It's is a beautiful day in Hilo town and after hearing about the spectacular Rainbow Falls from all the other hostel residents...we decided to make the half hour trek to the falls. It was hot and I was sweating more then I'm used to, my legs hurt from all the hiking we've been doing but when we finally saw the falls it was all worth it.
The trees and foliage were incredible and we even found more wild fruit such as bananas, papayas, tangerines and coconuts...we couldn't reach any of it so that was a bummer.
Yesterday we went for a walk and saw the biggest citrus tree, we went to ask the owner if we could pick some...he said we could have a couple. He asked us if we knew what it was and Mike excitedly replied, No! (I think he was secretly hoping it was something exotic), the guy replied, we were waiting..."it's a tangerine..." Mike burst out laughing, we must have seemed like stupid tourists, doesn't matter it was a kickass tangerine!
Anyway, back to the falls...after looking at the falls and observing the tourists we decided to explore and found some pathways that were secluded and mystical. The banyan trees are gigantic and have a canopy the size of half a football field. It felt like I was in the middle of wild jungle, there were wild koi fish swimming in a cove above the falls and we came across some locals taking a much needed dip...even though signs said no swimming...an American in the hostel told us earlier that a tourist went over the falls just earlier in the week sometime, who knows...
The only thing was I didn't actually see a rainbow because the sun was hidden by a slightly overcast sky, still great non the less...
Tomorrow we are headed out for Pahoa to see what we can find there...
Ta at for now
Michelle
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