Hawaii Cruise - Day 5 - Kauai

We docked in Nawillwili this morning and boarded a bus and headed to Waimea Canyon, the Grand Canyon of Hawaii. Smaller than the one in Arizona but very green and beautiful. Our driver was a native Hawaiian and talked the whole time giving us a lot of information on the island and Hawaii.

 

We have seen wild chickens on every island

 

 

Hawaii Cruise - Day 4 - Kailua Kona

The ship anchored this morning in Kailua Kona. Only one shore excursion planned today. We tendered to shore and headed to Big Island Harley Davidson and picked the Heritage Softail we rented. Hit a couple of scenic byways and headed out to see Pu'uhonuo Honaunau National History Park. We then headed back to the ship and hung out at the pool for a couple hours before dinner.

 

 

 

 

Hawaii Cruise - Day 3 - Maui

Today we did a tour of Maui. We saw some fish at the Maui Ocean Center Aquarium, plants at the Maui Tropical Plantation and some cool scenery at Iao Valley State Monument. And of course we still had time to do some more shopping in Lahaina,

Hawaii Cruise - Day 2 - Maui

The ship dropped anchor at 7:00am in Maui this morning. We boarded a tender and headed into town. After a little sightseeing/shopping we boarded another ship and did a whale watching excursion. We are at the end of the whale watching season but we still able to see a couple of humpback whales and 4 dolphins.

Afterwards we relaxed a little in the Schooner Lounge and then headed back to Maui for a luau.

Our view of Maui from our room

Radiance of the Sea

Lahaina Court House

 

Banyan Trees

 

 

Kim looking for whales

 

Humpback Whale

 

Another Humpback Whale

 

Drums of the Pacific Polynesian Spectacular (Luau)

 

Pig

 

Hawaii Cruise -Day 1

After a sleepless night we finally got enough stuff out of Kim's suitcase so that it would make the 50lb limit and headed to the airport at 3:15am, Arizona time. We landed in Honolulu at 11:30am, Hawaii time, 11 hours - 15 minutes later. We then spent the next 3-1/2 hours standing in line and finally got on the ship at 3:00pm. NOW we are on vacation!

Pulling away from the pier

Heading out to sea