Travel Review: May 19, 2013, Part II: Captain Cook Monument & Kealakekua Bay

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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