HOW TO ENJOY KAWAII WITH A SMALL BUDGETI

MY FAMILY HAS VISITED MAUI, KAWAII AND THE BIG ISLAND MANY TIMES.  IN MAUI WE SPENT MANY DAYS SWIMMING IN THE BEACHES, SNORKLING AND FINDING LITTLE SEAFISH AND BEAUTIFUL VARIETIES OF FISH.  MY MOM CAME WITH US SEVERAL TIMES TO BED AND BREAKFASTS.  ONE TIME ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO MY FAMILY HADA FUN VACATION AT A LARGE RESORT HERE.  THEY HAD MANY FUN WATER SLIDES, SOME BEAUTIFUL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND SOME WONDERFUL POOLS NEAR THE OCEAN.  THE OCEAN WATERS WERE PRETTY CHPPY HERE.  WE WATCHED GALS DANCING HULA WITH FLOWERS. WE SAVED MONEY BY BRINGING OUR FOOD TO THE BEACH.  WE PLANNED A NEAT TRIP  TO HANA WHERE WE STAYED IN A BED AND BREAKFAST.  THIS IS A RUGGED  ROAD THAT IS ABOUT ONE LANE LARGE.  WE SAW MANY FUN WATER FALLS HERE AND MY MOM  STAYED IN THE SHADE IN THE CAR, WHILE WE EXPLORED  THE OCEAN.  THEY HAD MANY MOSQUITOS AND WE SAW SOME RUGGED PARTS IN OF MAUI.  THESE ISLANDS HAVE MANY SUGAR CANE PLANTATIONS AS WELL AS SHOPS FOR TOURISTS.  LAHAINA IS A LARGE ARTIST COLONY THAT HAS OPEN STUDIOS WITH ARTISTS WORKING THEIR CRAFTS.  THIS ISLAND IS WHERE WE TOOK BIKE RIDES DOWN FROM THE TOP OF A LARGE CRAGGY MOUNTAIN AND RODE AROUND THE TOWN.

KAUAI IS THE FIRST ISLAND WE VISITED IN HAWAII.  MY HUSBAND AND I PRIMARILY ENJOYED THIS RELATIVELY UNPOPULATED ISLAND AS IT IS STILL FAIRLY PRIMITIVE WITH FEW MAJOR RESORTS.  MY HUSBAND  LOVES TO BODY SURF HERE.    WE ENJOYED A B & B HOME AT HANALEI AND A EASY AND CALM BEACH WITH MAGESTIC MOUNTAINS AND A HISTORIC PLANTATION.  THERE IS  A CHILD'S SONG WRITTEN ABOUT THIS TOWN.  WE ENJOYSED ESPECIALLY THE WEST COAST OF NAPILI STATE PARK.  THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND  SOME NEAT 100' SEA CLIFFS ANDS A FEW HEIAU OR PREHISTORIC  LAVA TEMPLES. BUILT OVERLOOKING THE SEA.  SOME ARE NEAR PREHISTORIC LAVA TEMPLES BUILT OVERLOOKING THE SEA.  SOME ARE NEAR PREHISTORIC VILLAGES AND OTHERS ARE NEAR FISH PONDS AND PETROGLYPHS.

WAIMEA CANYON IS A NEAT PLACE WE ENJOYED HIKING IN WHEN I WAS PREGNANT.  THEY HAD  MANY FIELDS OF TRADITIONAL PLANTS AND WE STAYED IN A B & B OVERLOOKING THE SEA.  POIPU BEACH IS A FAVORITE BEACH WHERE FOLKS CAN VIEW SEALS AND SOME TIDAL URCHINS.  KOKEE STATE PARK ABOUT 4000' HIGH AND IT RAINS MOST OF THE TIME HERE.  THEY HAVE MANY CHICKENS RUNNING LOOSE HERE.  THEY HAVE SOME NICE WATERFALLS AND VIEW OF A SMALL GRAND CANYON. THIS ISLAND IS FAMOUS FOR  THE VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK WHICH IS NEAR THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE ISLAND.  THEY HAVE ROADS THAT GET CLOSED OFTEN BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT FLOWING OF LAVA.  THEY HAVE TRAILS BUILT OVER LAVA.  THEY HAVE TRAILS BUILT OVER THE LAVA AND IT IS VERY RUGGED THERE.  IN THE PARK THERE IS A BIG CRATER WHERE PELE THE VO0LCANO GODDESS LIVED.

THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN NEAR HILO THAT IS 17 ACRES OF BEAUTY.  THE THEY HAVE A THREE TIERED WATERFALL.  THE WAPIO VALLEY WAS HOME TO MANY KINGS AND HAS A HORSE DRIVEN WAGON RIDE. 

THERE ARE MANY CRATERS AND TUBES IN THIS ISLAND.  WE ENJOYED MANY OF THE BEACHES ON THE WEST COAST AND WE STAYED IN B & B HOMES.