onto kauai
the following day, after pali lookout, we went to kauai. our plane left early in the morning. funny thing going to kauai, and coming back, was being thoroughly searched. we did the whole nine yards of getting the metal detector ran over our bodies and having our bags searched. heidi’s back had an extra passenger on the outside, which airport security noticed: a cockroach! we figured one of our names was a trigger for being searched or our group size. other way it was a hilarious experience.
with jane’s help, we booked four days and three nights, staying in the [kauai sands hotel]. the kauai sands is a nice little hotel, which if i remember reading correctly, is one of the few family owned hotels left. our rooms (farrah and i in one, yen, heidi and sandy in the other) where above/below each other.
the first day on the island was a little rough for me. for breakfast (most of the days we were there) we ate a place called [eggberts], which was close to the hotel. i think the jet lag plus the food was catching up to me because i was getting tired pretty quickly driving. we made a drive to the poipu area of kauai, where there are more resorts and the ocean is calmer then most of the island. afterward we ate a [puka dog] with the coconut relish. they were out of the star fruit relish. oh well.
for day two on kauai we had nothing special planned, just more sight seeing. we stopped by the visitor’s center in the hotel and asked about boating tours to the napli coast. we decided to take that trip on thursday (the next day). next, we did the eggbert’s deal again in the morning. on the walk back to the room we ran across a gecko:
everyone, including yen, took turns holding the little visitor. we got in the car and made our way around the eastern part of the island. the first place we stopped at was the kilauea lighthouse. see all the white dots in the picture below? those are birds, eh.
we then went to the guava farm about 1/2 a mile away. boy, can the girls shop! they almost bought one of everything in the store. guava this, guava that. ugh. we then made our way up north to the princeville resort. huge, lovely, expensive place. the last place we hit before heading back was hanalei, where we were able to go to a couple of shops in the local center.
thursday rolled around and the big activity that day was the boat trip up the napali coast. i was going to go with the girls, but after hearing it was going to be rough out there i backed out, preferring to spend four hours by myself at the local mall. the boat trip started around 3pm, and planned to end around sunset. from what they describe the trip going up the coast was rough, as the captain sped up there to spend as much time sight seeing as possible. the trek back down the coast was at a more leisurely pace.
the last day on kauai was short, with our plane taking off early afternoon. we made a quick trip to the poipu area to grab our last puka dog (no star fruit relish still). we got to the airport and were promptly search before going to the gate.
ah, back on oahu. so we waited outside for jane to pick us up from the airport. as we waited i continued to scratch my peeling back. heidi had an idea to use her lint brush, wondering how much skin would come off. well, the results are below:
