Where to buy fresh tropical fruits in Hawaii?

Those of our 'Best Hawaii Vacation' visitors who come back to Hawaii for many years, have learned to appreciate the unique taste of fresh fruits from the Aloha Islands.

Just as each island is different in its layout of coastal and mountain areas, climate and beaches, the growing of tropical fruits varies from island to island. On our visits to Maui, we were very surprised when we heard from farmers at a Kihei Farmer's Market that Maui does not grow 'white pineapples' which are our favorite on the Big Island. Quite a number of people had never heard of those. BTW if you can get your hands on them, don't hesitate to buy. They have low acidic content and melt on your tongue. White pineapples are sweet like honey.

Best way to find fresh and most unique tropical fruits on your Hawaii vacation is to ask your rental host or hotel concierge for weekly Farmer's Markets in the area where you vacation or local fruit stands by private growers. Those fruits are freshly picked, juicy and the prices are right. It's also very common that vacation rental owners whose property is surrounded by tropical fruit trees allow their visitors to pick fresh fruits for daily use. Can't get better than that!

Big Island visitors on the Kohala Coast have many options to buy fresh fruits. The tropical fruit stand in Kawaihae by Hilo growers - in the parking lot next to "Blue Dragon" Kawaihae restaurant - is the closest to most rental homes in the area. It is open almost daily with fresh fruits, veggies and wonderful tropical orchids to buy. Our favorites there are the strawberry papayas and apple bananas which are a wonderful addition to your breakfast when vacationing on the Kohala Coast.

On your excursions around the Big Island, you may also check the Farmer's Markets in Waimea (see photo below), Hawi or Honokaa. When on the search for rare tropical fruits like Rambutan and Lychee, plan a visit to famous and popular Hilo Farmer's Market. In addition to buying the freshest yet cheapest fruit, it's also the perfect place to buy a Hawaiian gift to take home from the islands.

What is your favorite tropical fruit in Hawaii? Where do you buy it? We love to hear from you. Mahalo, Pua Kohala Coast Web

The Healing Power of Noni

Best Hawaii Vacation blog recently joined Twitter and reported positive response especially by Hawaii related 'Twitters'. Our Hawaii Twitter community is growing daily. When reading Hawaii tweets, we occasionally re-tweet a few we find useful for our Hawaii blog visitors. You will see an RT and the link to the Hawaii twitter which wrote the tweet. Our own tweets focus on current Hawaii vacation tips.

OK then let's switch from the magic power of Twitter to the healing power of 'Noni'. Most Hawaii visitors get to know Noni just by accident when walking around an ancient Hawaiian fish pond or older gardens. The Noni fruit does not really get your attention by its appearance. It is the strong smell which makes the Hawaii visitor wonder where it comes from and look up at the green Noni fruits in the trees. The green fruits don't really have a strong smell. It's the Noni fruits lying on the ground which make you want to run away from these Noni trees as fast as you can.

The big surprise comes when asking Hawaiian residents about those fruits and why anybody would want to grow a fruit which smells so disgusting, most visitors hear for the first time about the healing power of Noni. Noni is known among Hawaiian healers for its tremendous healing power.

Hawaiian healers (kahunas) used and still use the Noni fruits for healing all kinds of diseases. Noni fruit is said to be one of the best possible supplements you can take to help get rid of toxins by increasing enzyme activity, boost your immune system and protect your liver which is essential for good health.

When you consider Noni juice as a supplement or you want to fight a chronic disease, you want to get the most comprehensive information about Noni before you start taking it. The website of HealingNoni.com, which came up in search results for Noni, seemed just to do that, plus it talked about the benefits of organic Noni from the Big Island of Hawaii.

Best of all would be if you talked to a Hawaiian kahuna (healer) whether Noni is right for your specific problems. Noni is not right for everybody and everything. When I had stomach problems some 15 yrs. ago, I started taking Noni but problems got worse. Papa Awai, one of the most popular Big Island healers told me that Noni was not right for me and helped me with a different Hawaiian remedy.

As usual, we invite our Hawaii blog readers to share with us their experience with the healing power of Noni. Mahalo and aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations

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