Since we got to the airport (a very small one) early, they recommended us to take an earlier flight (11:00) since there weren't any restaurants to grab a bite to eat at there. Ironically only two of our three pieces of luggage made it on the earlier flight. One of our pieces of luggage was put on our original 12:30pm flight. More on that later. We ascended into the air and I got a great shot of Pearl Harbor right after we took off:
When we arrived in Lihue, Kauai, only two of our suitcases arrived. The Island Air staff told us that the last piece of luggage probably went on the original flight. If I had known that was going to happen then I would have just stuck with the original plan of taking the later flight since we weren't really in a hurry. But after that, we went straight to Hertz Rent-A-Car and for some reason my credit card got declined. It took me awhile to reach one of the operators from my credit union. Once I finally reached someone, the woman finally told me that my main account had insufficient funds. Due to that, my credit union had to move money from one account to the other. Because it took so long, we only had to wait 30 minutes for our original flight to arrive to retrieve one of our suitcases. It worked out in the end thankfully. I guess the Lord planned it just right.
After we got our car, we were off. We drove along highway 56 from Lihue to Kapaa on the east side of the island. It took about 30 minutes to arrive at our destination. When we arrived, we felt like it was going to be even better than our stay in Kailua. Here's a picture of the home we were about to stay in as we drove up the driveway:
Here's another view as we approached the side entrance after we went up the stairs:
Here's the balcony just outside the living room:
And finally, here's the living room which was next to the kitchen. Notice that it looked like a cabin in the mountains. It was very cozy and a relaxing place:
The owner emailed me and said I could go in and find the bedroom if she wasn't home. Since she wasn't, we then checked it out and thought it was comfortable and we unpacked our stuff. The only bad thing was that our bedroom was really hot when we arrived. However, thankfully we had a fan that kept our room cool at night and the bed was comfortable. An hour later, we met the owner. Her name was Taj and she was a yoga instructor. Although, not quite as laid back as Jordan in Kailua, Oahu, she was very nice and did her best to be accommodating. She definitely liked to have things done the way she liked but nothing was unreasonable.
That evening, we searched for a place to eat since we were so hungry. We found a Mexican food truck near the accommodation which served very good food.
The next night we followed the owner's advice and got excellent fish from a restaurant called The Kilauea Fish Market, which was about 10 minutes away by car. The wait was long but it was totally worth it as you can see from the pictures below. The fish was fresh, cooked to perfection, and very tasty:
Our stay in Kapaa was nice and if you do come across Taj, tell her I said hello. She is very friendly and will do her best to help you enjoy your stay.
Scott Worden (The L.A./Seoul Guy)
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