Kauai
Travel Blogs from Kauai, United States
Na Pali Coast - Quentissential Hawaii
... Na Pali Coast - an Hawaiian Wonder Today's drive would take us one more time to the north coast of Kauai to have a closer look at the Na Pali Coast. Our route to the end of Highway 56 took us through the scenic Hanalei Valley that is renowned for its ...
Maui to Kauai - The Best Flight of All
... flight in the Hawaiian Islands" as seen from our perspective. The flight from Honolulu to Lihue on the south-east corner of Kauai was relatively uneventful in terms of scenery since it was mostly over the Pacific Ocean. Our hotel in Kauai, for the entire ...
Ne ne ne ne naaa naaa
Hawaii-Five-O theme tune, in case you couldn't guess what the title of this entry was. Five days of wonderful relaxation, hanging out with the wonderful Kings. More on this ...
Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii
27/6/07 Our Wedding Anniversary! Caught the plane from Oahu to Kauai. A very different (and beautiful) island. Picked up the hire car and ventured to Poipu on the south coast to our condo. Settled in and had a brief look around. Very nice indeed. ...
Nu'alolo / Awa'awapuhi Loop Trail
The roosters started crowing around 4:00AM the next morning and even though I was wide awake, it was so cold I couldn't make myself get up out of bed to get my head lamp and book to read. So I laid in bed and stared in the dark, waiting for it to get ...
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 ...
Lahaina and Kauai
... Canyon (labelled The grand Canyon of the Pacific) and catch the colours at sunset. I quickly discovered that speed limits in the States are even more irritating when you are driving a car that is meant to go fast. Holding it to the sporadic 55mph ...
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 ...
Hiking the Kalalau Trail
We woke up around 7:30 AM, packed our backpacks into the car and headed out to the coffee shop. We had some pastries and two large Americanos to go and headed down the road to the trailhead. We were surprised to see that there was no parking at Ke'e park ...
Swooping Mt. Wai'ale'ale
... to hike into it and some of it was privately owned by the Robinson Family (owners of the private island of Ni'ihau and a huge portion of Kauai.) The trike takes off really fast. You don't have t o go very far before the pilot pushes out and up on a bar ...
Heading Back to Kapaa
... that we met at the 8 mile camp that needed a ride. They've been on vacation for over a month starting in Maui and ending in Kauai. They are doing one of those low budget trips where they camp and hitch-hike for most of the trip. I sort of wish I had done ...
Mahaulepu Beach - Best Hidden Beach on South Shore
... the beach is nice enough as it is located on a beautiful cove. On the left side of the beach is a rocky point which beckons to be explored. Explore we did and the beauty we found was another highlight of our visit to Kauai. The photos tell the ...
Kukui Trail
Last night some group in a cabin close by was having some kind of party or ceremony, I'm not sure which, but they were so noisy that neither Dave or I got much sleep. Dave got up while it was still dark out and collected some fire wood for the stove and ...
Waimea - Where it All Started
... I thought the paint job could take a little contact with sugar canes. -------------------------------------------- On our way back to the Kauai Sands Hotel in Wailua we stopped at the Royal Coconut Grove in Waimea River Park to catch a beautiful Hawaiian ...
Kauai Coffe Co. - Damn, Hawaiian Coffee is Good
... ;••••••••• www.youtube.com/user/travelswithlobo ********************************************************** Kauai Coffee Company - Yes, Hawaiian Coffee is Good Considering how much we enjoyed every cup ...
Waimea Canyon - Kauai's Breath Taking Wonder
... Real Time Message: September 30, 2008 I have now returned to Prince George, BC after my three month "Grand Tour of America (Canada and the United States). Before starting a video blog of this trip I would like to finish the Hawaii blog. ...
Polihale - A Kauai Beach Worthy of Paradise
... 8226;•••••• www.youtube.com/user/travelswithlobo ********************************************************** Polihale State Park - A Kauai Beach Worthy of Paradise When visiting an island, there is a tendency to want ...
Ke'e Beach - Our Last Chance to Snorkel
... events of yesterday -- the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ke'e Beach - A Last Chance to Snorkel Ke'e Beach is located in Haena ...
The Big Island of Hawaii 4) Kohala & Saddle Road
... is a pretty burg nestled around 2600' above sea level in the center of Parker Ranch, the largest ranch in the United States (at 225,000 acres, it at one time comprised 9% of the Big Island). The town is situated on the ...
Na Pali Coast
... for a permit in order to walk beyond the beach). In the end I decided that I would rather see some other areas of Kauai, because the further I got into the track, the more I would want to walk to its end, and that, quite simply, was not a ...
Shopping at Kapaa
It started raining last night when we were in bed sleeping. It's the first rain we've had on our trip. We've been really lucky. If it had rained yesterday morning, we would not have gotten to go on the trike trip. It rained on and off all morning, but by ...
Scoping Out Beaches
... do yet another hike. When Dave got back, we decided to scope out new beaches that we did not go to the last time we were in Kauai. First we went to Moloa'a Beach. This was a really pretty beach, but the water was too ruff to even swim at, let alone ...
Day 5 Southside
6/20/2004 - Today we visited the south side of the island. We headed through a long tunnel of Eucalyptis trees and visited Old Koloa and saw some great Monkey Pod trees. We went and saw Spouting Horn, a lava formation in which water comes spouting out of ...
Kauai : So Round You Won't Believe It
By the time you get this we'll be nearly home again. Two weeks just don't go as far as they used to. Back when we were young two weeks was long enough for a person to visit six countries, solve a Third World sewage emergency and neuter an endangered ...
