Paradise Helicopters offers two different tours out of Hilo International Airport and I believe that they are the only helicopter company in Hilo that offers a doors off tour. This means you can experience the sensation of wind blowing through your hair as you get an unobstructed view of Hawaii’s majestic scenery.

Paradise Helicopters Prices

• Doors Off with Waterfalls $241.11
• Hilo’s Fire and Falls Adventure $205.20

About Paradise Helicopters

• Been in business since 1997
• Flies 6 passenger Bell 407 and 4 passenger Hughes 500
• They offer two way communication headsets between you and the pilot and the other passengers
• They have a Japanese speaking pilot on staff
• You can design a custom tour with them
• They are the only company with Bell 407s on the Big Island

Hilo Helicopter Tours

Here is a link in case you want to book a tour with Paradise Helicopters: http://paradisecopters.com/hilo.php

Robert Kiyosaki was born in Hilo, Hawaii in 1947. He is most famous for writing Rich Dad, Poor Dad, which is one of the best selling financial books of all time. What many people don’t know is that he made his first fortune by introducing the first nylon, velcro surfer wallets.

Biography

• Born on April 8, 1947 in Hilo, Hawaii
• Raised in Hilo and graduated from Hilo High
• Attended U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
• Sold copy machines for Xerox
• Started a company that introduced surfer wallets
• Went bankrupt and was homeless for a while
• Wrote best seller Rich Dad, Poor Dad
• Made a fortune on real estate and by starting Rich Dad Company and Cashflow Technologies, Inc.

The Puna Music Festival starts this Sunday, May 5. More than 100 local musicians are slated to take the stage. Some of the top acts are John Cruz, Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole, Medicine for the People, Sean Robbins and Kuana Torres Kahele.

The opening concert is free and it will take place at Pohoiki on Sunday, May 5 from 11 AM to 5 PM.

Full Festival Schedule

• Sunday May 5, 2013 11am to 5pm Pohoiki Open Concert
• Monday May 6, 2013 7:30pm Storytelling Performance
• Wednesday May 8, 2013 5pm to 10pm Kalapana Night Market Celebrations
• Friday May 10, 2013 5pm to 8pm Kanikapila in Pahoa Town
• Friday May 10, 2013 8pm An Evening with John Cruz
• Saturday May 11, 2013 7:30pm Nahko and Medicine for the People

See: http://punamusicfestival.com/festival-schedule/

For tickets visit: http://punamusicfestival.com/tickets-and-registration/

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Police have evicted activists from Wailoa Park where they had planted a Hawaiian garden. They planted taro and other Hawaiian crops to protest the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Eleven people were arrested and charged with illegal camping. Neither the police nor the DLNR cared to talk, but the arrests happened just before the Merrie Monarch parade.

The activists who include Abel Lui and Gene Tamashiro say that the DLNR has no jurisdiction over the park since it was crown land.

Source: http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/police-evict-activists-park.html

The reaction to this article is mixed. Some commenters say that the activists have no right to plant a garden at Wailoa because the land is now owned by the state, so the state can dictate what can be done on the land, while others say that Hawaii becoming a state in 1959 was a fraud where 63% of eligible voters didn’t get to vote, so that the land rightfully belongs to the heirs of the Ali’i.