It's been a week now since we came back from our six day vacation on Kuaui, and we had a great time. We both agree it was the best vacation we've ever been on. It's taken us a while to adjust back to real life, and was further hampered by Avery and me being sick for the past four or so days. Finally here is a post about the vacation, and some pictures.
Wednesday- We arrive that evening. Daryl and I rent our car and make our 45 minute trek up to Princeville where we are staying. Our very first meal on Kuaui is at the Kapaa Burger King. It was really special.
Thursday- Daryl and I come back down to Lihue(where the airport is) to take a helicopter tour of the island with Mom. Dad is too chicken to go with us. It was worth every penny. The tour was amazing. Kuaui is beautiful!
Friday- We fly to Oahu with Mom and Dad, so we can go to the Polynesian Cultural Center for our tour, luau, and terrific show. It was great and the food was terrific. Daryl got to go onstage during one of the demonstrations, and had his Hawaii dream come true. He got to drink the coconut juice from a fresh coconut, and eat the meat right out of the shell.
Saturday- Still in Oahu. We went and saw the Arizona. Be warned though if you ever go to see it, they won't let you take anything with you. Not even purses or a diaper bag. In the evening we fly back to Kuaui.
Sunday- Daryl and I sleep in, watch some Golden Girls, and do laundry. We stayed in Paul's(Nellie's super awesome boyfriend) timeshare place in Princeville that was basically a small condo with laundry in it. Then we went and found a beach to swim in that would have been perfect for boogie boarding. Too bad we didn't have any, but we still had a lot of fun. The water was pretty warm. Nothing like the ocean here of course, but it wasn't quite as warm as the Carribbean. Still great.
Monday- Daryl and I wake up early to go swim at Hanalei Beach, recently voted America's number one beach. It's really great because the whole bay is about three feet deep and it is very peaceful. After that we packed up our things and headed back down to Lihue to stay at the Marriott where Mom and Dad our at for our last night. We headed down to Port Allen to go on a snorkeling tour of the Na Pali coast on the catamaran the Lucky Lady. The tour took us up and down the Na Pali coast on the west side of the island that is only accessible by boat, canoe, kayak, or hiking. We got an hour of snorkeling in and saw a monk seal right before we got in the water which was pretty cool, but scared most of the fish away. We did see some fish and we even saw a shark swimming below us. He was just a little guy though maybe four or five feet. He didn't pay us much attention, but it was really cool to see him. We also saw some turtles, and we really lucky and saw a dolphin pod. They were napping so they weren't doing too many acrobatics, but they swam right up to the catamaran. It was pretty cool.
Tuesday- The Marriott in Lihue has the biggest pool in the state of Hawaii, so we went swimming in it of course. Daryl and I had many swimming contests such as who can hold their breath the longest, who can swim the farthest underwater with their eyes closed, and who can kick off from the side of the pool the farthest. Daryl won them all. Before our 10:30Pm flight home we have some of the best sushi we've ever ate at a place called Sushi Bushido next to our hotel. It was really, really good. The flight home was uneventful. Daryl mostly slept through it, but I was up for all five and half hours of flying fun. Yea!
Wednesday- We arrived back at home at 7:20Am. Thanks DeAnna and Nellie for taking care of Avery while we were away.
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