We were up early and eager to head over to Volcanoes National Park. The park and the volcano was the reason we actually came to the Big Island. Originally, the plan was to spend 10 days in Kauai then come to the Big Island to finish our trip. However, the active lava flows that started in May impacted our Airbnb on the east side of the island and caused us to change our honeymoon plans. We added Maui to the itinerary but still wanted to see a volcano. You can’t simply come to an island that has volcanoes and not see the volcano. Sure, the place wasn’t fully open and…

We had a few hours to kill before our flight. We didn’t want to waste our final day in Maui so we decided to make some pit stops. First, after having a ton of shave ice on Kauai, we couldn’t leave without trying the best Maui Shave Ice. Ululani’s Shave Ice had a location right near our place. It was right near a baker too which was convenient. We could pick up some pastries for our flight to the Big Island. According to the internet, Ululani’s is the place to go for Maui Shave Ice. Having become a shave ice connoisseur/douche, I wanted to give it a go. I definitely…

Haleakala A.K.A. Mars on earth was our destination for day 13. I call it Mars because it sure as hell doesn’t look or feel like Earth up there but I’ll let the pictures show that. Our initial plan to do the Road to Hana was squashed again as the long ride didn’t seem appealing given that we’d be traveling tomorrow. It was an easy decision to make since we also wanted to see Haleakala. I’m so glad we made the choice to go there because it was AWESOME. If you’re not familiar with Haleakala, it’s a huge ass dormant shield volcano that makes up ~75% of the island of Maui.…