We’re In Kauai!

January 25, 2023

Kauai is such a beautiful island and we were lucky enough to spend a week here some years ago. With that in mind, we decided to save some money and and just go for a walk around the area.

Brian got up before me and headed to an upper deck to get a good view of our arrival in Nawiliwili (my new favorite word to say!), which is the cruise port for Kauai. The town of Lihue is about 3 miles away. After I got out of bed, I went out on our balcony and saw the most amazing sunrise.

We waited until the shore excursions had left the ship and we headed out. There were a number of shops and resorts along the road, so we looked in a few and ended up at Kalapaki Beach.

There was a great view of our cruise ship docked in front of the mountains.

It felt go good just to sit for a bit and take in the beautiful scenery. The weather hadn’t gotten too hot yet and the cool breeze kept the humidity down. Some of the local fauna were around to entertain us, both on the walk and on the beach. Kauai is home to what seems like a zillion free range chickens in all sorts of amazing colors. The roosters crow all the time and I even heard them from our balcony as we sailed in!

When we got back to the ship, we had lunch and now I’m doing our laundry at the self-service laundromat on our floor. The washers and dryers each cost $3.00 a load. We brought some laundry detergent sheets along, so we are going to find out how well they work.

Tonight we set sail for Tahiti. There are five days at sea before we get there, so I am anticipating even more relaxation. I think that, once we get to French Polynesia, it will finally sink in that we are on a world cruise!

Update…the laundry detergent sheets work great! I think that, once we use up all of our detergent at home, we might start using them permanently. No plastics and we can reduce our carbon footprint just a little.