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Capt Andy's - the Na Pali Coast Boat Tour we did
Lydgate Park
Poipu Beach - Sea Turtles
In this episode of the Travel Party of Five podcast, hosts Raya and Duane dive into the best family-friendly things to do in Kauai. Traveling with kids aged four to ten can be a challenge, but the island of Kauai offers plenty of activities that are both fun and accessible for families. Whether you're looking for scenic spots, unique local experiences, or simple ways to keep your kids entertained, Kauai has something for everyone.
Poipu Beach is a must-see spot, especially in the evening, when you can witness sea turtles coming ashore. As one of the best things to do in Kauai with kids, Poipu Beach provides the opportunity to see nature up close, with volunteers ensuring the turtles are protected. If you're visiting Kauai with your family, you won't want to miss this.
From there, they explore Waimea Canyon, often called the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific." This breathtaking spot offers panoramic views of the island and is another one of the incredible things to do in Kauai. It's a great destination for families, and the kids enjoyed the views despite the winding roads. The key is to go early, as clouds tend to roll in by mid-morning. The episode gives a breakdown of what to expect, how much it costs, and why it’s one of the top things to do in Kauai.
Raya and Duane also highlight Hanalei Bay, which they recommend as a perfect place for families to relax. With its calm waters, Hanalei Bay is one of the best places for young kids to swim and play.
For those seeking adventure, they discuss their boat tour of the Na Pali Coast, a six-hour trip with Captain Andy’s. This tour, while pricey, delivered unforgettable views of the coast and a chance to see dolphins swimming alongside the boat. The Na Pali Coast is one of Kauai's most iconic landmarks and can only be seen by air or sea. They break down what to expect on the tour, why it's worth the cost, and how to prepare your family for a day on the water. It's one of the more adventurous things to do in Kauai, and Duane lists it as one of his favorite experiences from the trip.
The episode also explores more relaxed family activities, like visiting Lydgate Park, a huge playground near Wailua, and eating at local favorite restaurants. They share their recommendations for kid-friendly meals and highlight Japanese Grandma’s Café as their top restaurant pick from the trip.
Whether you're visiting Kauai for the first time or returning with your family, this episode is packed with tips, insights, and firsthand experiences of family-friendly things to do in Kauai. From beaches and scenic spots to local eats and boat tours, you'll leave with a clear idea of how to make the most of your family trip to this stunning island.
So, if you’re planning a trip and need inspiration for things to do in Kauai with your family, this episode is for you!
Today's episode is part two of our family trip to Kauai, including all of the activities that we did with kids ages four to 10. So tune in, because it's a good one. Hi, I'm Raya.
Speaker 2:And I'm Dwayne.
Speaker 1:And we are your hosts of the Travel Party of Five podcast, where we share how we travel as a family of five around the world.
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Speaker 1:Hello friends. Hi friends, Welcome back. I'm sorry if you can hear our air conditioning, but this new microphone that we got, is.
Speaker 2:I mean, I'm pretty sure if my kid farts in the other room you're going to be able to hear it. That was a good one.
Speaker 1:Oh, look at your, look at your laugh. Just leave it, okay. So we are going to share all of the activities that we did on our trip to kawaii as a family of five. Our kids, as a reminder, are ages four, seven and ten, and the reason that I share that is there was quite a few things that we couldn't do because they required kids to be like five or six and older. So we're going to tell you what we did do and hopefully that helps you if you're planning a trip to Kauai and you have kids that are similar ages. Hopefully that helps you if you're planning a trip to Kauai and you have kids that are similar ages. So step one or item number one, step one.
Speaker 2:So if you listened to the last episode, you know that our daughter got sick at the beginning of the trip. So her and Rhea stayed in the hotel for the first day she was sick. So the boys and I actually went out on the town Poipu and Kaloa Um, we didn't do much, but we drove to Poipu beach just to check it out, get a feel for things. Very nice beach. We'll get into it later, but that's where you see a bunch of turtles. We then went to Spouting Horn, which is a blowhole that supposedly shoots water like 60, 70 feet in the air. When we went, it was okay. I mean 70 feet in the air. When we went, it was okay. I mean it was a blowhole. So water did shoot up from it, but I don't think the waves were strong enough because it didn't seem to go that high. Beautiful view, though.
Speaker 1:Did the boys like it?
Speaker 2:Yeah, the boys thought it was pretty cool. And then from there we went on a hunt for Spam Musubi, which my kids are a fan of. So we drove to the little I think it's Old Town Kaloa, to Suweka's Market, which we heard was pretty good. We bought one there it was okay.
Speaker 1:How did you hear it was good?
Speaker 2:I asked any Facebook group. Oh yeah, so yeah. And then right next to the market was the Musubi truck, which we then went to. That was okay, so we bought a regular one. It was called an OG one.
Speaker 1:Maybe for those who don't know, why don't you describe what Spam Musubi is?
Speaker 2:It is Spam in rice wrapped in seaweed.
Speaker 1:And sometimes there's a sauce.
Speaker 2:Yes, People put their own touch to it. You know soy sauce, or they make their own sauce.
Speaker 1:Dwayne's sister makes one that has like a spicy mayo kind of a sauce and it's pretty good. I like it yeah it's really good.
Speaker 2:Um, so yeah, then we went to the truck which is right next door and, again, like I said, it was okay. I bought the regular one and then I bought a deep fried one, which I thought was gonna be really good, but it was again.
Speaker 1:Okay, just okay but um, yeah.
Speaker 2:So then we went back to the hotel and kicked it by the pool again, in hopes that our daughter would get better feel better.
Speaker 1:yeah, that was the day where we ended up going to do the photos at night and so, which we did, and that was fine, and we went to Hanalei Bay. I would have liked to spend more time in Hanalei Bay. I think it was a really good area for kids to swim and, on an island where there aren't a lot of calm areas, this was a calmer area, and something that I found interesting is our photographer had told us that in the summer, there are no waves in Honolulu Bay.
Speaker 2:It was like a lake.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so a lot of boats will like anchor there because there's no waves. It's very still and she said right about now, which was the beginning of October, is when the waves are starting to come back, and there were some waves, but they weren weren't very big, so it would have been a great place for the kids to play in the water. So I would spend a day at the beach there if I were gonna, if we went back.
Speaker 2:So hanalei bay yeah, again, we would have went up there again if our daughter wasn't sick, sick. So yeah, we were disappointed that we couldn't spend more time up there. Or everyone said that the North Shore was a great place for families.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and so the next day was Monday and she was sick again, so you and the boys went to the pool.
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker 1:Just for a few hours, to give her time to take a nap.
Speaker 2:After they told me they didn't want to go to the pool, we still went and they had a great time.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and then mid-afternoon she finally started feeling better and she said I want to go to the pool and play. And I said, well, what about your tummy? And she said I don't want to worry about that right now. And I said, okay't want to worry about that right now. And I said okay, and so we went to the pool and she was fine. We just, yeah, we were at the pool for about an hour. She swam for a little bit. We came back up to the room, she rested a little bit more and by Monday night she was good to go. Yeah, and so I think let's go like let's do all the activities that we did and then let's do restaurants. Does that sound good? Yeah, okay.
Speaker 1:So you mentioned spouting horn on Tuesday. So this was really the first day of our vacation, because this was the first day where everyone was feeling fine, and so we had made I don't even want to say a list, but we had a general idea of some things we want to do. We wanted to do and we only had one thing booked and we ended up having to move it around a couple of times because she got sick. But on Tuesday we decided let's drive up to Waimea Canyon. Duane really wanted to see it. Waimea Canyon is also known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, and it was maybe an I don't know 45 minute drive from the hotel to the beginning of the park and so, and then from there you probably could drive another what, what? 20, 30 minutes throughout the park. Yeah, and there was a fee.
Speaker 1:So it's a national park, right yes there was a fee, so it was five dollars a person plus a ten dollar parking fee. So for the five of us we paid 35. I think, duane, you said that we probably could have not paid. I.
Speaker 2:I mean, yes, we didn't have to pay for all five? I don't think, because no one even checked your ticket.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I didn't even know we had tickets. But whatever, it's good karma, we paid the full price, the honor system.
Speaker 1:And so there are a few different lookouts and you had taken screenshots of what they were, because they give you the mile markers and I mean mean it's beautiful, it was beautiful. The kids even the kids liked it. I would say they didn't love the drive, but they liked the views. And there is like a couple views where it literally looks like the grand canyon. It's beautiful. And then there's another view where you see like the ocean and you're kind of looking down at what is the Nepali coast, and it's also very beautiful.
Speaker 2:Yep, it was my favorite lookout.
Speaker 1:And there's also a little restaurant where we stopped and had lunch at the like in the park, I guess, and there's a little museum there. We didn't go in the museum, but we did have lunch at the um, like in the park, I guess, and there's a little museum there. We didn't go in the museum, but we did have lunch at this little restaurant. They had board games and the food was decent. And they have like a little gift shop. You can get magnets or whatever you want, and they have this huge grassy area where the kids just wanted to run around and so we just let them, yeah I want to add, at this restaurant they sell cornbread, which I thought was fantastic it was good 10 out of 10 for me.
Speaker 1:The cornbread so if you're planning a trip to kawaii and you want to do waimea canyon, I think this can be done in a morning. You do want want to get there earlier. A lot of the reviews said that once you hit kind of 11, 12 o'clock lunchtime, the clouds roll in and you can't see as much. We got there around 10 and probably were done driving through by like 1130. We had good views the whole time.
Speaker 2:Yeah, clear the whole time.
Speaker 1:It was clear, but just something to keep in mind. If you're maybe planning to go later in the day, I would try to go early if you can. And so then that took up our morning, we went back to the hotel, we hung out at the pool and then we, at night, we went to Pueypu Beach, and Pueypu Beach is where you could go to see the sea turtles, and these turtles are huge. First of all, like one turtle probably weighed 100 pounds, wouldn't you say?
Speaker 2:I mean I have no idea, but yes, they're big.
Speaker 1:So we got there around 5.30 and sunset at the time that we went was about 6.30. When we got there there were five turtles on the beach and, again, similar to the seals that we talked about in our last episode, they they have volunteers that come around and when the turtles are there they mark off the area around the turtles so that the turtles are protected and you're not supposed to go past this barrier. There was already a good amount of people kind of crowded around waiting to see the turtles. We were able to find a spot right in the front. We sat down on the sand and we just sat there for about an hour and, as you sit there like, by the time we got there there were five and by the time we left there was more than 20 turtles had come up on the beach and they say that you know there could be anywhere from 50 to 70 turtles each night, each night, and they come on the beach until like 9 pm, they said yeah, we left at like 7 30 yeah, yeah, maybe even seven.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because it was pretty dark or getting dark when we left. I thought it was really really cool. The kids we just our kids were like this is boring, okay, but now if you ask them what their favorite part was of the trip, like they're gonna say the turtles in like their top three. So I just don't understand kids sometimes. But I really, really enjoyed that. I thought it was a really fun experience. Would definitely recommend if you have kids yeah, poipu beach um, okay.
Speaker 1:So another day we drove up the. So Waimea Canyon from the Poipu area is west, and so another day we drove east to towards Kapa'a and Wailua and just checked out that side of the island. I was telling Dwayne it felt like everywhere we went it was 25 minutes from the hotel, no matter what direction, except for Hanalei Bay. That was longer. But everywhere else we wanted to go was seemed to be 25 minutes. That was what the GPS said. So from Poipu, if you go east towards Kapa'a and Wailua, that's where you're going to hit Lidgate Park and there's also Lidgate Beach. So Lidgate Park is this basically big playground. I think it's actually two playgrounds together. And we drove over there actually on our last full day and let the kids run around, for I feel like it was over an hour and they had a great time and we needed a break because they were driving us nuts.
Speaker 2:I mean, I took a nap on the ground.
Speaker 1:Yes, it was quiet. There wasn't really a lot of other people there and you're like directly across the street from the beach, so there's a really nice breeze. It's shaded, it was. It was a nice way to spend a morning, like it would be great to get a coffee and go and sit and enjoy your coffee in peace while your kids run around. Yep, there is also a beach. You could take your kids to the beach. We had originally planned to do that but decided against it because it just sounded stressful. By this point I was stressed out. So Lydgate Park highly recommend. We also had lunch over on that side of the island at Lava Lava Beach Club. I guess we'll talk about that when we get to the restaurants, but I didn't love it. The food wasn't very good. Um, and then let's let's talk about the crowning achievement activity that we did. That is the most expensive vacation activity I've ever paid for. It was your, it was your uh request, so why don't you do the honors?
Speaker 2:we took a boat tour of the nepali coast through captain andy's tours um we got on a catamaran catamaran. It was a 49 foot catamaran. Yeah, that could hold up to what like 40 people. There was probably like 25 people on this one there was maybe 30, I think, but I thought it was totally worth it.
Speaker 2:I mean, the weather could have been a little bit more clear, but I mean, on this boat tour we saw the nepali coast. We saw dolphins swim alongside of this boat. I mean I got probably five minutes of footage of these dolphins. It's probably one of my favorite parts of the trip, as close as I've ever been to a dolphin. Um, just beautiful views of the the coast. I mean these cliffs and mountainsides are just crazy. Um, we also saw I don't know if you guys seen jurassic park, the original one, the first one. We saw the mountain that was in the opening scene. I don't know if it was the opening scene, but when they flew into jur Park on the helicopter we saw that, which I thought was pretty cool. What else?
Speaker 1:Okay, let me give you the breakdown. We paid $1,300 to do this tour, and I'm not saying that it wasn't worth it. It was a. It was a fun time. I'm really glad that we did it. I am just still having sticker shock over the price. But and I, how many times did I ask you like, are you sure you want to do this? At least three times. And he was like yes.
Speaker 2:Well, I don't ever ask for much.
Speaker 1:Yes, dwayne is very laid back. I plan most of the trips and I don't usually ask for a ton of input and so he was adamant that he wanted to do this, and so we did it, and I have no regrets. I just want you to know that for five people it costs $1,300.
Speaker 2:So there's two things I want to do in kawaii, one of which was that boat tour and the other one was an atv tour of like where they filmed jurassic park, and obviously we can do that, because the youngins well, I mean how?
Speaker 1:how old do you have to be? At least five or six, right probably.
Speaker 1:Yes, I don't know exactly, but I know four is too young yeah, so uh, it the let's go get into the details of the boat tour. So it's a six hour tour. Uh, if you want to see dolphins, you want to do the morning one. They also have a dinner, a dinner one you can do, but a sunset cruise, yeah, sunset dinner cruise. If you want to see the dolphins, you want to go in the morning.
Speaker 1:We had to be there at 715 in the morning and it was about a half an hour from the Grand Hyatt, kauai. So it departed from Port Allen and I think we departed at maybe 745. So it was a completely easy process. You check in, they basically give you your boat assignment at 7 30 and then you, your captain, leads you to the boat we had a female captain, which I thought was pretty cool and you get on the boat, you put your stuff in the cabin, the boat has a bathroom and it has like a fully two bathrooms, running toilet, sink, water, soap, the whole thing and they serve you lunch and you also get to go swimming, slash, snorkeling if you want to, and you're gone all in all about six hours. So you get on the boat, you store your stuff in the cabin where it stays dry, and then you can put on, you know, strip down to your bathing suit at that point if, if you want to, and then you're just off, you're off to the Nepali coast, takes about 45 minutes to get to the start of it. They have a couple of snorkeling spots that they normally stop at and they stopped and checked them.
Speaker 1:Unfortunately, on the day that we went, the conditions were not clear. They were pretty murky, and so we actually didn't end up snorkeling in any of their recommended spots. I personally think that maybe there was a high chance of sharks and they just didn't want to tell us that. But I could be wrong. I actually have no idea. I just know that one of the volunteers who was talking around the turtles, she said, oh, I wouldn't go in the water. Right now it's Sharktober, and I thought, oh boy, okay.
Speaker 1:So anyways, we did not get to snorkel. They did take us to a spot where we could go swimming and we did go swimming. A snorkel, they did take us to a spot where we could go swimming and we did go swimming. Um, but, like, they give you snorkeling masks and you can put them on, but there was absolutely nothing to see. So we didn't spend a lot of time in the water. They do cook you lunch on the boat, like it's a hot lunch. So burgers, chicken sandwiches, black bean patties, that sort of thing. Um, as Dwayne mentioned, we saw dolphins.
Speaker 2:They swam right with our boat.
Speaker 1:There was a mom and a baby dolphin and a whole bunch of baby dolphins. It was really fun.
Speaker 1:We saw a couple of mountain goats at one point yep on the cliffs there and if you don't know, for the nepali coast, there's really only two ways to see it, and it's either by boat or by air. Maybe you can also hike in, because we did see some hikers, but hiking is not the life for us with little kids, so that wasn't an option and helicopters are very dangerous. So the boat it was. We have a kid that gets motion sickness. Every single one of us took Dramamine and no one got motion sick, although I will say at the end I was about ready to get off the boat, and so was our oldest. He was a little green, so no one got sick, but there was definite, uh, motion, there was a lot of motion.
Speaker 1:The boat has two kind of trampoline type things at the front of the boat that you can lay on. The boat goes pretty fast. Our I requested life jackets for our kids to wear. They're good swimmers, but I mean, it's the middle of the ocean, so they do have life jackets for your kids to wear and for you to wear if you want. Um, what else? What else am I leaving out?
Speaker 2:um, about the boat tour. I think that's it.
Speaker 1:Like I said, I mean great views of the nepali coast, dolphins our boys were hanging on to the front of the boat and, like they called it, ramping okay, so the boat was going pretty fast and they are literally at the very front of this boat, just like standing riding the waves, and they thought it was great I mean I did too on the way there.
Speaker 1:It was a great time yeah, it is a beautiful, beautiful area. There are some waterfalls and we actually we had really good weather, so we got to go all the way to the end of the nepali coast, which I don't think they get to do that every time. So it was, it was cool to see and we really enjoyed it. So, yes, it was expensive, um, but thankfully we used points to pay for the hotel and the flights, so I still think our budget for the trip was pretty good, okay, so Waimea Canyon, pueypu Beach, lydgate Park, slash Wailea area, and then Captain Andy's boat tour. So the other thing that we didn't do, but we had considered doing and probably would have done had our daughter not got sick, was the Kilohana Plantation. So this is an old plantation on the island of Kauai. They have a train that you can book tickets for and ride around. There are animals that the kids can feed. You can have lunch there. I think they also do rum tastings, if I'm not mistaken, and so that was something else that we considered but didn't do, and so, if you're looking for another activity to add on, this would have been a really good thing to do with kids as well.
Speaker 1:Okay, let's talk about restaurants, and then I think we're good, we're gonna I'm gonna save the best one for last. So we went to one, two, three, four, five restaurants over the well plus Tide Pools, so six I guess six restaurants total. Tide Pools was at the Grand Hyatt Kauai. That is kind of their main fancy-ish restaurant. I would say the food was maybe six out of ten, seven out of ten. It wasn't bad. It just wasn't my favorite. But the location is beautiful and the setup is beautiful. There Service was great.
Speaker 1:The day that we did the sea turtles at Pueypu Beach we ate dinner at Puka Dog and Puka Dog is pretty famous. Like you're going to. If you're doing any kind of research on Kauai, you're going to see it. It's basically a hot dog place, but it's the perfect place to grab dinner with your kids and go eat it outside before you watch the sea turtles. I think that duane was really skeptical when I said this was where we were gonna have dinner. He was like what? And then you get in there and you look at the menu and it's like you basically choose the kind of hot dog you want, which your choices are a Polish sausage or like a veggie, right.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So really you have only one choice, unless you're a vegetarian. Then you choose your sauce, and then you choose your relish and like the sauces, it's like a lemon garlic sauce, which sounds weird, and then the relish is all like tropical, like mango relish and banana relish.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was skeptical about the relish for sure. So when we got up to order, the girl working the cashier, or the yeah, the cashier kind of helped me pick my order. The cashier kind of helped me pick my order. So I wanted the mango relish with ketchup and she was like, no, I wouldn't get. It's like putting ketchup on fruit, so I didn't do that. Then I got the hottest. Well, she told me there was a hot and then there was a supreme or something. Anywho, she told me the hot was hotter, so I got that which was. It was spicy but could have been spicier. Um, but this place, what they do is they have a bun.
Speaker 1:They just like hollow out the center of it it's like a hawaiian sweet bread, yeah, kind of a bun, like like the hawaiian sweet rolls that you can get.
Speaker 2:It's like that kind of bun, yeah so they hollow it out and then they drop the dog in there.
Speaker 2:Well, they put the sauce in yeah, they put the sauce in first. Then the hot dog. Yeah, um, really pretty cool concept for a hot dog. Um, my only complaint was that they put too much sauce in it. Yeah, the sauce like gets. Yeah, every bite. Your sauce was just coming out of this thing, but it was really good. It was really good, actually. I got the mango relish, which, again, I was skeptical, but it was pretty good.
Speaker 1:Yeah, super good, we enjoyed it and great place to grab a quick dinner that's not super expensive and then go watch the turtles. Why don't you talk about the ramen place?
Speaker 2:So my sister had recommended this ramen place. A friend of mine had also recommended this ramen place. It was called. What was it called?
Speaker 2:Hamura samin um, which I believe is ramen in japanese. I could be wrong, anywho. So we went there. I mean, if I had a grade it would probably be a five out of ten. Like I was not a fan. Our kids really liked it. Yeah, of course they did um, yeah it. It was very busy and we had heard that the night we went was the first night they had been open in like two weeks. They took like a two-week break or something, I don't know.
Speaker 1:But but it wasn't very good. It wasn't very good, but there were a lot of locals eating in there, yeah, so I mean, I mean, I don't know. I told Dwayne that it felt like I ordered from his grandma.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was ran by, I think, a Filipino family.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but I mean really highly rated. So I don't know if we caught them on an off day or what, but I don't know. Yeah, Wouldn't go back.
Speaker 2:I wouldn't either.
Speaker 1:The other place we ate at, which was a little bit maybe fancier, was Kiyoki's Paradise. This is where we went for our last night and again, I would say the food was decent, but like it wasn't my favorite. Yeah, they had live music which was really good and it was. Did I say the name of it? Yeah, you did, oh okay. Yeah, live music which was really good, uh, and it was. Did I say the name of it? Yeah, okay. Yeah, um, really close to the hotel, like four minute drive maybe, and again, just it just felt like overpriced tourist food.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was basically a chain restaurant, it was I didn't realize until we were in there that it's owned by the same people that own Duke's and some other bigger chains. So our favorite restaurant that we almost went back to, and maybe should have, was Japanese Grandma.
Speaker 2:Japanese Grandma for the win.
Speaker 1:It was so good. They have like, basically you eat outside for dinner and it's like a covered patio. It was so good. They have like basically you eat outside for dinner and it's like a covered patio. It was wonderful. The food was delicious. Everything is a la carte, so keep that in mind, but we had sushi, we had pork katsu.
Speaker 2:Yeah, chicken teriyaki. We had a guava margarita, which was probably my favorite drink of the trip.
Speaker 1:yeah, it was very good, we had uh shrimp tempura, vegetable tempura you got a sushi roll yeah, the sushi roll was great, everything was good really, really good.
Speaker 2:We should have went back there again yeah, we really enjoyed it.
Speaker 1:It was about 25 minutes from the hotel. I think that's. The only reason we didn't go back is it wasn't super close to the grand hyatt. But japanese grandma was our favorite restaurant of the trip and we would highly recommend so if you're gonna pick one restaurant and you like japanese food, go there yeah, and I just like that.
Speaker 2:Like you go to these restaurants and it's like, um, it's the catch of the day, the fish of the day, or whatever. In most restaurants it's it's the same because it's the season, you know. So, yeah, it was a lot of like mahi-mahi.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and the only other place we ate we kind of mentioned it was lava lava beach club. We ate there after we went to lidgate park.
Speaker 1:This food was not good like I would not go back there again it was so disappointing because you are looking at the ocean, like the location is incredible, the views are incredible. Maybe if you're just going there for a drink, like that would be a good, a good use of that, um. But I mean I, I got fish tacos. They were not good. We got chips and salsa. The salsa wasn't very good. The chips were good. What did you get? I?
Speaker 2:got a loco moco.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, he said it had no flavor it really did not.
Speaker 2:I mean, I suggest if you go to Kauai, you go to local mom and pop places where the food is authentic, and that might be my only regret, regret of this trip is not going to enough of those.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I feel, yeah, I agree. If we were going to go back, that's what I would do too. They have a lot of food trucks. Oh, you know the one thing we didn't talk about, though we did go to this coffee place like three or four times called Little Fish, little Fish. It's right up the about. Though we did go to this coffee place like three or four times called little fish, little fish. It's right up the street from the grand high at kawaii. They had a really good white chocolate macadamia nut iced coffee that we kept getting latte, and that was. That was yummy.
Speaker 2:They also sold bagels, acai bowls the.
Speaker 1:The other thing to know about the island of Kauai is there are chickens everywhere, everywhere, like everywhere, and we have chickens, so for us that is totally fine. But while Dwayne was waiting in line to get us coffee at Little Fish, one day a chicken attacked a lady for her acai bowl.
Speaker 2:It was pretty funny actually, so like a guy had to come to the rescue and like shoo the chicken off or shoo the chicken away it was.
Speaker 1:It was comical yeah, so I guess just be prepared. You had to fight for your food because these chickens are aggressive, yeah, but all in all I think really glad we were able to salvage our trip after our daughter was sick. In the beginning we were kind of talking that this trip felt more stressful than any other trip we've taken in recent times and we I still don't think we know fully why, but I mean it did right.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean, it was yes by day six. I was stressed.
Speaker 1:You were ready to go home.
Speaker 2:Yeah, kids were on one.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I don't know. I really don't know what it was, but we were glad to come home. The island of Kauai is beautiful. It is like I want to go back and have more time and I want to do more of the local things. I felt like we did a lot of the touristy things which you know. That's normal the first time you visit a place, but I I really want to like I didn't even get an acai bowl. I love acai bowls.
Speaker 2:I would just like to go back and like Yep Didn't get a Hawaiian plate, barbecue plate, which I'm pretty sad about.
Speaker 1:That's what we would do differently if we were to go back. So maybe, if you're going to go for the first time, maybe that's helpful to you.
Speaker 2:Yes, but all in all Kauai was, I thought, great time.
Speaker 1:It's a beautiful island.
Speaker 2:Beautiful, beautiful island.
Speaker 1:It's definitely the most wild island. What's the word I'm looking for? It's the least commercialized yes, the least commercialized island between Oahu, maui the big island and Kauai, between Oahu, maui, the big island and Kauai. So really beautiful. Um, really enjoyed it and would love to go back and explore it a little bit more yeah hope that this was helpful.
Speaker 1:If you are planning a trip with your kids to Kauai, we will catch you on the next one and, as always, if you enjoy listening to our podcast and you enjoy us as humans, we would love a rating or review, wherever you listen thanks for tuning in.
Speaker 2:Have a good one thank you bye.