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Day 135: Back to Kauai!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

We started our first full day on Kauai at a gathering of guests to offer activities for the week: snorkeling, sightseeing flights, dinner cruises, and so on. It was, as so many places are in Hawai’i, an open air pavilion. A Red Crested Cardinal. Of course, it being an open air pavilion, there are…chickens. Another […]

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Day 129

Sunday, May 6, 2012

After the great waves and sunset we had a quiet night, to awaken in Honolulu! And another view. Then it was off the boat under our own steam (and carrying our own luggage…quicker that way!) and off to the airport!  It was $9.95 for a whole day of internet at the airport…not the 40 cents […]

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Day 125: The Napali Coast…the other way?

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

After cruising the length of the Napali Coast, the NCL Pride of America turned around and sailed back the other way, past Lihue on the way to Oahu.  So the folks on the other side of the ship got to see the Napali Coast under the setting sun, and I took sunset photos.  It got […]

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Day 123: The Napali Coast!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Our cruise liner sailed out of Lihue, northwest up the coast of Kauai, around and southwest along the Napai Coast past Princeville. The official Napali Coast is only 17 miles long.  It only took and hour or so to cruise by in the NCL Pride of America.  This is looking back towards Princeville and Lihue. […]

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Day 122: Lihue to Princeville!

Friday, April 27, 2012

Here is another view of that lighthouse as we leave Lihue behind. The shoreline here is not sand…yet.  Wait a few thousand years! I have added a second view here, because it was hard to see that there was a tunnel in the rock. Our last view of the lighthouse. The shoreline is getting more […]

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Day 121: Leaving Lihue…

Thursday, April 26, 2012

After lunch our ship departed Lihue for the Napali Coast.  As we were leaving the dock the lighthouse at the entrance was illuminated by the sun.  This was right off our balcony. The sea was a bit rough today. Looking inland towards the mountains. This is just one truck out of many that supports the […]

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Day 119: Navigation on Kauai!

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Today we went to the Wailua River State Park and Fern Grotto, along the only navigable river in Hawai’i!  First, a short wait for the bus in the Cruise Line Building. A three photo panorama stitched together in PS Elements. Click to enlarge; BACK to return! Our first stop on today’s tour was at the […]

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Day 118: Good Morning Kauai!

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

After the big show and a nice bus ride back to the Pride of America, we had a pleasant night’s sleep, followed by a very interesting sunrise over the breakwaters!  These are from our stateroom on the Pride. These are full color photographs, as you can see from the touch of blue sky in the […]

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Day 116: A brief interlude…

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Dailydaughter #1 called: the Northern Lights forecast was Extreme++ for Great Falls!  I rushed out… (Click to enlarge; BACK to return!) (Two photo panorama stitched together in PS Elements) It wasn’t normal northern lights.  They didn’t really move.  It looked more like the lights were illuminating the clouds.  It also wasn’t this bright.  I […]

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Day 112: Back to the Tracks!

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Once again, we depart from our lovely, if very oversized, rowboat, to see the sites. The first thing we see is one of the few, if not only, bits of four lane highway on Kauai!  A Kakui nut lei. We have come to the Kauai Plantation to ride the train.  Afterwards there was also a […]

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