Discover Kauai and Luau....Thursday 22nd February 2018

We sailed yesterday evening for The Garden Isle of Kauai docking in the harbour of Nawiliwili  (no jokes please !)

Another early alarm and breakfast and again sadly cloudy skies and rain later but hey ho that's why the island is so lush and green...

First stop is at Lydgate Beach...

Three beauties at Lydgate Beach...and another variation of my Hawaiian hairstyle !!

What a colourful chap....
There are over 300,000 wild chickens on the islands....they have no natural predators ...as with the plants and animals on the islands they were introduced by the early settlers and now roam free...apparently they are very tough to eat even if stewed for several days !!!

The remains of the dock in the harbour of Lydgate Beach...this used to be the main dock for the island but the cruise ships etc became too large to fit into this area and now use the harbour at Nawiliwili .....

The volcanic and rugged coastline as we head towards the Spouting Horn....

The Spouting Horn blowhole.....I do have video but can't mange to get it onto the blog which is a shame as it was rather dramatic....

This is a lava tube blowhole....

More of the rugged coastline at Spouting Horn...
Returning to the coach we discover that the tour has been changed as a storm is heading our way and indeed it starts to rain heavily so our packed lunch is eaten on the coach rather than at another beach....

Plenty of cloud and rain as we drive up the mountain to Waimea Canyon.
 Luckily it does stop as we get to the lookout....

Beautiful colours of the canyon....

The cloud is very quickly spreading across the canyon....

And very quickly will blanket the area....
We were so lucky as another coach arrives just as we depart and the canyon is now completely covered by the cloud, hopefully it will clear as quickly for the folks on the other tour to get a view of the beauty....

The local library, photo a bit blurred as taken from the coach...
On from here to another coffee plantation and more samples....

The highlight of todays tour is at the Kalamaku Plantation House for a traditional Luau.....
The gang enjoying our complimentary Mai Tai pre dinner and the show....

One very poor photo I'm afraid of what was the most spectacular evening...
The Luau is a traditional story told in song and dance and absolutely amazing, so energetic and athletic especially the guy who did the fire dance with real fire....
It was an incredible show and certainly a highlight....
Back to the ship and sleep as an even earlier alarm tomorrow for us and Bill and Myra...
more on that in next blog entry....