I had a buddy and his wife who took a helicopter tour over the really rugged and remote parts of the island, big parts of which were apparently owned by some very rich guy.
Their pilot was former Army, flew in Afghanistan, and in the video appeared to be a very rugged and good looking guy with a wry sense of humor...at one point he said “You want to see something really funny?”
When they said yes, he banked the helicopter and took it down lower....grinning from ear-to-ear, he pointed at a beach below and said “Hippies!”
Down below, they could see some naked people walking around on the beach...he said they bring some boats in, gather them all up, and take them out because they aren’t supposed to be there, but...they keep coming back!
Our pilot was named Joyce. X Air Force. She said she just couldn’t leave after her tour was up. She asked if we wanted to get closer. So dipped down into the crater. All other passengers were white knuckling it. I got some fabulous shots. We had the tsunami night before. An earthquake when we reach Hilo The ride in helicopter and that night at dinner the kitchen caught fire in the cool beach restaurant we’d stopped at. What a day!