Adventures on the Atoll: Aloha Welcome to Kauai-Part 2

Day 4:Mom and Dad woke up bright and early everyday and enjoyed the sunrise from the lanai

I choose to spend my vacation a little differently

We had a little break in the rain and decided to go to the Botanical Gardens. We had to pay extra money to go on a guided tour because the cheaper self-guided garden was flooded.

This is an overlook of most of the garden that we toured. The original founder of the garden left it in his will that the gardens must be kept in exactly the same fashion that they were when he died. The house in the bottom corner was the original owners house.

These trees were the coolest part of the gardens. This is where they filmed the scene in Jurassic Park where Grant and the 2 kids find the raptor eggs.

The roots were MASSIVE and were taller than me, it was very cool.

A lotus blossom, one of the only actual flowers we saw on the tour, but it is a sweet picture

This was called the lipstick plant. The seeds were covered in what felt like oil based Halloween makeup. I was this close to convincing dad into a makeover

After the gardens we went down and snorkeled at the beach. This is one of my favorite pictures ever. You can't really tell but the family is just staring at dad in the water. They were staring at him for a good 15 minutes, it was hilarious!

We came back and had a regular feast. The master chef cooked us sish kabobs in the dark. He had a little assistance from dereks old head flashlight. The beef was a little underdone, but we also had chicken, sausage, mushrooms and pineapple, it was really good!

Master chef #2 (she works more behind the scenes)

Day 5-6:

Don't remember the name of this falls, but it was pretty

We then headed off to Waimea Falls

I almost went blind getting this picture

We then stopped off at puka dog. These were hot dogs that were cooked and then stuffed inside a bun that wraps all the way around. Also they add all the condiments inside the bun. They had interesting condiments as well; they had lilikoi mustard, a mango sauce, and other island combos.

This was one of my favorite stops in Kauai. I am proud to say I'm the new owner of a beautiful ukulele. Although I am not proud of how much I have actually played it (so far).

We later went back up to the north side of the island and of course went snorkeling again.

Snorkeling next to the pali coast, this place wasn't that good so we went to a different beach (name unremembered)

I'm not sure if you can hear it, but in the movie towards the end I got freaked out because I heard what sounded like Chewbacaa following me, it turned out to be the fish making the noise, but it freaked me out pretty good.