Nawiliwili Hawaii

Nawilwili The Garden Isle of Kaua'i

Pristine beaches, peaceful valleys, steep cliffs and lush greenery, we docked at 6.15ish and by 8.00am. The tour busses were loading their pax and heading out to witness all the above that this island has to offer.

Much more like the Hawaii of peoples imaginations and nothing like the concrete jungle and 1,700,000 population of Honolulu. Kaua'i is the fourth largest of the Hawaiian chain. Created by a long extinct volcano, with Mt.Waialeale standing tall and lush in the center, the only remnant of a violent  eruption that thrust Kaua'i up out of the ocean way before I was born.

Darn it, I fell up the stairs yesterday, cutting my finger and bleeding like a stuck pig, on what I'm still trying to figure out.  Dorothy says she can't take me anywhere.

We've both been using the stairs and to this point have no intention of using the elevators, we'll leave them for the aged and infirm.

Haven't accomplished much today, we were up at 7.30am. had breakfast at the buffet,  took the shuttle bus and went for a wander round, then back to the ship in time for lunch. For such a small ship she has a great library, larger than on most of the larger ships and we spent some quiet time reading our e-readers. The readers by the way are great travelling and especially  when travelling light, we usually bring at least a half dozen books, which take up room. Dorothy has 21 books in her reader I have 15.

Had an awesome snooze this aft. And hoping I'm all caught up sleep wise now. I just may go to the show tonight, "wonders shall never cease"!!! I've heard a good deal of French spoken among the passengers and by chance I was speaking with their tour guide, he has a large group from Quebec, and he's the only one who speaks English. He has a great sense of humor and it was interesting chatting with some of his clients with he interpreting.

Dinner tonight was my first at our table for 6. I missed the 1st last night due to having trouble logging off after I posted the blog. The sat. signal is weak and slow, I used up 32 minutes total from pasting the blog, sending and logging off, the circle was slowly going round and round, extremely frustrating but that's the joy of internet at sea.

Our table mates are from New Zealand and easy to get along with,  one couple came to the show with us, (yes I did go) the show was Old & new movie songs with the Royal Princess dancers, the ship is a bit wobbly and they really did a fine job, though they did have to modify some of the dance steps.

I sure wish I had their energy.

We've met only one couple so far from our Cruise Critic group, we were sitting by the pool and

they recognized Dorothy from our photo. The informal M&G yesterday was a bust, it was too busy with unpacking, General emergency stations (life boat drill) etc. We'll have our official M&G on the 1st. sea day which is Tuesday I believe.

The captain announced that the seas have been very heavy between the Hawaiian Islands and French Polynesia for the last 3 cruises he expects more of the same and being a small ship., she does move around much more than the larger vessels.

It's 10pm. at this longitude, 6pm. In Calgary so time for this "ropey old dodge pot" to climb the wooden hill (so to speak) I shall now attempt to upload some photos!!! 

Sorry, Photo's won't upload, double GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR