For my birthday Nick and I went to Kauai. It was incredible! Honestly it was so beautiful that my pictures of the island don't do it justice. Nick kept teasing me that I needed a camera on my head to take constant pictures because I kept asking him to take pictures of everything. We hiked through the jungle, through the canyon called the grand canyon of the pacific, and on the amazing north shore. I've never seen so many different sites and been in such awe! We just kept our hiking shoes in our car and went when we felt like it. It was funny because the days we ended up going on hikes I was usually in a dress and my shoes looked hilarious with what I was wearing. When we went hiking through the canyon we ended up at some waterfalls. We were below one waterfall but literally on edge of the next one that dropped over 100 feet. It was kind of scary but sort of sureal! Oh, and the joys of passion fruit. I love tropical fruit but passion fruit is my favorite!! Nick went to town on pineapples. I refuse to admit how many times we stopped for shaved ice or boxes of macademia nut chocolates.
We went snorkeling a bunch and were amazed by how many fish and the types of fish we saw. One day we even saw a huge turtle. One was on the shore and we swam with one. We also saw seals and whales. It was incredible! We were lucky enough to get a mustang convertible as our rental car because they thought we were on our honeymoon. I don't know how many times we were asked if we were 21 and just married, it was funny! One of the best days was going to Kipu falls were you could jump off the waterfalls. We met a local guy who showed us some awesome cliffs to jump off, caves, and natural lava pools, he was so nice. I think my very favorite day was the hike on the north shore to Bali Hai (from South Pacific). It was spectacular with several waterfalls, cliffs, beach views and the amazing Na Pali coast. That night we went to Luau with tons of food and an awesome show. What a good ending to a wonderful vacation. Nick and I are already looking for airfare to go back, actually Nick was looking at houses so we could move there!
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How fun for you guys! What a fabulous B-day!! I LOVE Kauai! Some of those places look familiar. Curtis and I went 2 years ago and LOVED it!! Fun pics... you guys are so cute!
i LOVE love love Kauai, I think it is the most beautiful place I've ever seen. How fun for your birthday. funny about Nick looking for a house while you were there.. we were at Hanalei Bay and found a lady who was renting a beach house for the year, and we both thought, hm... I could do that. Oh, it's so beautiful!!
wow what an amazing birthday present. I have never been but looking at your pics makes me want to go even more. I am so glad that you had such a wonderful birthday.
We loved Kauai too! It is unbelievabel that a place like that exists. I know what you mean about the picstures not doing it justice. You made me want to go there tomorrow! Great photos!
we are going to kona in may and i can't wait! seeing your pics makes me even more excited. i'm so glad you were able to sneak in a little trip between your crazy schedules!
Leila, this is your cousin Forrest. I found your blog through the Winders - how do you know them? Congrats on the match. I'm actually starting med school this fall, probably at UT Southwestern.
The Winders live in the same city as us - that's cool that you know them too. Definitely no problem to add us to your blog list - here's Tommy's blog: http://dorisandtommy.blogspot.com/
Wow, looks like you had an amazing time. Are you trying to make us all jealous?! Just checking! Happy Birthday, bytheway. We're old, aren't we!
Holy Cow I am so jealous!!!! That looks like such an amazing trip. I am also jealous of your cute swim suit body, I think mine is long gone. We are going to have a plan a fun friend trip like this some time!
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