To the South Side…
Today was a transitional day for us as we had to check out of our vacation rental on the north side and make our way to the south side. So we were up and on the move before 10am.
That’s not really a stretch for us as we always seems to get up early. We seem to go to bed at 10pm and get at least a full 10 hours of sleep. For me, that’s huge as I wander the Earth always in a sleep-deprived state — getting 6-7 hours most nights.
We had breakfast at the Wake-Up Cafe which was recommended in our Ultimate Kauai Guidebook, but probably cannot be recommended by us. Aside from the potential charm of the location, it offered very little. The food was okay, but over-priced. The service could almost be described as grumpy. We may have hit them on a bad day as they appeared to be without a hostess to smooth things out at the doorway. Our recommendation goes to the bakery back in the Ching Young Shopping Center which offers better food at cheaper prices and we at least got smiles.
We then made our way through Kapa’a and thought we’d finally pull over at the Weekend Fair that we had passed by a time or two on past trips. It turned out to be quite underwhelming, so we didn’t stay too long. Maybe this is a truism of most souvenirs, but I definitely felt like those that were available there were sitting at their max value. In other words, we weren’t impressed with anything.
We later made our first stop this trip at a Lappert’s to get ice cream. We browsed around Koloa town before going to the Big Save for groceries.
Since we still had an hour before we could check into our new place, we wasted it at Brenneck’s Beach where we saw a Monk Seal bathing by himself. Here, they rope them off like a crime scene so that people will keep their distance. It was cool to see the Monk Seal, but you could almost hardly tell if it were still alive as it rarely moved.
Thereafter, we checked into our place and settled into Baby Beach for the rest of the afternoon. Baby Beach is within walking distance from our rental and is quite picturesque. I love the view which serves as this entry’s highlight.