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Discovering Hawaii’s Savage Big Island

Posted on August 31, 2013August 31, 2013 by Russ Roberts

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Anthony Doerr explores Hawaii’s Big Island and finds a savagely spectacular landscape of forbidden valleys, primal lava fields, and mysterious beaches strewn with gemstones.

Russell Roberts‘s insight:

Anthony Doerr does a good job of exploring some of the lesser-known attractions of Hawaii Island. The island I call home is truly a gem and worth the time to explore it. Aloha, Russ.

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