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#CatTravels: Quick jaunt to Kona

By Catherine Toth Fox • June 14, 2013 • #CatTravels

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Growing up, I wasn’t a huge fan of Kona.

I used to dread the drive from Hilo — yes, I never flew into Kona until I was in college — and when we got there, I didn’t know what to do. It was hot. It was desolate. It was so… touristy.

But when you venture beyond the resorts and Alii Drive, there are vibrant and interesting pockets of communities all over the island’s western coastline. And after years of visiting the coastal town, I’ve grown to really love it.

Maybe not enough to move there, but enough to visit several times a year.

This time, though, I wanted to see things and place I had never been to. That included Kaaloa’s Super Js, Standard Bakery, Punaluu Bake Shop and the new restaurant at the updated Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa.

So here’s what the first day of my quick jaunt to Kona looked like:

Farewell, Oahu

Farewell, Oahu
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I left Oahu on a mid-morning flight on Hawaiian Airlines and was lucky enough to sit by a window with views like this. #luckywelivehawaii

Sorry this post is so late. I’m already back in Honolulu! The Internet service wasn’t fast enough for me to upload entire photo galleries, so it had to wait until I got back home — and to better WiFi. Thanks for understanding!

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5 Comments

  • Reply Annoddah Dave June 14, 2013 at 8:01 am

    CAT: Aaaiiiyyyaaahhh! Fuud Pix! Tenks! Punalu’u Bake Shop is owned by conglomerate AIO. I thought one of the kamaaina big 5 developed it. I remember the Kona Surf with its salt water pool overlooking the ocean. Strange to be swimming in a salt water pool and being in sight of the Pacific Ocean.

  • Reply Norm June 14, 2013 at 9:39 am

    Sorry Cat but I’m always wary of reviews of food cooked with the executive chef sitting at the table.

  • Reply eddyo June 14, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    Aloha Cat,

    I’ll be heading over to Kona this afternoon. Know this area well on our way to Capt. Cook house. The animals you see are consistently out. the Longhorns are I believe Watusi’s & often in the paddock you see a donkey with the zebra. We call ’em the tomodachi’s! Hope your brief stay was satisfying.

    Good wkend.

  • Reply Eric June 15, 2013 at 11:55 am

    Good looking menu. Looks worth trying on the next Big Island trip.

  • Reply David June 15, 2013 at 2:54 pm

    I love Kona! Rather live on Oahu. Maybe I will arrive on an AIRPLANE lmao

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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