At 11:30 am we touched down on Lihue airport in Kauai. Got our bags. Got a rental car. Drove to sunny Poipu. And… We were home 🙂

At least that was how it felt. The great feeling of turning right after a steep, short down hill ride. And the ocean with Poipu beach opens up before you.

Poipu Plantation was as friendly as ever when we checked in. This is our 6th (?) year here and they start to get to know us now.

Our tradition is to go to Kiahuna beach the first day, after a short stop at Brennecke’s where bought lunch sandwich.

The whole afternoon we spent in the sand at Kiahuna. The group of 3 couples that we see every year we are here… Were here again. They sit in a circle at the beach and talk and drink all day long. We lay down a while away as to not disturb them by turning the pages in our books too loudly 😉

When the waves had grown to the size of Tokyo Tower we went into the ocean. Freezingly cold at first, but actually really nice after the first chock.

At 5 pm it got cloudy and started to rain a bit so we packed out things and went grocery shopping. In the evening we had tomato sauce pasta and salad for dinner. At home. Yummy!