Big Island Hawaii. Part 5. Driving to Kailua-Kona.

December 2009. Music by Lyman.
Check out the Hawaiian style highway graffiti. White coral on black lava.
The Hawaiʻi Belt Road is a modern name for the Māmalahoa Highway and consists of Hawaiʻi State Highways 11, 19, and 190 that encircles the Island of Hawaiʻi. The southern section, between Hilo and Kailua-Kona is numbered as State Highway 11. The section between Hilo and Waimea is State Highway 19. Between Waimea and Kailua-Kona, the road is split in two: the original "mauka" route (now State Highway 190) and a "makai" route 19, completed in 1975, which serves as access to the Kona and Kohala Coast resorts. (In the Hawaiian language, mauka means "towards the mountain" and makai means "towards the sea". These terms are commonly used in travel directions.)
Parts of the southern half of the Hawaiʻi Belt Road were known during the Territorial days as the Kaʻū Belt Road. The names "Hawaiʻi Belt Road" and "Māmalahoa Highway" refer to the road system that encircles the entire island; many sections are also referenced by local names. (wikipedia)

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• Big Island
• Hawaii
• Northe Kona
• South Kohala
• Highway 19
• Queen Ka'ahumanu highway
• Kailua
• Kona
• Kailua-Kona

[videofilmik]

It's a loop road. No matter which way you go, you're always going to Kailua Kona

[alexfarnhamrus]

oh my god. it's so beautiful!! I want to live here... :\

[shamrock4024]

I went there in April and watching your series of videos gets me excited. Kailua Kona was my favorite especially watching the waves hit the sea wall. Thanks

[kokoaka]

We used to live in Waikoloa so it was nostalgic to watch you going the wrong way to Kona. But nice series of vids anyway, bra.

[billythekid795]

i know right going the wrong way bra

[SpiderB52]

you are driving towards Kohala, Waikoloa. make a U turn if you wanna go to kailua kona.