Thursday, November 10, 2011

Poipu Beach on Nov 10

First thing this morning I went around outside the condo and took pictures of things I wanted to remember about this place in Poipu, Hawaii.


our condo



bougainvillea flowers in front of the sign



 condo address



 beautiful flower (Pride of Barbados)



 beautiful flower's bush by the pool
 


view of the pool from our deck



After fixing egg tacos for breakfast, we walked down the hill to the park so we could experience Poipu Beach, and of course...



our daily rainbow



and more flora (Queen Emma Lily)


this vine with fruit was growing on top of a rock wall




this Hawaiian gardenia is worn in the hair


 just the two of us



rocky beach


mossy rocks

It was sunny and nice so we found a spot for our towels and plopped down. We watched a guy surfing, and some families with children playing in the water.
 




















that's Tom and me on the beach being beach bums

soaking up a rare moment of pure sunshine


 beachview of the snorkeling pool



looking up

I took more pictures of palm trees and had fun with that, as usual.


a surfer boy catching a wave

As we were leaving we talked to woman who had been snorkeling. She said that she had seen hundreds of fish, so we're going to try to do that tomorrow morning before we check out.

Going back up the hill to the condo I captured the mailboxes
and the perfect name for a Kauai newspaper
"The Garden Island"

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Kauai Coffee


We were driving down the road back to Poipu after getting off our boat tour in Port Allen and I saw the Kauai Coffee Shop sign so we had to stop!


 
sidewalk art
 


coffee beans 


coffee bean bush - one of many in many rows



We walked the 1/8th mile walking tour.
I took pictures of all the other walking tour markers,
but liked posting the interesting plants more, for now.


a row of very large Norfolk Pine
I used to have one until last winter!
No freezing weather here. Ever!


Plumeria tree with blossoms



We think this is a sugar cane plant. There are no more sugar cane plantations on Kauai. The last one shut down in 2009. But they do still have some sugar cane plants because we could have bought some fresh sugar cane, but we opted for fresh pineapple instead. It was scrumptous.

old piece of coffee bean processing equipment


"Wet Plant" for coffee bean pulverizing process, with auger on this side



weepy looking plant with awesome blossoms
(Weeping Bottlebrush Tree)

 

Weeping Bottlebrush blossom - beautiful!


Kahanu Boat Tour


"Welcome to Port Allen"
Our daily rainbow showed up again. Another double!

We had our reservations with Kahanu Catamaran boat tours.

Checked in here at 7:30 a.m. ready to take our tour on the west side of Kauai

Our tour was on the smaller white boat with the blue windshield, Catamaran Kahanu.

Captain Lani up top. Below is Christian, first mate and tour guide.
 

In the distance is Ni'ihau, the forbidden island, about 17 miles from the boat.


Catching a glimpse of a peak in a large valley.


Just one of many spectacular views on our boat tour.
The captain said the waters were calm for this time of year
so we were able to ride along closer than usual to the island.

Snorkeling Tom. He said there were some beautiful fish below.

The profile of peaks on the north side of Kauai after we turned around to go back to Poipu.
When we were in Hanalei I couldn't ever snap quickly enough to capture these peaks.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Poipu Sunset

November 8, 2011


Setting Sun


Sunset



Self Silhouette

more sunsets:


Poipu on the south shore of Kauai

November 8, 2011

An aloha greeting for us on the kitchen counter.
Looks very Hawaiian.

double rainbow


blazing sunset

more sunsets:
http://joansjoys.blogspot.com/2011/11/poipu-sunset.html