Kauai pt 3

As the hours on the garden isle pass and the last few drinks between friends are finished I feel as though I should write a bit about my last few days here.

After two nights at a beach house in Kapaa I settled into camping in the back of a friends rental suv on the north end of the island. Most of the time my time was spent at the beach enjoying the sun or swimming in the warm pacific.

I did how ever manage to escape the warm breach to hike some of the Kalalau trail. This included river hoping, whale spotting, waterfall swimming fun. The surrounding area was where Lost was filmed.

I will decently make my way back to this place some day.

Kauai pt 2

Often when I'm in a new place I will just start walking and see where I end up. Hawaii is no exception.

I started at a nearby beach and followed the coast south. The truth is if it's warm and I'm on the beach I can walk forever... If I had a lavalife account my interests would be "enjoys long walks on the beach" - I'm deep like that.

The nice thing about Kauai is that there are no mega resorts. Once you walk for 30 minutes there are no people on the beach. The whole island is full of beaches that can only be reached by boat or some extreme bush whacking. After a couple hours the beach walking to rock climbing ratio became unfavorable and I opted to follow a path into the bush. Randomly a path would lead to the coast where a crude fort or hammock was constructed looking over the water. Swings made from old fishing nets.

Eventually the path became overgrown and I found myself pushing my way through tall grass and thorn bushes. At one point I found a farm full of chickens in the middle of nowhere. I avoided it. A short time later I passed under a barbed wire fence and found the road. And eventually made my way back to Kapaa where I was staying.

The weather on the island is odd. It rains A LOT here, but only for 30 seconds or so. After that the sun is shining full force. It's like being marinated every hour or so. Not to mention the wonderful smell of earth it brings while in the forest.

Kauai! Pt 1

After hanging out in Vancouver for a couple of weeks it was time to go some where warm and surrounded by the ocean. So here I am in Hawaii!

For some reason I keep booking flights that leave at 6 am and end up having to stay up all night to get to the airport at a reasonable time or miss my flight. This time I chose not to sleep.

I needed to get to Kapa'a where I could check into a hostel. I decided that hitchhiking was probably common in Hawaii so went to main road and stuck out my thumb. Also I had bundled up the blanket I had taken on the plane to stay warm and set it in the garbage can in the men's room. Upon leaving the airport I heard a voice come over the loud speaker saying " CODE 11 CODE 11 - MEN'S WASHROOM SECTION 2 "

I decided it was a bad idea to go back into the building.

30 seconds later I was on my way. Buddy who picked me up had the day off and decided that we should go exploring. After checking out a few beaches and seeing Will Smiths 10 million, 100 acre property we decided to catch a happy hour.

He gave me a place to crash for the night and even offered some work if I was sticking around for a bit.

The house was up in the mountains And apparently is the rainiest place on earth - 500+ inches a year.

Beach time!