The large bronze statue of Buddha overlooks the compound of Jodo Mission : the statue was put up in 1968 in celebration of the centennial of Japanese immigration to Hawai'i. With its back to the mountains, the Buddha looks out over the Pacific towards Japan.
Lana'i can be seen in the background.
Enjoying a huge lava flow on August 21st, a special day...
... as Dany invited me there to celebrate my 35th birthday.
Lava flow and kalua quesadilla.
The place we camped both in 2001 and 2003, a very simple campground as we like them (this is the shower)
We missed the sound of the ocean when back home, as we quickly got used to listening to it at night before falling asleep...
