Pu'U Poa Princeville

... I will get some good pictures.

I know we would be really having a good time if you all were here with us! I can only imagine what it would be like. It may not seem like it, but we are having fun just relaxing and doing our own thing since we've been on most of the tours at least once, decided not to do them again this time, just enjoying the ship and the ship and walking around the ports.

love to you all
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... little tired looking - however the view from the balcony is unbeatable. We had a ocean view and it was absolutely breathtaking, so I guess this makes up for the not so steller rooms.

We spent our first day on the island at Waimea Canyon, which is the "Grand Canyon of Hawaii". We mainly just looked at the big hole in the ground, but I'm sure there is excellent ATVing and hiking in this area. We spent the ...

... mix and have breakfast in a very modern kitchen. Lyn and I mix some mimosas and sit on our patio while the girls hit the pool and the activities list. They have Koi feeding, tribal tattoos, lei making. surfing lessons, scuba lessons. After surfing lessons, KT, Jen, and I are ready. We jump in the Caddy and head into Hanalei Bay. This is the most charming place on the planet.. Small surf shacks and taco, coffee, ice cream ...

... br>makes time go faster, while flying makes it go waaaaay slower.

We arrived in Honolulu round 2:30pm local time. I stopped to
get something at a little airport Chinese buffet place. He asked me
like 3 times what kind of starch I wanted before I realized he was
asking what type of rice I wanted. It's weird how you its so easy to
mis-hear a word ...

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 up at 4 am and was unable to move due to the intense pain in my back. I was promptly ...

... or so, then they served pig, sweet n sour mahimahi, beef teryaki and an open bar. They finish the night off with a show of various dances from surrounding cultures including: Chinese, Phillpines, Hawaii'n, Japanese and others. Pretty cool show with a fake volcano they've constructed. We were both pretty eager to get the show done with as we had to get up early the next day for our Na Pali coastline cruise. Will post more tomorrow.

... mountains from Hanalei town, the mountains appear to be a dragon. We went to the Hanalei Wake Up Cafe for breakfast and took a drive north before Mass. We stopped at some caves and checked out the Coast. Mass was beautiful. St. Williams opens up to the outside and is just beautiful. We were presented with shell leis when we arrived. It truly reflected the "aloha spirit". After ...

... was spent in driving to the end of Highway 56 where famous Kee Beach is located. This is also the start of the spectacular Napali Coast with its giant sea cliffs and folded mountains. It is the most spectacular coast line in Hawaii, unfortunately only accessible by air, sea or hiking. As a later blog will show, our method of exploring this coast was hiking. Coming soon: Kee Beach and Another Try at Snorkeling

... to get some local grind to give his old man for Christmas, so we stopped at the Kauai Coffee store. Now, myself not being much of a coffee drinker, in fact I loathe it, I wasn't really expecting to enjoy myself but I went in regardless. They had a DVD playing about how they go from soil to mug, which grabbed my attention for a bit, but I was more intrigued by a coffee canister labelled "Kauai Coconut ...

... saw three Hawaiian Monk Seals on the beach and one huge turtle in the water. We still had not yet adjusted to the six hour time difference. Our hotel is not within walking distance to any restaurants so we drove to Kapaa which was the closest town. We had dinner at Wahoo. The ahi poke was great! I also had a Corona to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.