After visiting St. Benedict’s Painted Church, we drove down the slope to the coastline and north to Napo’opo’o and Keakakekua Bay State Historical Park. This is the historical first landing spot of Captain Cook when he discovered the Hawaiian Islands. It is also the place where he was killed by the native Hawaiians on a return visit a few weeks later!
The monument across the bay marks his landing site.
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For more information on Kealakekua Bay and Captain Cook, click the links below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kealakekua_Bay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook
I had to take a short hiatus from the daily travel reviews. I have been hard at work getting things ready for my high school alumni association’s annual banquet, which took up most of my evening time the past couple nights. Now, back to the daily reviews….
We drove down to Captain Cook for the local farmer’s and crafters’ market on Sunday. Bought a few things and talked with some friendly people. After that, we continued down the Hawaii Belt Road to Keokea and headed down the slope towards the ocean with a stop at St. Benedict’s Painted Church.
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