After a restless night, I got up at 715, and woke Chris up so we could eat our delicious hot breakfast at 730. Afterwards, my stomach issues finally subsided, although my throat is still pretty sore. One of the natural remedies is honey, but all the B&B had was unpasteurized honey, so I couldn’t have any there. More salt water gargling for me!
We took our time packing up our stuff from the B&B, and then headed out to hit up a few of the other North Shore towns and sights. We went to the Princeton area, which is an absolutely gorgeous, upper scale town a little bit south from where we stayed, but still on the North Shore area. We looked at staying at a resort over here, but the rate for one night was more than we were paying the entire time we were on Kauai, so we decided to forego this!
We did go to the resort to check it out though, and it is incredibly beautiful. All beaches in Hawaii are public (by law), so we marched our way down to the beach in front of the resort and were completely amazed, again, at the absolute gorgeous scenery that surrounded us.
We decided to take a dip in the resort pool (I had to use their bathroom a few times…I used to be able to hold it for about an hour…I think I’m down to 20-30 minutes with how much I drink now!), and were amazed at the detailed tile and stone work that went into the making of it. So pretty!!
We decided to take a dip in the resort pool (I had to use their bathroom a few times…I used to be able to hold it for about an hour…I think I’m down to 20-30 minutes with how much I drink now!), and were amazed at the detailed tile and stone work that went into the making of it. So pretty!!
After we dried off in the sun, we headed up to another legendary North Shore beach-ish area called Queens Bath. Queens Bath was definitely not an easy find. It’s back in a neighborhood, and there are no signs whatsoever to let you know that you’re on the right track. There’s steps down to a path, and then a trail that leads to a small waterfall, and then the trail opens up to a rock that counts the number of lives that the Queens Bath has taken. It’s actually really eerily marked.
I don’t think we ever made it over far enough to see Queen’s Bath, which is supposed to be a little bit calmer in the winter with a few rogue waves that can easily sweep you off the rock fronts and carry you out to sea. We made it over a few pool like areas before coming across rocks that we’d have to either walk along the bottom portion where the huge waves were splashing up, or hike across a narrow ledge of rocks and pray that we didn’t fall. Queen’s bath is supposed to be a great snorkel spot in the summer, but the danger in the winter is just too great to even attempt!
After we made our way back up Queen’s Bath, we headed to see another lighthouse, which was unfortunately undergoing renovations. The cove there though was absolutely gorgeous, so we snagged a few more picturesque shots before taking off.
I don’t think we ever made it over far enough to see Queen’s Bath, which is supposed to be a little bit calmer in the winter with a few rogue waves that can easily sweep you off the rock fronts and carry you out to sea. We made it over a few pool like areas before coming across rocks that we’d have to either walk along the bottom portion where the huge waves were splashing up, or hike across a narrow ledge of rocks and pray that we didn’t fall. Queen’s bath is supposed to be a great snorkel spot in the summer, but the danger in the winter is just too great to even attempt!
After we made our way back up Queen’s Bath, we headed to see another lighthouse, which was unfortunately undergoing renovations. The cove there though was absolutely gorgeous, so we snagged a few more picturesque shots before taking off.
We stopped at an oversight to look at where they grow the Taro plants. One of the Hawaiian staples in food is poi, which is ground up taro plant roots. They sell this stuff everywhere!
We stopped at a local marketplace and got Chris some ahi tuna poke, which he thoroughly enjoyed. The tuna on the island is (from what I hear…baby H and I can’t have any!) so delicious.
Another pit stop on Kauai before we started to wind down for the day was another set of falls on the South side of the island. There really are waterfalls everywhere here!
Exhausted, tired, and feeling really fulfilled with all of the sightseeing on Kauai, we headed back towards the airport. We stopped at one more local place to get some Saigon noodles, which were actually really good, and then headed to the airport.
Kauai was one of the most beautiful islands and had some of the most beautiful waterfalls and beaches we’ve seen as of yet. If money were no object, we all agreed, we’d love to have a house out here!
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