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Kauai and Poipu Beach

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Early morning again. This time to catch a flight to Kauai. We arrived at the airport a little early so we could catch an early flight. 9 am instead of 10 am. So we arrived in Kauai by 9:30.

At the rental car company our mid-sized car was not ready so we got a full-sized car for the same price. We could not complain about that.

We drove 20 or so minutes to get to Poipu plantation, but our room was not ready for checkin yet. So we hanged to swim clothes and went to Poipu beach. The waves where quite big since it is summer time and this was the south shore.

We relaxed in the sun, reading books, watching people surf, drinking water, and eating fruits and chips. And occasionally we cooled off in the water.

Poipu beach

By 3 pm we returned to our room. Unpacked and took a shower. And went to the grocery store to spend $120 on groceries for the dinner, and the rest of our stay.

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When I woke up this morning I had an hour to get ready before the bus came and picked me up. I was going to the airport to meet Chie coming in from Tokyo.

During that hour I had time to get breakfast at the pool side. A funny thing happened. A Japanese group also came to have breakfast. The sat at the table next to me. One of the guys in the group (maybe he was 50 years old) came with his breakfast. He had to walk around a chair and accidentally put his right foot over the edge of the pool and fell into it. SPLASH!!! It was hard not to laugh.

Then I went to the airport to meet Chie. We then got a rental car and went back to the hotel to leave Chie’s bags. Then we went shopping at Nieman Marcus and Nike Town.

Johan & Chie at Waikiki Sand Villa

At 5:30 pm we went to Duke’s for a dinner. Chie had Shrimp Scampi and I had Mochonong or something like that. A white fish prepared Duke’s Firecracker way. All of it was very tasty.

Chie at Duke's Johan and Duke

After dinner we went back to the hotel. Took a shower and went to bed. Jet-lagged.

Going to Hawaii

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Early wakup in the morning to get to the airport in time for my flight to Newark. In Newark I had another connection flight direct to Honolulu. The whole trip was 9+10 = 19 hours. I arrived at the hotel in Honolulu some 25 hours or so after leaving home this morning. Quite tired I am.

Vacation in Kauai

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Today I got the airtickets for my flight to Honolulu where I will meet Chie and fly to Kauai, less than 1 hours flight north of O’Ahu. We will spend two weeks there. For the third time.