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People’s Choice Awards

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Best of Hawai’i 2013

Dessert First: Roy’s of Poipu Chocolate SouffleRoySouffle

Best Accommodations: Palms Cottage on Lava Lane ~ under $90 a night!
See my Yelp review at this link.cottage1cottageLanai DSC04971 copy cottageGarden cottageRoomDSC04459lava-lanai

 

Best (most comfortable) Bed: Prince Kuhio Condos #231PKfront

Best Lanai View: Royal Kona ResortDSC05261 copy

Best Snorkel: Fairwinds Snorkel Cruise and BBQ to Kealakekua BayCynProfile

Best Breakfast: Basik AcaibasikAcaiBowls

Best Prepared Fish: Huggo’s for Grilled Hawaiian Caught Mahi Mahi~ Kabocha Pumpkin Risotto, Local Garden Beans, Herb Sauce with Balsamic “Caviar.”mahi

Best Dinner Experience: Roy’s Poipu Bar & Grill

Roy's Canoe for Two Pupu Platter

Roy’s Canoe for Two Pupu Platter: Left to Right: Mongolian Ribs, Ocean Moon Ravioli, Wild Boar Lumpia, Korean Kalbi Beef Gyoza, Seared Shrimp Sticks

Best BBQ: Roy’s Poipu Bar & Grill for Roy’s Charred Szechwan Style Mongolian Pork Ribs

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Best Coastline: Na’PaliDSC05927 copy

Best Affordable Dining: Koloa Fish Market Plate Lunch

Best Luau Food: Koloa Fish Market

Best Variety of Poke: Koloa Fish Market

Best Poke: Hilo Bay Cafe

Best Salad: Roy’s Poipu Bar & Grill for Grilled Local Baby Romaine Salad: Blue Crab, Wasabi Parmesan Dressing, Tobiko, Cherry Tomatoes

Roy's Grilled Baby Romaine Salad

Roy’s Grilled Baby Romaine Salad with Blue Crab and Tobiko

Best Raw Fish: Hamachi sashimi with ginger and Chicken Katsu at Taste of Hawaii 2013 from Nanea Restaurant and Bar at the Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas

Most Aloha: Big Island

Place visited most likely to live: Puna CoastPuna4525 copy

 

I belong here in Kauai with the chickens…

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Chicken of The Sea

Well, we found the biggest chicken on Kauai.  Here she is.

APPARENTLY I only love snorkeling when the fish keep their distance.  In Kona we snorkeled in a bay and in the surf and I loved it both times.  Here in Kauai we snorkeled several times at Lawai Beach and it is AWESOME and we snorkeled at Tunnels Beach and I was A-OK.

Po’ipu Beach has a LOT more fish.  A LOT.  Schools and schools and schools of them all swimming at me and it’s real shallow so I can’t escape the schools.  I hated it – freaked me out entirely.  Death holds no fear for me, but apparently thousands of fish are REALLY scary!  You will see photos of all the scary fish in a post by Jeremy later.  He got some great shots underwater at Po’ipu Beach!

I adore the ocean.  I love the surf.  I love to watch fish.  But it is obvious to me now that I appreciate them much more from land.  See – you can shoot turtles from above the waves!

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Yes! That is a turtle in the surf.

There were a lot of turtles at Poipu Beach including nice cooperative ones that came onto the sand to visit with me.  It is a GORGEOUS beach!

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Shopping Report

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Mom, this post is for you!

OK – Besides the trinkets I have purchased for some family members, here is the report on my souvenir purchases.  I came to Hawai’i with a certain treat in mind – wanted to get a silver ankle bracelet with a whole string of sea turtles swimming around my ankle.  Looked everywhere to no avail.  I thought surely that would be easy to find!

Volcano coffee cup for Jer

Volcano T-shirt for Cyndi

Two Hawai’i beach towels

Two pounds 100% Kona Coffee

Five plumeria hair clips

Three Hawaiian print dresses

Hawaii tank top with beautiful embroidery hibiscus and colorful “Aloha!” for Cyndi

Green Hawaiian print shirt for Jer

Koa wood ankle bracelet with a single sea turtle on it (purchased only after it was certain the one I was looking for could not be found).

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Kauai tank top with scary fish for Cyn

Red dirt shirt with Kauai rooster for Jeremy

Blue lava rock shirt with the Hamuhamunukunukuapua’a (Duh – it’s the state fish of Hawai’i!) for Jer

Kauai calendar for 2014

New seashell ornament for my Yule tree.  (That makes 5 or 6 seashells on my tree now!)

AND – last but certainly not least: Sterling silver ankle bracelet with a whole string of sea turtles swimming around it!  When I finally found it I took one look at the price and said “no” but Jer kept pushing and then the sales lady said – You like?  You want that one?  I repeated several times that I did not have that much money.  Then she offered to take 50% off!  I didn’t even ask!  I pulled out the magic plastic card.

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Go me.