Kapaa
Travel Blogs from Kapaa, United States
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Aloha from kauai arn here (it's my turn) ...
Aloha from Kauai. Arn here (it's my turn). We're still on the Garden Island and enjoying it very much. Every ten feet is another post card shot. Beautiful tropical flowers and plants and everywhere. When we were in Waikiki Jayne enjoyed a massage and her ...
Aloha everyone arnold here even though ...
... the TV and radio kept using the words "flash flooding" ... so we decided to just hang around the hotel and the little town of Kapaa. Maybe I'll get a surf lesson in on Maui. We miss you all and hope everything is well with all of you. God Bless and ...
Mad Dash In Progress
Well, as you might guess things are pretty hecktic today. Not only are we getting ready this trip, but Scott has decided to build a gate, and have the granite installed on the pizza oven,,,,TODAY!! And, wow, what a good time I had trying on all ...
Lift With Your KNEES!
My mother and I went to Kauai for a week long vacation before I moved to Oahu to go to school. I moved all of my luggage (books and rocks, man... not a good idea) and hers in and out of cars all day long and then went to sleep. I then woke ...
Saying Aloha to Paradise
Well, just one more day in Paradise, then we are off. I will miss the serenity we have here and all of our friends, but we are glad that you will all be able to travel along with us on our "big adventure" (PS) one ...
It's Hard to leave Paradise
Well, this is the final phase of my testing,,,thank you for your patience, I am not so much of a "Techy" so I have to use you all for my test subjects. Thank you for your imput, and just know that there only be one photo on this entry,,,aloha ...
Hawaii is reputed to have very high prices ...
Hawaii is reputed to have very high prices for just about everything, but I haven't been shocked by anything but the cost of internet access, hence the brief update. We are nearing the end of our stay here. It has been really interesting to have ...
No one ever mentions Kauai's roosters
In October Melanie's parents came to Hawaii to visit. We met them on Kauai and had a lovely time exploring a new island. Some of the highlights are represented in these ...
Kaua hele mai 'aina, kaua hele mai wai.
Or: we come from the earth, we come from the water. Jojo and Uriah are playing cribbage while I listen to the night sounds of the jungle, the creaking talk of houses planted in red clay. This is our home and our shantytown symphony; purrrthump of a ...
Limahuli Garden and Kiluea Farmers Market
Today we decided to go back north even though it was cool and windy today and it looked like it was going to rain. We wanted to go to the Limahuli Botanical Garden in Ha'ena because they said it was quite different from the McBride Garden. We had wanted ...
Kauai's North Shore
Today we decided to drive up the north shore to Hanalei, my favorite little town on Kauai. There is a fish market there that makes really good sushi rolls that we like to get for lunches. On our way we stopped at the Kilauea Lighthouse. We went to ...
Kauai
Short half an hour flight to Kauai. Kauai is the oldest of the 8 main islands, its rugged and the scenery is absolutely amazing, nothing like we've ever seen before. Headed to a hostel in Kapa'a. They had a return flight ticket policy (if you ...
mid-afternoon notes
I can hear the drums down the street from the pow wow in the park. They've been going all day. The persistent beat makes everything feel more alive. I wish I could know what it is like to hear nothing but those drums. No cars rolling past, no drone from ...
On Our Way to Lowe's Cottage
... in. Mieko said that was fine so we headed to Kapaa. We've stayed at the Lowe's cottage before. It's a lovely cottage up the Kapaa valley a couple miles from town. It's bigger than what we need, but it's relatively low priced and would be about the same ...
Vielfalt
Kauai, auch die "Garden Island" genannt, ist die älteste der Hawai-Inseln und bietet einiges an Vielfalt. Lavagestein, tropische Regenwälder, steil abhängende Küsten, prima Sandstrände und satte, grüne Felder findet man hier. Kein Wunder, denn ...
hey dad, beat you to kauai
Oh my, where to even start... Tuesday: After two long bus rides and some time in the surf at Waikiki, we caught our plane to Kauai. (surprise) We arrived around 530 and were picked up at the airport by Oren's sister Joyce and her husband. They gave us a ...
long time me quiet
I've been missing the brief window of internet accessability here due to my engagements at work. That's right folks, once more I'm dancing for the man. Or something like that, the hippies around here are getting to me. Last night the moon was full and ...
Shopping at Kapaa
... was on what we can do. I left Dave at the coffee shop so he could google on the Internet while I went shopping in Kapaa. There are a lot of small little Hawaiiana shops in Kapaa with some nice things, but I have enough Hawaiiana and I didn't see ...
Scoping Out Beaches
... on their sushi. So, we had to come up with another idea for our lunch and dinner for our first day of backpacking. We went into Kapaa to see if we could find another fish market. We found one, but they didn't make sushi. We did find some smoked beef that ...
Garteninsel und Grossstadt
Mele Kalikimaka – Frohe Weihnachten verbrachten wir auf der nordwestlichsten Insel Hawaii's, Kauai. Wir feierten am Tag vor Heiligabend mit einem fünfgängigen Menue mit jeweils dazu passendem Wein, an Heiligabend hingegen deckten wir uns mit 4 ...
Final souvenir shopping
Went to one of the country fair areas to see if there were any deals to be had. Did get one trinket. ...
Ted Nugent called, he wants his shirt back
Being tradition, I watched Ocean's Eleven the night before departing for Kauai. See, I always watch that very movie in anticipation of a trip, be it big or small. The line about Ted Nugent's shirt has always been one of my favourites. Due to ...
Wiki Wiki Whatever theyre called
Well, I am back to life again. Here is what transpired.... Back for my second day of delight at the pool bar here at the hotel, I eased into things with a little Pina Colada with a garnish of pinapple and Curtis Sanford. You see, the game was on Fox ...
Hippie Hostel in Kauai, Hawaii
Kauai is the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. This island has been featured in many Hollywood movies like Jurassic Park, King Kong, Tropic Thunder,.. I stayed there for 6 days and I hired a car (there are only 2 highways on this island) A local told ...
Outbound Westbound
As with every major trip so far, I didn't get hardly any sleep last night while I was up walking around thinking of odds and ends I should or shouldn't take. I really ought to make a concrete list of items sometime and save myself some worry. Today's ...
NaPali Coastal Hike
We were up easily before dawn thanks to the jet lag. We left around 7am and headed counter-clockwise around the island toward the northwest corner where the road terminates at the Na Pali cliffs. From there, the Kalalau Trail winds in and our of the ...
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