Imagine yourself on a typical Saturday in July, walking along the bay in a small town on a tropical island in the middle of the pacific ocean. People are out on the water in all manner of craft: surfboards, kayaks, outrigger canoes. Others are fishing, diving, swimming, walking. A busy food and craft market is bustling with vendors, buyers and tourists. The sun is shining and a moderate trade wind is blowing, making you warm, but not too hot. Puffy clouds dot azure skies. Lush, tropical foliage and verdant green fields greet your gaze inland, fronting warm, blue ocean. A black sand beach stretches in a graceful curve around the bay. Children catch minnows with nets in a Japanese style garden, with pools and footbridges.



Getting an urge to do something active? Feel like stretching your legs? Take a walk along scenic Hilo Bay on the Big Island of Hawai'i. But don't be in a hurry; you're on Hawaiian time now...