Salt Pond Beach

Spent the mostly cloudy day at a still hot Salt Pond Beach.


Salt pond

In the evening we had bacon and tomato sauce pasta. Yummy!

Moloa Bay

Got up late and skipped the Farmer’s Market to go directly to Moloa Bay. The day was beautiful with lots of sun, some wind to cool it down a notch, and a lot of sand. We had a fun time.


Moloa Bay

On our way home we got caught in a traffic jam so instead of crawling forward we stopped at Brick Oven Pizza for dinner. It was quite OK, and when we were finished the traffic jam was no more. Great!

Kiahuna

First thing we did in the morning was to go to the airport. At 10:20 am or so we arrived at Kauai, got our rental car and drove to sunny Poipu.

We could check in at Poipu Plantation at once and we just quickly unpacked, got into our swim wear and off we went for an afternoon at Kiahuna beach.


Chie and Monk seal at Kiahuna

We were not alone at the beach. With us was also a Hawaiian Monk Seal. She’d been there for a couple of days they said. Pregnant.

In the evening we had Japanese curry at home. Yummy!

Going to Honolulu

Left work at 3 pm. Went straight back home, picked up our bags and took a taxi to Shinagawa station where I met Chie. At 5:20 pm we were on a NEX train to Narita. Our flight for Honolulu left at 9 pm.


Plotting of our route to Honolulu

At 9 am we arrived in a sunny Honolulu. We spent most of the day shopping and relaxing. In the evening we had dinner at Takonoki, a Japanese restaurant that we “frequent” or at least we visit every time we are in Honolulu (except last September when Robert joined us because then we had dinner at Duke’s).

Returning Home

Woke up early to go to the airport. The sad day when vacation is over has finally arrived 🙁

We all travelled together to Honolulu were Robert spent his transition waiting time in downtown Honolulu while Chie and I spent most of it in the Delta lounge watching Football on TV and monitoring the Pittsburgh @ Oakland game on the Internet. Looked like a loss again (but once we were back home we found out it was a sensational come-back win :-D).