Starting My Kauai Vacation

[bagabonz]

I think the road down to Anini washed out in the flooding.

 

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We made it!!

 

[taterhed]

Let the adventures begin!!!!

right after a nap

 

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I think the road down to Anini washed out in the flooding.

I haven’t heard that but we plan to go there and I’ll post. The shuttle driver at Enterprise said the only places closed were north of the church in Hanalei. We’re going to Princeville in the afternoon so we’ll see how far we go after the craft fair.

 

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Wow, did I sleep good. DW has the window open and that sound of the waves and about 14 hours of travel put me out for the count. Got up fairly early after a long trip, 6:30am.

 

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Fried rice Loco Moco and DW has Crab Omelet at Kountry Kitchen.

 

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Had to get some fresh Boba’s after we picked up the tote. Now off to Princeville for the craft show.

 

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Hanalei was not short of visitors today. Holy cow it was crowded. Looks like a lot of the shops had to remodel and most where open. A lot of the shops had new floors.

 

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I’m doing most of this on my phone, looks like some posted sideways. Cloudy and drizzling here now. There were a lot of kayaks in the river past the Hanalei bridge too.

 

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Pretty good crowd for an overcast day.
The parking lot is overflowing.

 

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Just after the Hanalei bridge we saw about five or six of these landslides that probably blocked the road. It was hard to get a picture but they ranged from ten to twenty feet across. There was a couple in Anahola that weren’t on the highway but you could see them from the highway.

 

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This is our first stay in one of the remodeled units at the Pono Kai. I think they have been doing a great job doing all this without an assessment. The mf’s Have stayed reasonable too, no big jumps.

The unit we are in is a two bedroom loft. The loft has a king bed and so does the master. The back bedroom has a queen and the sofa folds out into a queen also.

They took the popcorn ceilings off and the floors don’t make as much noise with the tile.

The loft pictures turned out a little darker on my phone.

 

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Here’s the master. They did a nice job on the bathroom. They took out a closet and added the two doors so you don’t have to use the side pocket door.
And of course the bed got made after the picture.

 

[DaveNV]

The worst day in Hawaii is better than...

Dave

 

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I’ll finish with the kitchen and back bedroom.

 

[DaveNV]

The place looks pretty nice, Jeff. And it seems the water is fairly close?

Dave

 

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The place looks pretty nice, Jeff. And it seems the water is fairly close?

Dave

I’m about 30 yards to the ocean. The B building next to me is the closest and that’s about 30 yards to the ocean.

 

[DeniseM]

Pono Kai is ocean front in the middle of Kapa'a - it's on the bike path a little south of the Olympic Cafe:

 

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I just brought home takeout from
Sukhothai Cafe that’s on your picture.

Tomorrow we’re going tubing with Kauai Backcountry Adventures. That’s the only thing we have scheduled right now.

Meeting a freind at the newer Pizza place in the Harbor Mall after the tubing.

 

[taterhed]

Remodel looks very nice! I'm full just seeing the food from the 'da Kitchen

 

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A little cloudy this morning. We go tubing at 10am. I have a friend on the island that we’re meeting for pizza at the new place at Harbor mall after tubing.

Not much planned after that. Maybe drive a little on the south side since we’ll
Be down that way.

 

[b2bailey]

So, sleep capacity of that unit = 8?

 

[BDMX2]

Ooh, nice, I'm eager to hear about your tubing adventure - I started looking at ideas for our 2019 trip and came across a Kauai Backcountry Adventures Youtube video - looks awesome! Have fun!!!

You also have me thinking that we might want to look at staying at Pono Kai - looks nice and a 2 bedroom loft unit like that would be perfect for my family. AC in all three sleeping spaces? or no? That nearby bike path looks up our alley...I'll need to look more into that!

 

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So, sleep capacity of that unit = 8?

Yes, two in each bedroom and two in the loft and two on the fold out, for a total of eight. Two bathrooms also.

 

[slip]

Ooh, nice, I'm eager to hear about your tubing adventure - I started looking at ideas for our 2019 trip and came across a Kauai Backcountry Adventures Youtube video - looks awesome! Have fun!!!

You also have me thinking that we might want to look at staying at Pono Kai - looks nice and a 2 bedroom loft unit like that would be perfect for my family. AC in all three sleeping spaces? or no? That nearby bike path looks up our alley...I'll need to look more into that!

We love the Pono Kai. Feel free to ask me any questions. We’ve been coming every year for seven now.

Tubing is something you need to book online before you come. It fills up fast and many times is booked for the week if you only stay a week.

The A/C is in the living area and that does go up in the loft. The back bedroom doesn’t have a unit but if you keep the door open the living area takes care of it. The master has it’s own A/C unit. Right now it’s about 82 and we just have the windows and the lanai door open. The breeze blows right through keeping it cool. It’s nice on the east side because you don’t get that afternoon sun beating on the lanai. Also, all of the rooms have ceiling fans plus they have a couple other fans in the unit you can use. We never had to but we have never come during the summer.

The bike path is great and right next door to the Pono Kai is a bike rental. I think it’s $10 a day.

If anyone has any questions just let me know.