12.19pm We're going diving. There aren't many things in life that I splash out on, but given the choice between fancy schmancy shoes, flying to the big island to see a volcano and getting under the water and seeing some fish ... The fish would win every time. I think any holiday deserves one treat and this will be it. Two tank dives and a pool refresher on Monday. Neil was being a bit wishy washy about, but I think my desire to do it persuaded him in a kind of h...

5.43am We're both awake. Seriously, we must have such jet lag, we're never awake at this time of day. Indeed, neil only usually sees his time of day from the other side. The sun isn't even up yet, although neil says it's like an English Summer evening out there, temperature wise. Went to sleep about 9pm yesterday evening, so tired, after the stress of being stopped by that copper and the days in activity. We are considering an early visit to Denny's seeing as we...

8.38am We really made the early bird special at Denny's, we even beat the oldies, who appeared en masses just as we were leaving. I had te banana foster French bread skillet, which is almost as much of mouthful as the breakfast itself. Neil plumped for the ultimate omelette which had a a lot of peppers, not sure it was ultimate in a man vs food type of way tho. We are checking out in a sec so that we can swap rooms, out by 12 back in again after 4pm. So hopefull...

We've changed rooms. Finally, got the upgrade I was promised and moved up 10 floors. The view is definitely better from up here, weird how just a few floors can make all the difference. I can now see the crater with only a few hotels in the way and I can see the sea, and some of the sandy beach. It is weird being up his high, but it does make for more interesting. Hewing than the TV. The bathroom is smaller, in a ' can't fully open the door as the toilet is on t...

Okay American roads are confusing. When we were driving to Dole, the turning for Wal-Mart appeared to be 8B, but on the way back there is no 8B. In fact the nearest junction is 10. It appears that the junctions have different numbers depending in whether you are going up or down the road. So driving back we pull off at 10 and try the side roads, unfortunately said side road ends up taking us in the opposite direction. Luckily, there are two big cream tower blocks...