Tales from Hawaii

Aloha!

We made it to the Islands, after a loooong flight. ( with mandatory screaming babies...lol. )

It's fun to arrive with someone who has never seen Hawaii before, Sam's eyes were HUGE! He looked like a kid seeing Disneyland for the 1st time.

We got in around 6:00 local time, and went to have dinner at the Marriott Kauai Lagoons Hotel.

I ended up running into Bunny's niece Tiara, who works there. I visited Hawaii 19 years ago with Bunny, and her mother Claire was hugely pregnant with Tiara! Talk about making me feel old!

We are staying at the Wiamea Plantation Cottages. It's a gorgeous compound of little Hawaiian cottages....I found out that there used to be a big plantation and a town up the road call Manae, and when the Plantation closed, the town was eventually vacated. The cottages where the plantation boss's homes, which were moved here. They are so charming, with all the original old wood windows & floors!

The beach here isn't terrific for swimming, at least not in the winter months, but they have a great pool right next to the ocean, and two big hammocks. No need to leave!

What they do have is CHICKENS! The chickens have taken over the island! LOL...and they crow aLL the time. All night! I don't mind, I think it's funny, but light sleepers would be better off in a huge hotel. I was told the hurricaine blew through here and set them all free from a big poultry ranch....now they are everywhere!

The locals don't mind them, because they eat the bugs. I guess there is a nasty centipede with a very painful bite, so the chickens keep those down. A hotel employee said the Filipinos catch them and eat them, but they won't ever get them all...lol.

Sam has classes for about 4 hours each day, so I get pool time, and blog time...lol.

It works out just fine!

More to come...