Kauai
We left the Monday after the wedding for Kauai for 5 days. Here's my 10 Things I Remember Most About The Garden Isle:
1) Chickens, chickens, chickens - seriously this must be the County bird or something, these damn chickens are everywhere.
2) Crap food - even the best rated restaurants were meh, I am not alone in this.
3) Shave ice - best invention ever. I could survive on this - if I could survive on this. Get the guava.
4) Terrifying helicopter rides - Never again. Chris owes me big time "It'll be smooth, no turbulence" LIAR. If you want to experience sheer terror from 2000 feet in a 5 person bird WITH NO DOORS, then this is the ride for you. We have great pictures, too bad I couldn't take any myself because my hands would not unclinch from the nearest handle. We stopped after an hour at a private jungle waterfall to have lunch. That was great because we were on the ground.
5) Hiking to awesomest oceanside swimming hole ever - Note: Next time, bring mask and snorkel
6) Forget the hotels, stay in a beach front condo - even the top rated hotel was disappointing (unless you have kids, becaue the pool rocked)
7) Incredible pineapple - I mean I eat a lot of pineapple, but the pineapple that we got from the family running the stand by Wailua Falls has set a new standard. They also fed us some yummy starfruit. They were the nicest people we met on the island by far, next time, we're visiting their farm for sure. So did I take any pictures or write down their name? No. Der.
8) Farmer's market - If we were staying in the above mentioned condo, I would have gone crazy here and stocked up on local eats. We did leave with a fresh coconut, which, if you have never eaten the rubbery, sweet flesh of a fresh coconut, you really must try one day. Yum.
9) Don't try to find that magical, secret beach that you went to 13 years ago. It is no longer magical nor secret. And it's windy.
10) Seeing an old friend from many years ago...
Stay tuned for MAUI!!




















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