A new island, and a new beginning for our trip. We flew to Kauai this morning for the second section of our time in Hawaii, leading up to the Kauai World Challenge relay race this weekend.
We were astonished to discover our cab that had been called by the hotel to take us to the airport was a white stretch limo such as you may see spewing forth celebrities out of its maw at the Oscars. It came complete with mini-bar, champagne flutes and tv. We felt a little out of place in our beach shorts and shell leis but hammed it up none-the-less.
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| Royal service to the airport |
Our green credentials were further smashed when our nemesis, Alamo car hire, gave us a double upgrade. Instead of taking possession of our budget, economy Ford Fiesta, we found ourselves driving down the highway in a Dodge 4WD SUV, possibly the largest car on the island. We could live in it easily! Its capacious interior could house a small rhinoceros, but given we may need to transport two canoes, two amas & associated paddling gear we felt ourselves quite fortuitous.
To make the most of our dominating vehicle, we drove to the north of the island up to Hanalei Bay, hoping for a surf lesson with a gorgeous, tanned Hawaiian man. This proved harder to accomplish than originally envisaged, but Charmian has signed us up for a lesson with a salt and pepper beefcake for tomorrow morning (I get to choose our next instructor!)
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| Charmian in our monster car at Hanalei Bay |
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