Houghton Hullabaloo: April 2011

Last month Chris and I went on our honeymoon to Kauai. I have come to the conclusion that all of us "Mainlanders" are idiots and we should all just move to the Hawaiian Islands. If it had not been for the tsunami scare that Friday before we arrived I would be setting up our cardboard shack (because that is the only thing we could afford to live in) on the beach as I type this. I have been in a state of mourning since our return, Texas is great and all but it's no Poipu Beach... ugh....

OK, I will stop complaining now and tell you a little bit about our trip. We arrived Monday and after waiting a while for our baggage (apparently things move a lot slower there, which I eventually came to appreciate) we got our rental car and headed for our hotel to check in. As we zoomed down the road at a whopping 35 miles an hour (45 is the max speed limit we saw on the island) I knew it was going to be quite difficult to leave. After dodging chickens and roosters left and right we arrived at our hotel. (they seriously have chickens just walking around the entire island, it's hilarious if you wanna know the story behind that click here)

Here is a picture of the road to our hotel. Gorgeous right?

The Tree Tunnel

We checked into our hotel and were treated to free Lilikoli Lemonades....I have never in my life had so many sugary, fruity, jam packed with calorie drinks in one week.... they were amazing but due to the fact that I probably gained five pounds on the trip, I am going to keep them on the island along with the chickens thank you very much!

The next day Chris and I explored the island, we went to Spouting Horn and then to Waimea Canyon, so beautiful! Then we went back to our hotel and hung out on the beach, it was the first of many perfect days. For dinner we went to Plantation Gardens and Chris had some yummy ribs and we finished off our day with a giant Macadamia nut ice cream sandwich and a Guava Cheesecake...delish! If you're ever in Koloa hit up Plantation Gardens!

Spouting Horn

Waimea Canyon

Just FYI: If I ever run away from home... this is where I can be found. (By the way I love my Nook)

The next day we went on a ziplining safari, we hiked, kayaked and ziplined the day away on the Kipu Ranch where they filmed Jurassic Park. I didn't get any pictures so if you wanna see where we were, watch the movie, it looks exactly the same just minus the dinosaurs, obviously.

The next few days we explored the island and on Saturday we went on a cruise to around the island to the Napali Coast. It was beautiful. I learned 2 things that day: #1: Chris doesn't get seasick #2 I do. Oh and lets make it 3 things I learned....#3:I will never consume cinnamon rolls and Guava juice in the same meal, they don't taste that great coming back up. I only remember "tossing my cookies" (or should I say tossing my cinnamon rolls) 3 other times in my life so that was definitely a scarring experience. Despite the sea sickness it was still tons of fun and I would do it again in a second, barf bag and all! We saw a few whales, tons of dolphins and when we went snorkeling we swam with lots of fish that would swim right up to your face. Chris also swam with a sea turtle! Needless to say it was another great day in Kauai.

We saw tons of dolphins! They were even jumping out of the water!

Thankfully, as I was barfing, Chris was able to snap these pictures!

Right after I barfed... don't judge.

The day we left we at the Duke's a restaurant right next to the airport, I highly recommend their Hula Pie... it's to die for.

Here are some more pictures from our trip:

The Grand Hyatt Resort, maybe when we have more sweet cash money we can stay here!

Chris' signature pose

Lappert's Ice Cream... It will change your life. It's the Hawaiian equivalent of Blue Bell, but I think you can get it here in the mainland too. If you ever get a chance try "Heavenly Hana"