It was our last full day in Kauai as we were to fly home the next afternoon. In the morning, we headed to Wailua Falls, reported at 80 feet tall. The authors of the guidebook we bought said they didn't buy that, though, so they dropped a fishing line over the edge and measured almost twice that (if my memory serves me correctly.) In the afternoon, Rebecca and I had a surfing lesson. We both caught some waves, had some great wipeouts, and had a great time.
That night, we went to the requisite luau at the Smith Family Plantation. The grounds there are quite beautiful, the food was good, the show was good, but the whole thing lacked a real coherent feel, like the last one we went to.
The morning of day 16, we went on a quest. A final quest for shave ice. These are similar, but unlike snow cones, which are made by taking small ice cubes and pouring super-sweet liquid over them, leaving you with essentially a cup of small, barely flavored ice cubes and a cup of cold, super-sweet liquid. Shave ice is much finer, which makes the liquid integrate better. Some places serve it over ice cream. The best place on the island is in Waimea. Two days earlier, when we went to Waimea Canyon, we passed it and saw it was open. We then went for dinner, saving room for shave ice. When we returned, the place was closed. We tried several other places, all of which were either closed, or don't serve it after 4pm. On this last day we found one that was open and had it over ice cream. It was very good and we could finally see why it was so popular there. I'd like to have a truck at the Ithaca Festival next year.
That afternoon, we began the long journey home, ending our extended trip to Japan and Kauai. We had a great time and some wonderful experiences. I hope you've enjoyed reading about it.
2 comments:
It was an awesome trip. Japan was incredibly interesting and Hawaii was just plain fun. The food was excellent and, of course, we brought home some pineapple. Rebecca made friends with the woman at the hotel who runs classes for kids. We all loved the snorkeling and Rebecca was surprised that her mother not only went in the ocean twice but even swam in the hotel pool! This is a trip that will remain with us all forever!
Loved reading about your trip and seeing the great pictures. I'm constantly amazed at my brilliant son; however did he put this web show together? Laughed at all the comments, gave me a real sene of being there.
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