Quotes About Kauai

On our second day, my parents announced that Kauai was boring. "There's nothing to look at, just plants and rainbows," my father declared. "There are no stores," added my mother. Instead of staying for another week, we left the next day. The

Every day is different when I'm home, but mainly I just surf. There's no nightlife or shopping, so it's pretty mellow but really nice to come back to after a trip or an event. If you're traveling, you're all stressed out, then you get to Kauai, and nothing matters anymore.

Kauai is kind of my place where I go to get centered. It's always my place to come back and feel normal again.

The 50-minute flights go from Hanapepe Valley to Mana Waiapuna, also known as "Jurassic Park Falls," then on to some of Kauai's most beautiful sites: the Bali Hai Cliffs; the pristine blue waters of Hanalei Bay and the Princeville Resort area (see p. 943); Olokele Canyon; and Waimea Canyon, the dramatically, ruggedly beautiful "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" (see p. 947).