{"id":558,"date":"2010-11-06T13:54:50","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T19:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/?p=558"},"modified":"2012-08-21T13:46:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T19:46:21","slug":"wednesday-10-6-2010-kauai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/hawaii-2\/wednesday-10-6-2010-kauai\/","title":{"rendered":"Kauai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since we still had the car, we went to get breakfast at Poipu Shopping Village. (It seems that not much is easy walking distance from the resorts in Kauai.) We found good food at Poipu Tropical Burgers, and then did some more souvenir shopping at the Whalers General Store (it’s totally a ripoff of ABC Stores).<\/p>\n

From there, we headed back to Old Koloa Town, because I just couldn’t get enough! I’d decided to buy a driftwood sculpture I’d seen in a store the previous day and resisted because it was way too big for our luggage, but they’d convinced me that we could easily ship it home via the post office across the street. Matt and I had brought our other souvenirs along, so we packed the largest-possible flat rate box full to bulging and sent it back to Minneapolis for $15. You really can’t beat that deal, especially when you might be running into bag overage fees.<\/p>\n

We went back to the resort to drop off the car, and headed to the beach. It was a very hard day, obviously:<\/p>\n

\"life<\/a><\/p>\n

We swam in the ocean, then the pool, then went back to the ocean to snorkel and boogie-board. None of us could quite get the hang of the boogie board, but it was fun to float around on it anyway. I went over to the nearby reef to snorkel, and couldn’t believe how big the fish were that close to shore!<\/p>\n

\"boogie<\/a><\/p>\n

Matt and I were in the stages of some decent sunburn, so we covered up and headed to the pool bar to watch the Twins playing the Yankees in the ALDS. I was worried there would be Yankees fans around and we’d have to fight, but we were the only ones watching.<\/p>\n

\"how<\/a><\/p>\n

When things went downhill in the 6th inning, we were so stressed out we went to go swim in the pool. The game really didn’t go well, but something about being on the beach in Kauai drinking mai tais dulled the pain. A lot.<\/p>\n

Around sunset, we went over to the Point for their torchlighting ceremony. They gave everyone free mai tais, and we all gathered to watch the sunset. Could you ever get sick of this?<\/p>\n

\"kauai<\/a><\/p>\n

\"poipu<\/a><\/p>\n

We stopped at the resort shop (Poipu Sundries, home of the Hula Angel) and picked up some more beer to take to the garden pool. We liked that it seemed generally unsupervised there.<\/p>\n

Since we’d had a few (or many) mai tais, Matt and Steve and I decided to learn how to drink beer underwater, which then developed into a contest. Also, I proved I could swim the entire length of the pool with a red cup on my head like a fez. You know you’re jealous.<\/p>\n

After a while, we went to change for dinner, and headed to Naniwa, the sushi restaurant that was only open a couple days a week. I was nervous I wouldn’t be able to find anything there, but they assured me they could make me vegetable tempura. It was delicious, and so was the cocktail with soju and grapefruit.<\/p>\n

We said goodnight to Steve and Colleen and headed to the Point for an after-dinner drink. The place was amazingly empty even though it wasn’t even 10pm. Resorts aren’t really much for late-night entertainment, although the eavesdropping and the bartender were pretty amusing. And my passionfruit mojito was delicious!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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