Made it to Kauai

Norm and I packed up yesterday, caught the buses across town to the airport and even got our boarding passes for our flight home in a week. We are set! 

The flight to Kauai was short and sweet. What a lovely island island to see from the sky, steep mountains and so green. 

Brad and Heather met us at the airport and gave us a tour of the local scene as we headed to their place at Poipu Crater. It felted warmer here that it had for the last four days on Oahu. First stop a quick snack of fish tacos (really tasty) and then check out the old town of Koloa. Fascinating information about the sugar plantations that used to be here. We even had dessert (free) at the nut shop where they offer about 20 different samples to taste. 

As we headed to Poipu you could tell that we had left the big city scene and were now experiencing the country. Almost like Metchosin but with a tropic theme! Brad insisted we stop at a road side stand to get some fresh fruit. What a treat! We bought papayas, lingrads and fresh coconut. Uso, the vendor fromThailand. hacked and chopped up the coconut for us to eat. First we sipped the coconut milk and then munched on the meat. It reminded me of when I was a kid and once at Christmas we bought a "real" whole coconut. What fun! 

And now to taste.......

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I munched on coconut all the way home. We unloaded our stuff, changed into our bathing suits and walked the 5 minutes to the beach. It was very nice with the late afternoon sun, soft sand and moderate size waves for body surfing on boogie boards. It will take a few more days till I attempt the body surfing. But we had fun playing in the waves and trying not to get knocked over if you didn't watch the waves coming at you. At little further along at the next beach we saw a couple of huge turtles resting on the sand and young boy with an octopus he had just caught. We watched the sun set waiting for the supposed flash of green just as the sun sets. No such luck. Heather says you need a clear horizon, no clouds. Next time. Off home for a fresh salad for dinner and to bed. Norm and I were tired after the full day. Unfortunately there is no wireless in the complex so it may be difficult to keep up to date. Will do my best.