Sushi Bushido Lihue

... 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 ...

... stories). So no matter when or where you are on Kauai, nature will always reign. Kauai stands out as the vacation destination of choice, blending the enchantment of ancient Hawaii with all modern conveniences. Kayak on the same river where Indiana Jones escaped, or windsurf with playful spinner dolphins swimming at your side. Enjoy a whalewatching expedition, or explore exquisite waterfalls on a scenic helicopter tour, or from a zodiac ...

... 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 ...

... art of paying attention and not missing my flight as I did on our previous flight to Maui. Ironically the pilot that "left me behind" in Maui was also the pilot of this flight. He is pictured in the photo that shows Barbara about to get into the plane. Again it was on a very small plane and the loading process may have taken all of five minutes. From there on it was pure bliss and I can truly say that "the best was yet to come". The scenery ...

... the date line... DEUTSCH Kauai war einfach wundervoll .. Diese Insel ist genau das, wie man sich eine hawaiianische Insel vorstellt. Natur pur! Sobald wir ankammen mieteten wie für 3 Tage ein Auto und machten uns auf den Weg zum State Park Buero um unsere Campingplatzerlaubniss abzuholen. Es war gar nicht so einfach, vor allem nicht am letzten Werktag vor Weihnachten wenn jeder in Party-Stimmung ist :-) Sobald alles geregelt war ...

... reaching as high as my knees. Thankfully, the beach was worth the walk (well the coast would have made up for it, but the beach was an added bonus and it is easy to see why it is considered a spectacular hike) and my reasonably clean shoes were worth the strategic (and silly) mud-avoidance measures that I had taken. The latter was due to the large, deep-running, boulder filled stream that I had to cros in order to get to the beach. Most people were simply ...

Lahaina has the feel of a town that has turned totally to tourism. Which it has, to all intents and purposes. It is also quite arty, and the main street is filled with galleries. We stopped by in many of the galleries because they contain quite an array of art. The Lassen gallery (an Hawaiian icon) was interesting, and the works had a mythical quality to them, the skilled construction of the fantasy island landscapes was very evident, but for the most ...

... warning signs told viewers to keep out. There was a touching memorial from the family of a young woman who was apparently killed at the falls sometime back. To spite this, we saw families climbing through the fence to try to trec down the steep hill to the pool below. After this we headed to Wailua falls. The lookout was quite a distance away, but still beautiful.