out of it and along the way we stopped and took some ...

Air Quality Website  You can Check
Kona Air Quality Here

See vog cloud here

Why I Fly Hawaiian Airlines To and From Las Vegas  I'm sitting here at the airport in Las Vegas (the 9th island of Hawaii) and wishing I was using Hawaiian Airlines to come home.

Instead I'm using American ...

Gecko chasing mouse... 

Disabled Adventures Hawaii  Is a new local website specializing in helping disabled visitors to the big island locate activity providers who can accommodate their special needs.

Check ...

Jake Shimabukuro 

Rocket plane in Kona  This is very cool. My friend Tim at Airservice Hawaii called and said you got to see this...

Kilauea Volcano Explosion  It was reported on the local news recently that there was a small explosion down at the volcano. Interesting because this particular volcano isn't supposed ...

Kilauea Volcano Messing Up The Sky  In case you you've been watching the webcam and wondering why the sky has been so foggy gray all week, Kilauea Volcano has been on the war path.

Lava ...

Whales on the kona webcam 


I've spotted at least 7 whales today. I've been able to see 3 of them on the webcam. So if you think you seen a whale on our webcam today you ...

Hurricane's and such 


Many years ago, when life was fun and carefree, I lived in Christianstead on St. Croix in the Caribbean. I absolutely loved it. I worked from ...

Sunday Whale Watching on the Body Glove 


This past Sunday 2-10-08 was a trial run to broadcast live off the Kona coast aboard the Body Glove. Overall it was a success. We tested a couple ...

Good place to eat in Waimea 


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Man on the beach conversation.  Watch live video from konafriends on Justin.tv

Spinner Dolphins at the harbor.  Watch live video from konafriends on Justin.tv

Top Ten News Storys of 2007  

Brief view of whale off of Honl's beach Sat. am  Watch live video from konafriends on Justin.tv

Manta Ray Video Clip  Watch live video from konafriends on Justin.tv

Time Zone Converter  Click Here To See The Time At Your Home and Kona

Where to go dancing on the Kona Coast  One of my customers into ballroom dancing clued me into this site that lists all the haunts of local ballroom dancers. Click here to see where to go ...

Holualoa Music & Light Festival Photos 2007   Mary from Holualoa Gallery sent me these. Thanks Mary.

Holualoa Christmas Tree Lighting & Music  Just a short clip... I'm working on the full video. I was stunned at the amount of people who showed up. Way more than the Coffee Festival last month....

Things that make you feel good.  I got this in my email this morning... and really appreciated it.


Thanks Joe,

We really appreciated your live web-cam during the recent storm....

See Ironman photos in the webcam gallery  I got some good shots with the webcam this morning while staying in Honolulul, even a couple with the helicopter trailing the leaders.

See photos ...

Ironman Swimmers Seen On WebCam  In the mornings from now till Ironman you'll see triathletes swimming out front on the webcam.

Notice the the 2 telephone poles in the picture above?...

Speeding Cruise Ship   Every morning I come down to the shop and turn on the computer and check the webcam. This morning someone had the cam pointed at a cruise ship speeding ...

WebCam Photo Gallery 

Click Here To Go To The WebCam Photo Gallery

Atlantis Submarine in Kona  Atlantis Submarine is parked in front getting ready to take people down about 100 feet.

Just think, for 1.5 million this could be your view from half ...

Rhapsody of The Seas  Is here today Sunday September 23, 2007. It's kind of unusual, we don't get many cruise ships visiting on Sunday this time of year.


Imagine working ...

Things folks bring to the shop...   One reason I like living in Kona is people bring me fruit when picking up their cars and then are happy to pay the bill.

Today Mr. and Mrs. Teshima ...