01-14-2008, 07:29 PM
Gawd, I really want to go back to Kauai. Our favorite vacation ever.
Kintaro is pretty great. Biggest rolls I've ever seen, and great quality fish. Scotty's BBQ was also pretty good. Brenneke's restaurant was just okay; good spot for lunch. There's a fish market across the highway from Walmart that makes killer poke -- the tuna just tastes fresher and better there than it does on the mainland.
I think you may run into some monk seals. We went a couple of years ago at the end of January and there were a couple of them parked on Poipu beach, roped off by the rangers. I love it when they come up and the locals automatically put up a perimeter of driftwood stuck in the sand to cordon them off.
The kids will love the shave ice. There are good places to get it in Hanalei (a trailer on the side of the main highway) and Waimea (a shabby storefront on the main highway in the middle of town, across from the high school IIRC).
There's a great beach for kids on the east side of the island between Poipu and Kapaa with a nice playground and a breakwater that creates a nice calm lagoon to swim around in.
Kintaro is pretty great. Biggest rolls I've ever seen, and great quality fish. Scotty's BBQ was also pretty good. Brenneke's restaurant was just okay; good spot for lunch. There's a fish market across the highway from Walmart that makes killer poke -- the tuna just tastes fresher and better there than it does on the mainland.
I think you may run into some monk seals. We went a couple of years ago at the end of January and there were a couple of them parked on Poipu beach, roped off by the rangers. I love it when they come up and the locals automatically put up a perimeter of driftwood stuck in the sand to cordon them off.
The kids will love the shave ice. There are good places to get it in Hanalei (a trailer on the side of the main highway) and Waimea (a shabby storefront on the main highway in the middle of town, across from the high school IIRC).
There's a great beach for kids on the east side of the island between Poipu and Kapaa with a nice playground and a breakwater that creates a nice calm lagoon to swim around in.