Apr 24, 2013 - Day 3 - Come on, come on, and do the Loco Moco with me

Day 3, April 22, 2013 The tour operator that we signed up with to take us around the spectacular (so I'm told) Na Pali coast in a catamaran is called "Captain Andy's Adventures" wanted us to be at the Pt. Allen harbor in Ele'Ele at 7:15 AM, for a 8:00 sailing. Aye Aye, Captain. So we woke up at 6:00 AM to make sure we left the house by 6:30 since it takes about 45 minutes to get from our part of the island to the place where the boat is leaving from. The weather was still not good, but we thought, well, it's still early. But when we arrived...

Apr 22, 2013 - Day 2 - Jenna Jameson has nothing on me

Day 2 - April 21, 2013 Hawaii is three hours behind California. So it came as no surprise to me that when we woke up at 6AM, Hawaii time, it didn't feel early to us at all. (In fact, I'm normally up at 6AM anyway, even on the weekends). The sun was starting to rise, so I suggested we walk out on to the beach and enjoy the Kauai sunrise. Except... The weather was still shit. Very cloudy. That's okay. Even when it's cloudy and rainy, it never really gets cold here because of the humidity. So we walked along the beach for a little bit....

Jan 29, 2012 - Paradise on Kauai

We recently returned from a grand, awesome, relaxing, 19 days in Hawaii. A short 3 days on Maui and 2 weeks on Kaui. Mostly relaxed and enjoyed the warmth, plants and wildlife. I will let the pictures tell our story. As you will see, sunset were special...but, then the sunrises---WOW!

Oct 14, 2011 - Kaua'i - Oct 11-14

October 11, 2011 Today we were leaving Molokai and although the checkout time is usually 10am, Cheryl had the bug guy coming over to give the apartment a spray. We decided to go for our breakfast at 9am, as the guy was arriving and then head off to the airport after that. Cheryl’s baked delight this morning was a lovely banana, cranberry and cinnamon pancake with chocolate on top. It was delicious and very filling and after a chat with Cheryl, it was soon time to finish packing up and go. We dropped the rental car back and checked in for...

Mar 4, 2011 - Kauai - Day 25 & 26 - The skies cry

Day 25 & 26 (Mar 3&4)It will not STOP raining on Kaui'i. Hasn't stopped since Wednesday night as a matter of fact. Woke up floating on our inflatables in the tent. Plus we have been (every morning) woke up early, early am due to a rooster crowing his butt off...he likes to hang out in the tree above our tent. He's all over the place up there, I did not know that chickens could "fly" up trees over branches and onto the next tree. Every morning and throughout the day these horrid roosters crow to the best of their ability to out due the other...

Mar 2, 2011 - Kauai - Day 24 - Garden Isle

Day 24 (Mar 2) Island of Kaui'i. Our flight was on a small jet propelled plane which took us over the islands of Molokini and Oahu on the way to our destination. We had the most wonderful coffee on board which is only produced on Molokini, Coconut Roast with the smell and flavor being delicious. So delicious in fact Jason got us refills. As we came in to land the large valley's of Kaui'i greeted us. Lush green in abundance and amazing blue ocean all around. We landed in Lihu'e airport and immediately made our way to the rental car place to...

May 10, 2010 - Kaua'i, Hawaii

There were lots of very pretty walks in Kaua'i, the scenery, some of which was used for the filming of Jurassic Park, was stunning. We hired a tandem and took a ride along the coast, well, that was after I'd been encouraged to practise starting and stopping numerous times – it's actually much harder that you could ever imagine. We had great fun on the bike though and even got a few locals smiling to themselves as we went sailing past – what with Kevin concentrating heavily on steering and myself in a constant state of giggles on the back.

Sep 7, 2008 - Flying to Kauai

Not much happened today. We flew from Kona to Lihue, Kauai on Island Air. They made us mad when we got to the airport. They told us they were going to charge us $25 per extra bag ($50) for our flight today. We are fighting them over this, but we had to pay it to get on the plane. We bought these tickets long before their new policy was put in place and they never notified us of this change until we got to the airport that morning. As of now, I do not recommend using Island Air! When we were waiting to get on our plane, a lady got off a...

Apr 5, 2008 - First day in Kauai

We took about a 30 minute flight from Honolulu to Kauai on Saturday morning. We landed at Luhue airport, picked up our Jeep Wrangler and headed to our home for the week, Alii Kai in Princeville on the north shore. Our first stop was Wal Mart to pick up groceries. We enjoyed the views of the ocean on our right and mountains on our left as we drove north. The foliage was so thick we expected to see King Kong come crashing through the trees. We sat on benches facing the ocean in Kapaa as we enjoyed our Bubbas Burgers (not the same ones you buy...

Dec 4, 2007 - Kauai (Day 5) Spouting Horn and Saimin

(Ron Writing) It was another blustery day so we opted to get our exercise in the recreation room. This afternoon we took a drive around Poipu and also stopped at "Spouting Horn". Spouting Horn is a small public park here in Poipu where there is a lava tube under water near shore. When the wave action is just right it forces water out of the lava tube straight up into the air. There was plenty of wave action today as you'll see on the pictures. We also drove into Lihue and had lunch at Hamura's Saimin Stand. Saimin is sort of a noodle soup...

Mar 24, 2007 - Exploring Kauia — Part II

For dinner we drove into the "big town" of Lihue and ate at the famous Hamura's Siamin Stand. It is listed in the guidebook we are using (The Ultimate Kauai Guide Book, which I highly recommend) and on both the Roadfood.com and Chowhound.com web sites (and believe me, the people who write on these sites know their food!) It is a very local place, with no tables, only counters. They only serve siamin, which is Hawaiian noodle soup — similar to the Japanese raimin — and teriaki chicken or beef skewers. The food was excellent, and cost us...

Nov 2, 2006 - A beautiful day in Kauai

Our morning devotional period was highlighted by our first opportunity to see the sun rise. We were headed to Kauai from Kona so the starboard side was facing the east as we sailed along. The sunrise was beautiful and gave us another reason to praise God for all his glorious work and thank Him for the opportunity to experience it. After breakfast Ed, Sandy, Shonda and I departed for the Wailua River & Fern Grotto Tour on Kauai. We boarded the bus and headed out through Nawilwili and Lihue. We were surprised to see very colorful...