Rainbow Falls on Wednesday, Oct. 3. Of the four waterfalls we visited, this one was the best.

A distant view of Pe’epe’e Falls on Wednesday, Oct. 3.

A view of Waiale Falls on Wednesday, Oct. 3.

The featured attaction at the Hilo zoo, a white Bengal tiger named Nemaste’, on Wednesday, Oct 3. The zoo will celebrate Nemaste’s ninth birthday on Saturday, Oct. 6.

Two of the many birds at the Hilo Zoo on Wednesday, Oct. 3.