Category Archives: Kauai

Bye, Bye Kaua’i

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This is then end… Of our Golden Week vacation 2010. It is always with mixed feelings that we return to Tokyo. On the one hand it is sad to leave Kaua’i. On the other hand it is going to be fun to get back home to e.g. visit Coco again.

We left Poipu Plantation resort around 4:45 in the morning. Our flight out of Kaua’i was the first in the morning. Then it was a looong flight back to Tokyo in economy class. Luckily we had seats in an exit row so we could stretch our legs.

We will be back in Kaua’i next year too 🙂

An Old Friend

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Today we met an old friend of ours at Kiahuna beach. “V20” the monk seal was again laying lazily at the beach. Of course we went there to say hello, though he seemed not to recognize us. Probably asleep.



The rest of the day we spent reading, talking, Chie drinking some Mai Tai, playing in the water and just relaxing and enjoying our last day in Kaua’i… For this time 😎



We stayed at Kiahuna beach until 6 pm, enjoying the last rays of warm sun before we had to leave.



Before leaving we walked up to a newly married couple laying next to us on the beach. They would stay about 1 more week at Kaua’i so we gave them our sun chairs. Kind of to return the favor to the one that gave them to us. Pass it on 🙂

Then it was the last preparations before going back to Japan. $10 Kauai chocolate for Johan. $25 gas for the car. $X XXXX for a friend (the X:es are just in case the friend reads this ;-)). And then home for dinner and packing.

Poipu Beach… Again

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I am starting to get annoyed at the monk seals now. Today another one was stranded at Poipu Beach. Result? Half the beach was sealed off for him (guess it was a him from the size). No space for us humans 😉



And the ocean was full of sea turtles. At least we saw two turtles again. They seem to come in towards the beach to eat sea weed from the rocks, or whatever they eat.

And everywhere there are chickens (wild chickens). Today a cardinal visited too. And we gave him a piece of bred. He seemed very happy.



Too many animals. Cannot concentrate on reading so I had some chips instead.



At 5 pm we went home and had crab cream sauce past with salad for dinner. Yummy!

Moloa Bay & iPads

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From the title you may wonder what Moloa Bay has to do with iPads. Well, nothing. But if you bare with me I will explain 🙂

Moloa Bay has everything to do with what we did today. We went there in the morning and spent the whole day there.

It was a beautiful day. Sunny. A light breeze. Warm sand and water. Good book. Good company. Under coco nut palm trees (well, we did not spend the day in the shadow but it sounded good).



In the late afternoon we started on our way back home. First stop was Safeway in Kapa’a town, and the small shops around Safeway. We found a store that sold organic products like groceries and cosmetics. We memorized it plan to do most of our shopping here next year when we return.

Next stop was a Korean restaurant just south of Kapa’a town. We bought kalbi, with rice and kimchi to go. The kalbi was raw because our plan was to grill them by ourselves. It was tricky to get on the road again since the whole island of Kaua’i seems to be on the move at the same time. Two nice gentlemen (one in each car) let us cross over one lane and get in front in the other lane. Mahalo!

Our last stop (besides at home) was the Mac Made Easy store in Lihue. We checked in again if they had gotten the iPad Wi-Fi 64GB that they had promised. They had. I bought it 😈

When Chie saw what it could do (we are still in the shop) she wanted one too. She bought a Wi-Fi 32GB. The last one in the shop.



Back at home I grilled the kalbi and we had dinner. Then we started to play with Chie’s iPad. Mine have to be activated by syncing it with my iTunes before I can use it (we only have Chie’s MacBook with us). Oh boy is the iPad fun 😀

Monk Seals at Poipu

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We made it safe today and went to Poipu Beach. It is close. And always almost always sunny. Today it was sunny. And crowded with monk seals. Or at least two were visiting the beach.


Monk seals at Poipu beach

It was quite fun watching them. They stayed until around 2:30 pm and then they swam away between the snorkelers.

We stayed at the Poipu beach until 5 pm. Then a short visit to the grocery store before returning home for dinner. Tomato herb chicken and salad. Yummy!