OUR FAMILY HAS TRAVELLED SEVERAL TIMES TO KAUAI, WE WERE PREPARED TO HIKE ABOUT 5 MILES OF THE NAPALI COAST. WE STAYED IN BED AND BREAKFASTS. THE BEACHES ARE NOT ALL THAT SAFE AS THEY WARN US. THIS TRAIL IS BEAUTIFUL AS IT TUMBLES DOWN 4000' TO THE BASE OF THE SEA. THERE ARE SEA CAVES WE DID NOT EXPLORE. AND THEY HAVE HEIAWS OR HAWAIAN SHRINES, BUILT OF VOLCANIC TUFF PLATFORMS WHERE THEY DID MADE OFFERINGS. THEY PLANTED TERRACED TARO FIELDS AND FISHED USING CANOES THEY HAND BUILT. IN HAWAIIAN CULTURE EVERYTHING IS CALLED A NAME, OR A SPIRITUAL POWER GIVEN BY THE GODS. THIS MANA GIVES PEOPLE GOOSE BUMPS TO VISIT AN OLD VILLAGE ONLY ASSESSABLE BY BOAT. THEY USED TO HAVE MANY CEREMONIES- KAVA WAS THEIR RITUAL DRINK. THEY HAD SACRIFICES. AFTER 600 YEARS 600 YEARS OF THEIR VILLAGES THE LAST LEFT FOR MORE POPULATED AREAS.
WHEN WE HIKED THE TRAIL ONE SUMMER IT HAD MANY MOSQITOS AND LARGE FROGS ON THE TRAIL AS OUR SANDALS SLID OVER THEM THE RIVERS WERE TRICKY TO CROSS AS WELL.
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