Kauai Day 4

After another sleepless night, thanks roosters, we headed to Kapaa to pick up the lovely Miss Collins and headed north to Tunnels Beach. According to our travel books, Tunnels is one of the best spots on the island to snorkel. The spot was really cool, though there weren't as many fish as in Lawa'i Beach. The water was insanely clear and it was amazing to swim around the coral and caves. I did come across a sea turtle when people weren't around which made me feel pretty privileged to get alone time with Mr. Tortuga. After some relaxing on the beach, we went to Hanalei to grab some lunch and get out to the beach there.

Tunnels Beach

Coral underwater caves

Snorkel pros.

Hanalei Bay was by far our favorite beach of all. It is a perfect sandy beach with turquoise waters with an insane lush green backdrop. We swam, floated, swam, floated, laid out, swam, floated, swam, and laid out some more. PERFECT. It wasn't very crowded which added to its appeal. We walked down to the pier, took lots of photos, and jumped off. I did a little better with my jumping this time, though there's room for improvement. At least no more bruises. On our walk back to our towels I reminded Matt that he hadn't had a coconut yet which happened to be perfect timing because Jessica spotted a tree that would be easy to climb. With Jessica's coaching, Matt climbed about 10-15 ft and snagged four coconuts! He was so pumped! After drinking two of the coconuts we left Hanalei in search of Ho'opi'i Falls with no success. For dinner we went to back to Kapaa and ate at the Mermaid Café, which was pretty good with a lot of vegetarian options. The best thing there, by far was the Thai Iced Tea which consisted of black tea and coconut milk. Simple perfection! After dropping Jessica off we head to Anahola for the night. Anahola turned out to be another party spot for locals, but it was cheap.

Hanalei Bay Pier

Matt was suppose to get a photo of us jumping....

Monkey Man Matt

Psyched!

Anahola sunset

This was our last day to hang out with Jessica because she was heading back to the big island the next morning. We were so excited that we got to meet up with her and she taught us so much about coconuts and general knowledge about Hawaii. Thanks Jess!