Where did the 7 days go? I still refuse to leave the island.
Our flight was scheduled at 8 pm and we checked out of the time share by noon time. We have ample time to go around the area till we catch the flight home. We all decided to head to North Shore and check out Kualoa Ranch.
Kualoa Ranch is a family owned working ranch. It used to be a sugar mill owned by a personal physician of the late King Kamehameha. During World War II, the military has built shelters and used the area as a look out for Japanese planes. Currently, it has been used as a set background from popular movies and television series such as Jurassic Park, Windtalkers and Lost to name a few. It is also open to the public and offer various tours of the area.
We decided to take the movie set tour since it will take only an hour and half drive in the area. You would be driven around in a rundown bus while the bus driver narrates bits and pieces about the history and film locations.
At first, it does look like a non descript tour looking at trees and livestocks till you get to the mountains. For the fans of the television show Lost, you won't miss the location. It is where they shot the scene where Hurley and Jack played golf and the place where Hurley found the blue beetle Dharma "van" which he ended up driving it around the area. Somehow, I wish they are still filming in the area and see the Lost actors. I won't mind seeing Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly.
The guide also mentioned that the ranch closes whenever they have a scheduled production shooting. It also costs about $25 thousand a day to close the ranch during production. The longest time they closed the ranch is when they were shooting the movie Windtalkers. The movie took about 3 months to shoot on location.
Here are random shots of what to see at the movie tour:
It is a popular location for Tropical/Pacific settings.
Nothing much to see but some movie posters with the ranch in the background.
Remains of the old sugar mill.
The views here are truly majestic.
Too bad, it didn't got to my radar early enough.
We got to the airport 2 hours before our flight. The check in process is pretty much routine, the only difference from the mainland procedure was you need to have your luggage scanned for organic materials. Apparently, it makes sense that you are not allowed to bring in fruits and vegetables but you are also not allowed to bring it out of the island.
Our flight was scheduled at 8 pm and we checked out of the time share by noon time. We have ample time to go around the area till we catch the flight home. We all decided to head to North Shore and check out Kualoa Ranch.
Kualoa Ranch is a family owned working ranch. It used to be a sugar mill owned by a personal physician of the late King Kamehameha. During World War II, the military has built shelters and used the area as a look out for Japanese planes. Currently, it has been used as a set background from popular movies and television series such as Jurassic Park, Windtalkers and Lost to name a few. It is also open to the public and offer various tours of the area.
We decided to take the movie set tour since it will take only an hour and half drive in the area. You would be driven around in a rundown bus while the bus driver narrates bits and pieces about the history and film locations.
At first, it does look like a non descript tour looking at trees and livestocks till you get to the mountains. For the fans of the television show Lost, you won't miss the location. It is where they shot the scene where Hurley and Jack played golf and the place where Hurley found the blue beetle Dharma "van" which he ended up driving it around the area. Somehow, I wish they are still filming in the area and see the Lost actors. I won't mind seeing Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly.
The guide also mentioned that the ranch closes whenever they have a scheduled production shooting. It also costs about $25 thousand a day to close the ranch during production. The longest time they closed the ranch is when they were shooting the movie Windtalkers. The movie took about 3 months to shoot on location.
Here are random shots of what to see at the movie tour:
It is a popular location for Tropical/Pacific settings.
Mokoli'i Island known as Chinaman's Hut. Locals say that you would be able to walk to the island, the water stays knee deep on low tide. Not much to see there except it is a bird sanctuary.
Nothing much to see but some movie posters with the ranch in the background.
Remains of the old sugar mill.
The views here are truly majestic.
The next time we visit the island, I will go on the horseback tour and the ocean voyage. It is easy to spend the whole day here, there are too much to see and do. This is something I would recommend as a must see activity in the island. The local tourism industry should add this tours on the must to do list.
Too bad, it didn't got to my radar early enough.
We got to the airport 2 hours before our flight. The check in process is pretty much routine, the only difference from the mainland procedure was you need to have your luggage scanned for organic materials. Apparently, it makes sense that you are not allowed to bring in fruits and vegetables but you are also not allowed to bring it out of the island.
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