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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 120: About eating onboard the ship!

Thursday, April 26, 2012

About the fourth day of our seven day around Hawai’i cruise, we discovered the Lanai Buffet.  This is the mostly outdoor extension of the main buffet where we ate.  It was nice to sit and eat out there, except for the wind.  One many occasions you had to hold your food on the plate or […]

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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 115: The Big Show!

Monday, April 23, 2012

The introduction! She sure did make that bustle…ummm…bustle! The Chief narrates. They seek a new land. He is taking his daughter’s true love on this dangerous journey. Preparations. Dangers at sea! Trials in the canoe. A plea for mercy and success. Ummmm…gratuitous (but really neat!) fire knife dancing. A little more, with flaming poi ball […]

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Day 114: Dinner!

Monday, April 23, 2012

There was a great dinner included (it is a Luau, after all!).  It (dinner, hula and show) are all held in a big open air pavillion.  How big?  It has it’s own tree! It was done buffet style.  While there were a lot of people, we were called up by table and it went very […]

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Day 113: The Luau Pre Game Show!

Monday, April 23, 2012

After the train ride we stayed for the Lu’au Kalamaku.  It is a fantastic theater show/luau, with good food, and open bar, a local craft market… …and dancing girls! (Okay, you’ve seen this one already: Lots more to come!) Lots of dancing girls!  Of all shapes and sizes!  There maybe a few dancing boys in […]

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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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Day 111: Approaching Kauai

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

We approached the mountains of the Garden Isle with the beautiful light of the rising sun.  We docked in Lihue in front of the big yellow building on the right side of the photo. (Seven photo panorama: Click to enlarge; BACK to return!) Watching the morning arrive. Breaking water over the breakwater! A detail. Next: […]

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Day 110: The Big Island Day Two pt 6

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

One last photo near the Church! They do seem to like their coffee on Kona… … …… … On the corner of Walmart… Of course, Harley Davidson. Finally, where we broke our silence on Facebook!  Internet was $0.40/minute (onboard the ship…it is free at the Kona Brewing Co.)!  We waited. A delicious pizza, with far […]

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