Dinner in a garden setting the night we arrived |
A Red Headed Cardinal
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The view east of our resort in Po'ipu
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Red cliffs on our first hike
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Tide Pools along the hike
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Fish and a sea cucumber in a tide pool
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*Makauwahi Cave
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*Checking out the cave
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*Leaving the cave
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A sleeping tortoise in a reserve by the cave
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Spouting horn. Waves crashing into a lava tube spray up
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Moir Garden in Po'ipu features orchids & cactus
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A beautiful orchid in Moir Garden
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A hibiscus in Moir Garden
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Roosters and chickens were everywhere!
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Visiting a shopping & historical area of Koloa
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We took a helicopter tour of the island
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Manawaiopuna Falls used in the movie Jurassic Park
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A series of waterfalls, including Manawaiopuna
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Flying into Waimea Canyon (the Grand Canyon of Kauai)
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Waipoo Falls in Waimea Canyon. We hiked above it to the left
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From Waimea Canyon we flew to the Napali Coast
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A sea cave along the Na Pali Coast
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We saw a couple rainbows during our flight
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Waimea Canyon from Pu'u Ka Pele Lookout and us
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Vince and Stuart on the Cliff Trail of Waimea Canyon
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We saw goats on the cliffs across the canyon
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Hiking the Cliff Trail |
Kalalau Valley from Pu'u o Kila lookout
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We took a morning boat tour around part of the island and to Lehua Island. This is the Na Pali coast from the boat
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Us along the Na Pali Coast
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A waterfall over a sea cave
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Vince and Michael on the boat
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We saw several humpback whales. Here is the tail end as it dives
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A humpback whale tail
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A few manta rays came near while we were stopped. You can make out some of it here
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Ready to snorkel
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*Snorkeling off the island of Lehua
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*A reef shark and other fish we saw while snorkeling
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We saw many of these yellow fish in the water
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Three Spinner Dolphins swam towards us
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We saw why they are called "spinner" dolphins. Far from the boat a couple of them jumped up spinning around
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I got this shot of a dolphin in the air |
An interesting shore line
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We saw this monk seal sleeping on the beach and a couple swimming just off shore
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We spent time on the beach. It was windy. Look at that umbrella
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I got a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving
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Sunset from the Beach House Thanksgiving evening
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Having mai tais at the Beach House
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A visit to Limahuli Garden
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Nene geese at the Kilauea Lighthouse
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View of the Na Pali Coast from the lighthouse lookout point
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*Dinner at Luau Kalamaku |
The fish I had at the luau
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*The luau featured a story of the settling of Kauai
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Hula at the luau
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A fire dancer at the luau
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An arch formed by lava near our resort
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A sea turtle in the pounding surf
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Wailua Falls
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A suspension bridge that spanned a small river
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A toad hiding in a hole in a rock near the suspension bridge |
A statue we saw at one of our stops
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