Saturday, August 19, 2006
Summer Excursion: Waikoloa Wildlife
¶ Saturday, August 19, 2006 
| Our last stop on the Kona side was the Waikoloa Hilton, a veritable amusement park unto itself. Max's favorite thing, I think, was the transportation: both a subway-style tram and a man-made river with constant boat taxis. First thing we did was ride the boat back and forth the whole route; last thing we did was ride the tram both ways; we rode both a time or two in between, too. This tortoise was sharing space with some Nene geese |  |
| The Dolphinarium is a multi-pool complex with about half a dozen bottlenose. Guests can, apparently, make arrangements to get in the water and play with them (under controlled circumstances). Day-trippers like us just sit on the sidelines and wait for jumps |  |
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| Some of the noteworthy wildlife is deliberate, like the tortoise above, or these crested ibis. Some of it, like the swallows below, are just living off the human landscape. |  |
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