Diving
Four days of great diving with Fathom Five . Three morning shore dives in the north at Tunnels and one solo shore dive in the south at Koloa Landing.
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1 Arrived at Hanalei Bay Resort Saturday evening, woke up Sunday morning to be greeted by perfect weather. Nice!
2 Great day for an outdoor Mother's Day brunch at Nanea, the restaurant at the Westin in Princeville. Travelling with our friends Billy and Becky Laughlin.
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5 View of Anini Beach from the Westin's overlooking bluff
6 The Westin at Princeville Kauai
7 Sunday afternoon, we headed south to do some shopping and stopped at this supposed farmer's market in Anahola. There are zero official farmer's markets open on…
8 Really nothing more than a family farm's meager vegetable stand, but they have "da bes" grilled wild boar that "Reggie" hunts himself. Needless to say, a few…
9 Monday evening the resort had a blessing by Lady Ipo over the reopening of the pool after a series of extensive renovations.
10 Becky and Max had taken hula lessons from Lady Ipo back in 2005, so it was a chance to reconnect with her. She is now a minister with her own congregation.
11 People gather on the Hanalei Beach as the sun goes down. Some color, but too cloudy for a good sunset. Amazing nonetheless as people wordlessly stream onto the…
12 As the sun sets, this guy serenades the beach with his battery powered organ. Have no idea what the galoshes were about... maybe he knew of a tsunami warning…
13 Billy and Max watch the sunset over Hanalei beach
14 Tuesday afternoon we hit the large and popular Hanale farmer's market. Billy and Becky enjoying themselves.
15 Tuesday night we headed to the Mediterranean Gourmet for their "family-style" luau. What a treat, it was truly old-style traditional with Coppin Colburn and his…
16 The band played as we ate dinner and they were great! Phenomenal harmony singing, ukulele playing, and Coppin Colburn in the center on guitar.
17 Maxine enjoys her complimentary mai-tai!
18 Coppin blows the conch horn to signal the start of the hula performances. The drumming was done by his wife and the hula by his daughters. Great stuff, true…
19 Not only does Coppin sing and play guitar, but he also does a Maori fire knife dance. To top it off, we later found out that he is the head of security at the…
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