2016

We went back this year, and stayed at the Mokihana of Kauai in Waipouli.

We didn't like those guys cutting down the coconut trees but there must have been a reason. The water in the pool was cool in November, so no one was down there anyway!

We found these paintings at the Black Pearl Gallery in Hanalei, near our favorite restaurant in the north, the Dolphin which is next to the Hanalei river.

The first thing that we do is go next door to the Courtyard Marriott at Coconut Grove for a Mai Tai - they make the best ones we've ever had.

We went back up Waimea Canyon to the end of the road because it's a great view. This time we stopped for lunch at Koke'e State Park and I went to the little Museum where I found a book of stories about Hawaii by Jack London - a real pleasure. I also bought a t-shirt that supports the festival of Eo E Emalani I Alaka'I and the Hawaiian Queen Emma represented by Yvonne Hosaka.

Other friends were with us at the end of the road.

You can see how high this spot is because we are above the clouds! It was 63 degree F on the car's thermometer (whilst it was 80 F at sea level).

There are more photos of the hula in the Lihue Airport, but this one mentions the lehua flower which we had been trying to identify.

Lehua Ukulele - you don't see it everywhere, but when you do, it's special, just like Kauai.

I took this photo of a Lehua at the end of the road (up Waimea Canyon, thru Koke'e State Park until you can't travel any further). I was facing south toward the Canyon and away from the major attraction, the view of the Napali Coast, so there is some glare in the photo from the sun.