Quote Originally Posted by djansen
wow, where to start!
first of all have a great time and enjoy the sun!
I was there last summer and we flew into Hillo, if you fly into hilo you must eat at kens pancake house (i asked a local and he said that was the place to go) not much in hilo but you may fly in there. the drive is breathtaking, not as much beach as other islands but black rocky cliffs and tropical landscape galore! we drove around and went hiking and it was a beautiful walk and i even found a dead jacksons chameleon. depending on how much $ you have and want to spend you could do night scuba diving with mantarays, or go to the Hilton in wi kaloa and swim with the dolphins. there is tons of good food and lots of shopping for your wife in a open air mall in kona and if you go their at dusk look up in the palm trees, their are gold dust day geckos all over right in the kona mall! i had a blast snorkeling and all the good food. what a place to be, have fun!
Thanks for the input. I have heard the snorkling is awesome (never tried scuba but I am up for anything - except maybe the night thing...LOL)

The swimming with the dolphins sound very cool the wife (and I am sure Meme ) would love it.

And I am certain she will drag me shopping.