Beautiful Kauai Island

After spending 3 nights on Oahu, Vanessa and I head to Kauai. This is the island we've been looking forward to the most as the scenery is spectacular. We arrive and decide to splash out and rent a car, as there are basically no transport options otherwise. Kauai is called the 'garden island' for a reason and it has a great feel to it as we are driving around. We drive for well over an hour through Kokee State Park and arrive at the Camp Sloggett grounds.

The place was completely deserted with the exception of a lovely US-polish couple who are hiking/camping through Kauai. We phoned the 'caretaker' and were told to leave the $15 fee in a locked box...ok. To say the least this was not the most comfortable place to stay, but it was cheap and it was about 6pm so we were ready to bed down for the night. Although I've probably had more 'interesting' accommodation experiences WWOOFing etc, after a cold, sleepless night I was ready to move on in the morning. The place left quite an impression on Vanessa and you can check out her far more 'descriptive' post over here ;-)

On the way out we stopped at the Waimea canyon lookout...wow!

The funny thing about Kauai is that there are wild chickens everywhere. So much so I hear that permaculture cats earn their keep by helping to reduce the wild chicken population.

We hit the road and landed in a 60's style motel by the ocean in Kapaa, complete with aqua blue/green carpet, groovy ;-)

The following day we booked in for a helicopter tour of the island which was pretty amazing although unfortunately cut short due to bad weather conditions. We did get to see the 'Jurassic Park' falls and Waimea canyon which was awesome beyond what any photo can capture.

Waiting to board the chopper

Jurassic Park falls

Around the canyon.

Last night the weather turned bad and there are flash flooding warnings on the local tv channels. Good excuse to curl up with a book in the hotel room, watch a dodgey movie or two and plan the rest of the trip ;-)