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May Day by the Bay
A really unusual day on Kauai. Cloudy all over. The whole day. So we did not get to the beach. Instead we went to Hanelei for the May Day by the Bay festival.
When we arrived in Hanelei we could not locate the festival. We went to the right place but there were just no people there. Maybe because it basically poured down every 15 minutes or so. Or maybe we were at the wrong place?
It did not matter much since both Chie and I had a fun time walking around in Hanelei. Trying to hide from the rain every 15 minutes or so 😉
After a while we returned to Poipu, just stopping briefly in Koloa town to fill up the car. And at the Kukul’ula shopping village. We checked the Living Food Market where I found Kauai made chocolate for the amazing prize of $10 per bar 😯 More than Chie’s flip-flops that she bought in the surf shop next door.
Before returning home we had a Mai Tai and a Lemonade, along with taco chips and ‘home made’ salsas at a bar. The salsa was delicious.
At home we prepared pizza. Frozen. But we add fresh tomatoes, olives, capers, leftover pasta sauce and parmesan cheese. And some fresh basil that we got from Poipu Plantation Resort (they usually give away things they grow in the garden, like the basil, mango, and oranges). The basil was really tasty and you can see it between the bottles in the picture below.
After the dinner we turned on the TV and accidentally ended up on a channel with a travel program about Sweden. We saw some glimpses on Wasa (the biggest engineering failure Sweden has ever seen except maybe for the Hallandsåsen). Then some glimses of Skansen before the show ended with some guy sitting on a wooden pier in front of some typical red Swedish fisherman huts.
Now we have also almost finished packing all our things. Tomorrow we are returning to Tokyo. But we will be back in Kauai next year again, if not earlier 🙂
Come Rain or Come Shine
The last few days have been rainy in the morning. Today was no difference. Once it stopped we went to Poipu beach.
At the Poipu beach it was hot. We read. Took a swim. And then it started pouring down again 🙂
Back to the car. Back home. It had stopped raining. But the sky was still dark grey over Poipu beach just a few hundred meters away.
We spent most of the rest of the afternoon in the garden. Reading and, well, sleeping.
Late afternoon we wanted to cool off. So we again went to Poipu beach. No rain this time. We swam a few hundred meters in the ocean. Enjoying the waves. Read in the sun. Slept a bit. When it was time to leave it started to rain again… Or maybe it was the other way around 😉
Moloa Bay & Kiahuna
Every morning Chie’s friend Eli(sabeth) comes by with her family. And Chie feeds her and her family. It’s a ritual that has been ongoing for quite a few years now. At first it was only Eli but now it is her kids as well.
Once Eli and family was fed we packed our car and went to Moloa Bay. There it was windy and we were soon covered by sand, or at least that was how it felt.
By noon heavy rain clouds were drifting in and we decided to go back south. To Poipu were it is always sunny (almost). We went to Kiahuna and spent the rest if the day there, reading and swimming.
At 5:45 pm we went back home. Made dinner. Omu-rice and spaghetti aglio olio e peperoncino. Then we did exactly what we done every other day… Relaxed 😉
When it Rains it Really Pours
Rain again in the morning. It stopped after a while so we went to Kiahuna. Then it started again. So we went to fill up gas in the car.
At the gas station it had stopped raining again. Until I was almost done. Then it was like someone dropped 10 buckets of water over me. Within half a minute I was drenched. Lucky I was in my swim suite 😉
While it was pouring down we went shopping groceries. Went back home to drop the groceries off. And went to Poipu beach… Where it is always sunny 😎
When we arrived at the beach a Hawaiian Monk Seal just slipped into the water and swam away. Though the seal did not want to spend any more time on the beach we spent the rest of the day there. Going back home just before 6 pm.