Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Island images, part II

Fun fact: due to a lack of natural enemies, "The Garden Island" is full of wild chicken. Beautiful roosters like these were casually and confidently roaming the streets, parks, beaches and mountains.



Flowering bougainvillea always makes me think of my mum, for some reason. This one is for you, mamma.


Being a touristy tourist at Waimea Canyon, nicknamed "The Grand Canyon of the Pacific".


The views were definitely on par with those in Arizona. Greener here, though. Garden Island, indeed...



Like I said, the roosters were everywhere.



Can you spot the island of Niihau in the distance?


A short stop at Kauai Coffee for some tasty brown brew and a quick peek at the coffee plantation - the largest in Hawaii. The mug is probably also the largest in Hawaii. (That's just a guess, however.)


The Hawaii state flag, in the lower left.


Opaekaa Falls. By the way, did you know that most of the scenes in Jurassic Park were filmed on Kauai? It kind of makes sense.


Wailua River from above. A few hours later I took a boat tour down there, to the Fern Grotto.


At the grotto: traditional music and dancing.


That concludes the picture show. I wish I could have told you more about my interactions with various people; like Joanie, the 70-year old firecracker who held a lunch table for us "single girls"; or Hunter, the surreal survival guy who had lived in an Australian cave for two months, eating only oysters. However, my mind is elsewhere right now.

All in all, the trip was a kick. The only thing that annoyed me slightly was having to repeatedly answer the question "So, where's your partner?" everytime I met someone new, and then acting pleasantly surprised by the unavoidable "You're traveling alone? Good for you! Way to go girl!".

Well, ok. Way to go, me!

4 comments:

  1. Det låter helt incredibly annoying! >:(

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    1. Ändå bara hälften så irriterande som frågan jag får varje gång någon får reda på att jag inte är gift: "You're not married? Why not!?!?". Ehm. :/

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  2. Förutom kommentarerna då så verkar det ju ha varit en väldigt trevlig resa. Och alla dessa höns? Fascinerande. Hur klarar de sig i trafiken?

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    1. Jag tror inte att jag såg ett enda befjädrat trafikoffer, så av någon anledning verkar de klara sig rätt bra.

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