We did a fair amount of research on the web before this trip, particularly monitoring the red lava flows and keeping our fingers crossed that the lave would still be flowing when we got there.

Some of the links below are ones we found that we wanted to pass along. There are a few others that a linked from the main photo album.

Park links:

Volcanoes National Park - main site: http://www.nps.gov/havo/

Kilauea update: USGS site - Great pictures and up-to-date info on the park lava flows. Be sure to keep scrolling down. It is a long page. http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/main.html

Volcano lava safety: http://www.nps.gov/havo/visitor/lava.htm

Hawaii Volcanoes Park photo gallery: Most lava, but some other great scenery shots.http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np.hawaii-volcanoes.all.html

Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park: http://www.nps.gov/kaho/index.htm

Diving and water links:

Jack's Diving Locker: This is the company I went scuba diving with. Good group of people that I can recommend! http://www.jacksdivinglocker.com/welcome.htm

Flatworm: http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/flat0462.html from http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/haw_gall02.html

Also http://www.hawaiisfishes.com/inverts/polyclad_flatworms/pages/Pseudoceros_cf_dimidiatus.htm from http://www.hawaiisfishes.com/inverts/polyclad_flatworms/

SeaLife Park: http://www.sealifeparkhawaii.com/

Condo & restaurants:

Kona Reef: http://www.orbitz.com/App/ViewSpecificHotelLP?hostSystem=HDS +

Bubba Gump Shrimp: http://www.bubbagump.com/

Roy's: http://www.roysrestaurant.com/docs/index.html

Kona Brewing Company: Free beer tasting when you take the tour! http://www.konabrewingco.com/

Hawaiian flower links:

Hawaiian Native Plant Genera page from the University of Hawaii Botany Department: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/natives.htm

University of Hawaii-Manoa campus plants: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/160webindex.htm

Princess Flower and other links to the Volcanoes Park area: http://www.volcanogallery.com/princess_flower.htm

Plants of Hawaii: image index [sortable by scientific, common, or family name]. A collection of 19,000+ copyright-free high-resolution images for 1,300+ plant taxa. http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/index.html