Most visitors to Hawaii arrive by airplane… but some arrive by canoe.
On Sunday morning, local canoe halau launched from the beach of Hilo Bay to greet and guide seven voyaging canoes to shore.
The vaka – as they are called – represent Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, New Aotearoa, New Guines, Vanuatu, Kiribati and the Solomon Islands  … Video & More
Thor Heyerdahl clung to Kon-Tiki, his balsa wood raft, for 4,300 miles to show that Polynesia could have been colonised from South America rather than Asia as commonly thought.
But despite achieving his goal – sustaining his 101 day voyage with sharks caught with his bare hands – the Norwegian failed to sway the scientific community.
Now – 64 years later- new research has finally proved  … More
A fleet of seven Polynesian-built double-hulled voyaging canoes with an environmental mission sailed into Hilo on Thursday.
Crews representing 14 island nations voyaged from New Zealand.
A welcoming ceremony is scheduled at Hilo Bay from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday for crews on the voyage called “Te Mana o te Moana” — “The Spirit of the Sea  … Details