Wow, what an amazing vacation in Kauai! If you are looking for an incredibly beautiful destination ripe with adventures, Kauai is the place to go! Some of the highlights:
Seeing the Napali Coastline via the Holo Holo Charters catamaran.
This was by far the greatest adventure of our trip to Kauai!
We decided to do the Sunset Cruise to see the beautiful Napali Coastline and were not disappointed with it’s beauty….totally awe-inspiring.
I actually had envisioned that this would be a mellow boat ride, and even contemplated wearing a dress. I am so glad I decided to go more casual, because the ride was actually pretty rough and everyone was blasted with the sea salt spray….especially those who opted to sit outside.
This was one heck of an amazing experience. The crew was really friendly and incredibly knowledgeable, the food was good, the drinks were plentiful, the view spectacular and the ride that terrified me at first ended up being a LOT of fun!
Thanks Holo Holo guys for such an amazing time!
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The Beautiful McBride Botanical Gardens:
This (McBryde Garden) was not what I expected at all! But, I am happy to say, that I very much enjoyed it anyway.
I had imagined we would be in a smallish garden of well-organized flowers and trees, like other botanical gardens I have been to. But my first inkling that this was going to be different was when we had to board a tram to get to it. But then I had a slight panic attack when we rounded a corner on the tram and I noticed we were on a very narrow trail with a cliff on one side of us…only to be quickly followed by a cliff on both sides! Gasp! I just tried to focus on the beauty surrounding me and it worked thankfully.
Once we were dropped off we quickly tried to make our way around the massive garden, which felt more like a forest to me. My favorite part was on the way back in the tram when our guide pointed out where they filmed a scene for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 just two weeks prior. Dang it, I missed seeing Johnny Depp?!
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Of course the beaches were incredible and I thoroughly enjoyed spending time there reading and taking in the beauty surrounding me. I brought a few business related books but couldn’t put ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ down long enough to entertain the others. Oh my goodness, have you read Eat, Pray, Love? It’s such a fantastic read for any woman. If you haven’t read it yet, hurry and pick up a copy before the movie comes out on August 13th!
Another favorite activity was running along the trails next to the beach in the mornings with Joe’s daughter Brittany. Hoping to make that a habit on the pretty trails near where I live.
And, if you go to Kauai be sure to visit one of the Farmer’s Markets! We found lots of locally grown goodies there.
As for restaurants, my favorite was Josselin’s Tapas Bar & Grill and also Roy’s. The markets have some pretty incredible Poké too! Yumm!
Are you taking a vaction this summer or have you already had a get-away? If so, where are you going?
Here are some random pics from the trip (click thumbnails twice for full sized images):
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