Hawaii Bed and Breakfast: Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau'oli Makahiki Hou

Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau'oli Makahiki Hou - Happy Holidays and all the best in the New Year

Hale Moana Bed & Breakfast - New Look!

Aloha Friends!
I am sending my Alohas to you and your families for the Holidays and wish you the very best for the New Year. This is the time of the year when we are all coming closer together and are thankful for the wonderful things we have in our lives. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you - our guests, friends and partners for staying at our B&B, your loyalty, patronage and support.

Hale Moana Bed & Breakfast - New Pualani Suite

This has been a good year for us here with many improvements and up-grades as I have shared some of them with you before. Here are the 2013 highlights in review:

* A new look for Hale Moana Bed & Breakfast with fresh, bright and friendly colors

* Our brand new Pualani Suite - an exquisite apartment for two capturing the beauty of Hawaii with its tropical ambiance.

Hale Moana Bed & Breakfast - New Interior Design - Garden Suite

* A new living room design with new furniture and additional sleeping space for our Garden Suite. For more pictures of the additions and changes you can go to this blog link.

* Hale Moana Bed & Breakfast's #1 rating for the Pahoa area on Tripadvisor and the award of the Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence for 2013.

Kalapana Lava Flow

* For our Japanese speaking guests our wonderful collaboration with Toshi & Shiho Mochizuki, the owners of Aloha Breeze, who can help you with your travel arrangements, continued to grow.

* Partnerships with Kalapana Cultural Tours and Lava Ocean Adventures for lava hikes and boat trips to the lava flow.

* Partnership with Warren Costa, Native Guide Hawaii for customized day tours to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Kea, Hamakua and other destinations based on guests' interests available

Halema'uma'u Crater - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

* Partnerships with several excellent restaurants in Pahoa for a 10% discount: Kaleos (Pacific Rim Cuisine), Ning's (Thai Cuisine) and Paolo's Bistro (Authentic Italian Cuisine)

During the last year I have hosted several travel writers and Hale Moana Bed & Breakfast will continue to be in the Lonely Planet as the Top Choice for the area, Let's Go Hawaii, Moon Travel Guide and now also in the German travel guide Reise KnowHow. We are also listed in three Japanese publications and many on-line directories. There will be write ups in several travel sections of leading German newspapers, i.e. Welt am Sonntag, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Passauer Neue Presse and others. Earlier in the year the B&B was featured in the May/June 2013 issue of the Hawaii Hospitality Magazine.

Hale Moana Bed & Breakfast - Garden

On our Facebook page or through our blog you can follow the latest developments regarding the lava flow, events and activities happening around Hale Moana Bed & Breakfast. Please, take a look and "like" us.

For those of you, who have not been here: Hale Moana Bed and Breakfast is conveniently located between the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Hilo, in the tropical area of Puna on the Big Island of Hawaii. Hale Moana is a licensed, quality inspected Hawaii B&B surrounded by two acres of beautiful botanical gardens in an ambiance of old Hawaii.

Pohoiki - Red Road - Puna

Hale Moana Bed & Breakfast now offers three suites with living room and kitchenette and one studio. All have private bathrooms and separate entrances. Your comfort and enjoyment during your stay is of utmost importance to us. I strive to make your family vacation or romantic getaway as memorable and relaxing as possible. The details and the privacy of our suites reflect the sense of caring and Aloha that we extend to our guests. We welcome families with children and are fully set up to accommodate them. Free Wi-Fi, laundry facilities, a BBQ grill, snorkels & masks, maps, and a shelf full of local resource information is available to our guests.

Thermally heated Hot Ponds - Puna

This last year presented a good number of personal challenges for the children and I, but we were able to overcome the trials and are now looking strengthened into a bright future.  The children are getting bigger and are doing great. I feel very blessed and would like to thank you again - our guests, partners, friends and community for staying with us, your support and loyalty over the years. I hope to see you or hear from you in the New Year. Please, stay in touch!

Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau'oli Makahiki Hou - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Hawaii!

With warm Alohas,

Petra Wiesenbauer
Hale Moana Bed & Breakfast
13-3315 Makamae Street
Pahoa, HI 96778
ph: (808) 965-7015
info@bnb-aloha.com
www.bnb-aloha.com

Legends of Hawaii

The La'ieikawai Legend

Laʻieikawai - was a beautiful princess from Laʻie Oahu. Hidden away from her father, who killed all of his newborn daughters because he wanted a son, she was kept in a cave which was only accessible by diving into a pool of water, called Waiapuka. Soon there was word that royalty was near by because of the tell-tale rainbow that graced the sky above her cave dwelling.
Secretly her grandmother, Waka, smuggled her to Paliuli in the Puna district on the Big Island. On their way there, rumors of Laʻieikawaiʻs beauty traveled throughout all the islands. Aiwohikupua, a young handsome chief from Kauaʻi, decided to pursue her. At her home in Paliuli, Laieikawai was attended by supernatural birds such as the 'i'iwi polena. It is said she could float on the wings of the birds. While other royalty in Hawai'i had mere feather capes and cloaks, Paliuli had a house made of the sacred feathers. A beautiful rainbow formed over her home in Paliuli. After a series of misfortunes, she becomes known as Kawahineliula ("woman of the twilight").