Kauai - Day 3

Day 3, and I'm getting so used to being in Kauai. We now have a routine - wake up with the roosters, get dressed, hop in the car, breakfast, and then decide on which direction of the island to explore. Northeast. Today, we're heading northeast

Day 3 was like this:

• Skip the big breakfast - coffee, scones and croissants instead


• Fresh coconut, plucked from the tree, by the husband


• Banana joes smoothies


• Also bought some fresh banana and oranges to bring back to the hotel. This becomes part of the routine - find fresh fruit, bring back to hotel to snack on.


• Kilauea Lighthouse


• Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge


• Lunch at Kilauea Bakery and Pau Hana Pizza


• Waterfalls x2: Wailua and Opaeka'a Falls


• Dinner at Kiibo - another hole in the wall. Food was ok, not going back.


• Stopped by saimin - smelled like chicken in there. Since the hubs doesn't eat chicken, and i wasn't up to smelling like chicken, and we just had dinner, we skipped the noodles (que horror!) and settled to just bring back some lilikoi pie.


• Turned in early, again.

Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

Taken from the Kilauea Lighthouse vantage point. Every white speck you see is some sort of bird. It would have been nice if we were closer. I imagine, though, that it would have smelled like a bird's ass as well. Also, I would have taken a picture of the lighthouse itself, except that it was under repair and, as a result, looked nothing like you'd write home about.

He climbed and took two coconuts for me to enjoy., originally uploaded by gealouxy.

He must really like me, this guy.

Banana Joe's in Kilauea, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

I was told that the best smoothie on the planet can be found here. I've never been to many places on the planet, but I can tell you that the smoothie - don't make the mistake of asking "What flavors are there?" as they only have one - was definitely awesome. Too good, in fact, that we drove back (our hotel was a good hour away) two days after to have more. Sadly, they didn't have any fresh papayas. So, no smoothie. Boo.

Purple flowers outside Banana Joe's, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

This bird has a Facebook page., originally uploaded by gealouxy.

Her name is Daphne. And, she has some 80+ fans on her Facebook page. Quite friendly. At the Kong Lung Market Center in Kilauea - Kauai, Hawaii.

Some interesting flowers at the the Kong Lung Market Center area in Kilauea - Kauai, Hawaii.

A bud within a bud..., originally uploaded by gealouxy.

Red orange cluster, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

What is it that makes a lotus so poetic on its own?, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

Lobsterclaw Heliconia, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

Another tree, even better than the first one., originally uploaded by gealouxy.

From lunch, we decided to head back to the hotel. On our way back, we saw signs for the Wailua and Opaeka'a waterfalls. So, we decided to go.

The sign says, "...people have been killed". Is it because of the slippery rocks, or the bullets that pierced this sign?, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

One of my guidebook said to ignore the warning sign: go ahead and climb down the waterfalls, if you dare. I told the guy he can try, and we'll wave to him from the top along with the rest of the tourists. He took one look down and assumed I was trying to get rid of him. Kauai, Hawaii.

At the Wailua Falls Lookout, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

Wailua Falls, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

Recognize it? Only if you watched Fantasy Island.

Twisted, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

An attempt for something artistic. Or, something. Whatever makes more sense. Taken while the guy checks out the route I wanted him to take down to the waterfall, just before he said "I'm being eaten alive by mosquitoes here, and you're taking a picture???". He can be so dramatic sometimes.

Something simple, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

Opaeka'a Falls, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

At the Opaeka'a Falls Lookout, originally uploaded by gealouxy.

Two waterfalls in one day. It could be luck. Or, it could be Kauai.