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Last Day in Kauai

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Last day in Kauai for this time. We went to our favorite beach, Kiahuna, to play in the waves. Today it was quite big waves and Chie brought the boggy board. I just use my body to surf the waves 🙂

We spent the whole day at Kiahuna beach. Readin. Playing and swimming in the water. Relaxing. But not wishing we could stay longer because that is not the Hawaiian way.

The Hawaiian way is to care about the moment only and not about the future. So we enjoyed the moment, and tomorrow when we have to leave Kauai we start wishing we could stay a little longer.

In the evening we went home to take a quick shower and then we returned to Kiahuna. Where we had dinner at the Point. We had a dinner mainly so we could have nice drinks and not so much for the food that is usually better when we make it ourselves than eating out in US. Chie had a Mai Tai and I had a virgin Lava Flow.

After dinner we filled the tank in the car, $40 made it topped up. Then we tried some alternative routes back from Koloa town to Poipu but without luck so we went the usual way. Once back home it was packing to get ready for our early rise and drive to the airport tomorrow morning.

Adventure in Jurasic Park & Salt Ponds Beach

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We had a talk with Jay-Nyh at Poipu Plantation about what beach we should go to today, and he suggested the Lawai beach. The only problem was that the beach is totally isolated by private property. In this case the National Botanic Garden, where recorded part of Jurasic Park.

Jay explained how to get there via a small path used by locals to go fishing. Then it was jumping across some stones and “you’ll be there in 10-12 minutes”. So of course we wanted to try.

We climbed down to the shore from the dirt road where we parked our car. Then climbed rocks, and rocks and then some more before we ended up in a forest with 15-20 cm pine needles on the gowned making up a brownish soft “floor”. Then we found a dirt road and got to a place with a sign “Danger – Keep Out”, and it seemed the only way to the beach.

So we gave up. Trespassing is no fun in US 🙁 We assumed that the dirt road we were on was the same as where we parked our car. So we walked, and… Just around the bend and we were back at our car. Well, at least we got 20 minutes of exercise climbing the rocks, though the dirt road took only 2 minutes, tops.

We decided to go to the Salt Ponds Beach instead. But first we stopped at one of the Kouchi signs that we have seen all over Kauai. Probably a welcome back Chie Kouchi sign we thought the first time we saw it. But we were out of luck today… “Ron Kouchi for senate” was more like, but quite fun anyway 🙂

As we were discussing if we should steal a sign to bring back to Japan we arrived at the Salt Ponds Beach. A quite nice beach with calm water on the west shoos of Kauai, just past Port Allen. We enjoyed most of the day here on the part of the beach where the locals seemed to hang.

In the late afternoon we felt the urge for some bigger waves than was provided at the Salt Pond Beach. So we went back to the Poipu area and Kiahuna beach. The surf was great and we spent a lot of the time in the water floating back and forth with the waves.

Around 6 pm we packed our things and went to Big Save for some grocery shopping before returning home. Tonight was crab and tomato cream sauce pasta with salad. Yummy.

Football & Kiahuna

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As usual in the morning Chie is feeding her favorite bird Elisabeth. She has been visiting us at Poipu Plantation for the last few years. Always coming when we wake up and when we get back after a day at the beach.

This morning Elisabeth was there though it was raining. So we stayed at home and took the opportunity to watch some football, it’s Sunday after all 🙂

Once the weather got better we went to the Kiahuna beach. And went to the hotel nearby, or rather to it’s bar. To watch the end of the Patriots at Jets game, and more specifically watch the results from the Rams at Raiders game. Raiders won and that made our day… And the sun, and the waves and Kiahuna beach contributed as well 😎

Around 5 pm, or just, past we packed up. And once we got into the car it started to rain. In Kauai it is always raining somewhere, but there is usually always sunny somewhere as well. And the weather can change quite suddenly.

At home we prepared dinner. Tonight it was pasta with bacon tomato sauce and salad. Yummy!

Back in Kauai

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Flew from Honolulu to Kauai in the morning. As usual we got our rental car and drove back to Poipu Plantation to check in. The room was not ready but changed clothes and went to the Kiahuna beach, after shopping lunch at Brennecke’s

It was really hot when we arrived at noon but pleasantly warm at 5 pm when we left. We went to Big Save to buy groceries. Then home to prepare dinner and take a shower. Basically a day as any other in the paradise 😎

Poipu Plantation is our home when we visit Kauai. The staff is so friendly and they have a beautiful garden. With mango trees, oranges trees, and tons of flowers.

Whenever they have fruits they always welcome the guests to try. Right now it is the season for oranges and they have too much so they asked us to pick from the trees if we want too. I already tried an orange and it was juicily deliciously yummy 😛

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.