Beaches on the Big Island. The locals say that Kauna’oa aka the Mauna Kea beach is by far the best beach. It has great snorkeling on both ends of the beach and soft soft white sand that gently runs into the ocean. It was so good, I drove 45 minutes a couple hours (the opposite direction of the airport) before my flight home just to enjoy it one last time.

Kekaha Kai State Park. I saw what looked to be the makings of an awesome sunset, so, while driving down the highway, I pulled off into what turned off onto what happened to be a 4 wheel drive beach access road. 2 miles and a couple scrapes on the under carraige of the Hertz Toyota Solara convertible later and I was at a completely isolated locals beach enjoying the sunset.