This is now the third day that I am staying on the Big Island of Hawai’i and that I have a room at the incredibly big and ostentatious resort at Waikoloa. The whole thing is already a town in itself, with its own train, boat service, various towers, uncounted numbers of restaurants and pools and activities. Yet this is just one resort of many at Waikoloa, and that of course means there is also a shopping mall (two, actually), services, various golf courses etc. etc., you name it.

It would be certainly much nicer to enjoy at least two together, but for the moment I am happy reading the newspaper or my books preparing me for the NPS stint at HAVO, lying at the pool lagoon, bumping into the sea turtles that seem to enjoy the waterfall at the other end of the lagoon just as much as I do I found out (I really didn’t know they were hiding over there, I just bumped into them while approaching the artificial waterfall that the resort has running) and observing the dolphins from the dolphin quest. There is even mommy dolphin with baby dolphin.

With my HHonors vouchers that I got at checkin, I get very much by on the resort without spending much more money, which comes in handy for the moment as Hawai’i is expensive and the rental car, the fuel, the next stays and of course the dive and snorkel activities that I have booked will put me out of pocket a bit.