Thursday, August 15, 2013

Kauai 2013

After our Na Pali trek I decided to stick around a few days and explore a little of Kauai with Katie.  We stayed at her sisters house with her boyfriend and enjoyed our two days there. 

The day after we got out of Na Pali we decided to head down to the west side of the island.  Waimea Canyon and Koke'e were there.  I also wanted to go to glass beach near Port Allen and check out the place where Katie picks up her cool hats, Machine Machine.  We played tourist at Waimea checking out all the look outs, eating fresh juicy pineapple in the parking lot and driving up to Kalalau lookout.  We hiked a little ways down to get a better view but it was wet and soggy up there. 

After leaving Waimea we headed down the mountain and hit up Port Allen and glass beach.  We cruised there and looked for some glass from the ocean.  When I went there a few years ago there were way bigger pieces but I guess now that everyone is looking for ocean treasure now they are all gone.  We picked out a few small pieces and headed over to Machine Machine.  We didn't pick up anything even though I was eyeing out a few hats that I might have picked up.  Till next time. 

That night Christian Jenny's boyfriend asked if we wanted to eat sushi in Kapa'a.  I never ate sushi since Japan so I was craving it.  We drove down to a sushi bar called Kintaro's, boy it was delicious!

The next day we decided to check out some beaches up north.  Jenny knew a place where a monk seal was nursing it's baby.  We decided to go check that out.  We watched the monk seal for over an hour, it swam around cruised on the beach and ate some food.  After that we went to another secret beach up the coast and went snorkeling for shells and stuff.  No one was on the beach when we got in and it was quite a walk from the car.  About thirty minutes swimming around checking out the reef we ran into a black tip shark.  That was the first time I seen a shark snorkeling and the first time Katie has seen a shark in the water.  We were both kinda freaked out so we got outta the water.  We hit up Hanalei pier and a food truck as well. 

The last two days on Kauai were pretty chill and can't wait to do it again!






One of the lookouts on the road to Waimea Canyon.

Grand Canyon of the Pacific.

I was just down there a few days ago! 

Looking for glass at Glass Beach.

Found a few pieces.  Making sure there are some left for others is a good thing!

Checkin out North Shore zones

The pup monk seal swimming around while momma lies on the beach.

Feeding time.

Lots of these lying around on the secret beach. 

Hanalei Pier with waterfalls all up in the mountains

Hanalei poi! 



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