Hello, Tsunamis, Volcanoes

It rained all night, where does all this water come from!!!

I'm trying to upload some pictures here, which works just as bad and slow as yesterday. It's no fun at all, so we're going to Hilo, a bigger city on the coast.

Hilo has been hit or destroyed by tsunamis several times in its history. Hawaii statistically gets hit by a tsunami every 10 years! So it's not surprising that there is a museum on this topic here. Although it's not raining now, but the sun still doesn't dare to come out, so we go inside. It's informative and of course shows the city's history, but also Hawaii's tsunami history with all its dramatic consequences. Survivors and relatives also have their say on large pictures.

Of course, the formation of tsunamis is explained and also the early warning system installed in the Pacific region, which many people owe their lives to! A film vividly shows the power and force of these waves, and that they are unpredictable. They come in several surges, sometimes spread over hours. Many adventurous viewers have lost their lives because they thought they were safe.

After this impressive visit, we stroll through the city, buy a nice handmade piece of jewelry for me :-) and stop in at Cafe Pesto.

Meanwhile, the weather has calmed down, the sun is coming out and it's T-shirt weather again! We decide to visit the nearby macadamia nut farm, buy some nuts there, and go to the volcano park again.

And this time we're lucky!!! The visibility is good, from the platform of the Jaggar Museum you can see the full size of the Kilauea Caldera and you can imagine the lava in the Halemaúmaú Crater.

It's still bright, we stay until sunset and are rewarded with great pictures. So much natural power, so close, so unpredictable, frightening and yet beautiful!

A young ranger gives a small lecture and explains the physiology of the shield volcanoes here on the islands, the lava flows and the history of this crater, which according to the belief of the Hawaiians is the seat of the goddess Pele. She is the goddess of fire and volcanoes and very powerful! That's why this mountain is sacred to the Hawaiians.

Happy and satisfied, we drive home, where I now try my luck with the internet again!