After 11 hours in the air plus a few hours waiting at the airport, we finally arrived at our condo at 10:00 pm local time. It was a grueling journey and I'm thinking I should have booked a longer trip (only 11 days) for all that effort! It's all good though.
Matt, Nicole and I are all sharing the condo at the Waipouli Beach Resort. The condo is privately owned so we are not exactly part of the hotel even though we have access to the services.
We were all most definitely exhausted and a tad cranky when we arrived and I would have been happy to pull out the sofa bed and crash except that we needed to eat and buy some groceries. Fortunately, there was a 24 hour grocery store accross the street. So off we went to pick up some groceries.
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| Matt getting friendly at the market |
The following morning we ventured off to the Wal Mart. Yes, I know, not exactly a vacation activity but we needed some addtional supplies. I also wanted to pop into an AT&T mobile store to see if I could get a SIM card and data package for my iPhone. Rogers in Canada gouges you on roaming charges, even if you buy a roaming package. Sadly, AT&T could not sell me a pay-as-you-go. Oh well, I'll just have to suck it up.
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| Soursop |
Afterwards, we stopped off at a farmer's market to pick up some fruits and vegetables for snaking. There wasn't much selection but we managed to get a few items. The nice thing about the condo is that we have a fully equiped kitchen, so it's easy to prepare some of our meals. Although groceries are rather expensive in Hawaii. I guess everything has to be imported!
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| Rambutan |
It's beautiful here. Gorgeous scenery, mountains in the background, lovely landscape, breathtaking ocean views. It's about 26 Celsius right now. Mostly sunny with the occasional dark clouds threatening rain but nothing yet. Kauai factoid: None of the buildings on the island are taller than the average height of a palm tree. Makes for great vistas!
Sarah's wedding is in about 1 1/2 hours. Time to get ready! So looking forward to it!
Oui, c'est vrai. Je suis l'homme parfait.
ReplyDeleteJe ne passe pas de gaz audible.