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Back from Hawaii - trip report
I miss it already. This was a great time to go! I always thought that the summertime would be too crowded or too hot. It was neither. It was odd to see the north shore calm. We couldn't believe Sunset and Pipeline looked so peaceful. It was also different at Kailua. I had seen people complain on tripadvisor about the wind. I thought they were just grumpy. Oh, no, now I get it. Sand would blow in your mouth when you'd try to talk. We just moved our stuff to the grass and ran to the water to swim. It worked out fine, but was not what we usually experience there.
We swam in the ocean every day... plus, snorkeled, boogie boarded, sailed... and... is there a word for floating on the neon tourist raft for hours? hahaha, not only did we do the most touristy thing and just float in the Waikiki kid-zone... my H branded himself with the underwater camera. He didn't wear any sunscreen on his very white belly. The only thing blocking the sun was his camera. He stuck it on his stomach while he was floating on his back. Now, he has a nice white rectangle in the middle of his bright red gut. Too make matters worse... he put 45 sunscreen on his nipples... which he apparently rubbed to make very large white circles. He has an interesting robot face look to his midsection now.
Waikiki was not too crowded... plenty of space on the beach. Surfing than was busier than usual. The sunset cruises sold out. Duke's was busy. Other areas were not as crowded as I thought that they would be in summer. I imagined that locals (especially kids out of school) would enjoy the windward and north shore beaches. There were less people than October. Waimanalo was perfect for boogie boarding. Shark's Cove was an interesting snorkel spot. We like Electric Beach better, but ran out of time to get over there.
I'm tired and jetlagged... sorry for the rambling.
Just wanted to say thanks for talking me into going to Hawaii for H's birthday. He's lookin' sexy, sexy with those white eyes and rectangle mouth on his tum-tum.
I wish I could have talked him into Kauai. The more I researched it, the more I thought we should go. The Na Pali coast looks amazing. I want to book a trip for August. I have beach fever so bad. Does medical insurance cover plane tickets?
Thanks, again. You always have good advice (especially about which way the toilet seat covers goes).
Newlyweds since 2007
Re: Back from Hawaii - trip report
Love this!!!
Glad you had a great trip!
sounds like a great trip! welcome back
(also, sad you missed the Seattle GTG)
sounds like you had a great time nancy! bummer i missed you again.
summer is awesome here...totally different vibe than the winter craziness on the north shore.
we are thinking of going to kauai this weekend...any must sees that you've researched. i haven't even started looking into it...doh.
I am so glad you had a good time. thanks for the good laugh - i am tearing up laughing so hard!!!
you would love Kauai, we went there last year for our babymoon.
Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
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Lucky you! I knew I should have stayed in Hawaii.
A guy on tripadvisor posted a link to his pics of Kauai. I loved it b/c he took the time to write a description under the images. It made it seem like a nestie having a conversation ...
http://picasaweb.google.com/Mjneenan/KauaiDecember2009#
He and several other people loved the helicopter tours. If I had a weekend there, I would do a helicopter tour of the Na Pali coast and enjoy the beaches in that area. It looked the most unique.
If I had more time (a week), I would go to Poipu. The beach gets rave reviews from multiple sources.
The canyon might be interesting... hard to say if it would be thrilling enough to be in the heat instead of in the ocean.
Flumin' da ditch http://www.kauaidiscovery.com/activities/mountain+tubing/
Again, who knows if it would be worth the time away from the ocean.
If you go, let me know what you liked.
Newlyweds since 2007
wow, thanks nancy! we're not going this weekend due to the holiday jacked up prices...it would be cheaper to go to seattle! probably in a few weeks...see you should've stayed!
nancy, i was laughing so hard at YH's robot, poor guy - sounds painful!
aww, hopefully you both get to go at some point, i love kauai! here are some notes i wrote up for a friend once - (linky)