The Hilton Kauai Beach Resort does a nice "Torch Lighting Ceremony" at 6pm that lasts about a half hour. It includes traditional Polynesian dances and flaming sword dancer.
We got to take our picture with the cast after the show.
This is a view out our hotel room at the Hilton Kauai Beach Resort on Kauai, just north of Lihue. We have a ground floor room right on the "lagoon".
We are both exhausted, so we think we will cut back a little on the exploring of
Kauai, and maybe take a helicopter ride around the island tomorrow after our free breakfast buffet. Just have to wait and see….
Short flight…. This is the first sight of land we saw, the southeast Kauai Coast.
Then we passed the cruise ship docking area, just a couple miles from the airport.
This is our plane to take to Lihue, Kauai. It is a Boeing 717 from Hawaiian Airlines.
As we took off from Honolulu, Marianne got a good view of downtown Honolulu and Diamond Head. We pulled out of the jetway about 10 minutes late, but the flight was short and uneventful. It seemed like we barely made flight altitude and we headed back down to land. The total in air time was less than 25 minutes!
We finally made it through the checkin and security at Honolulu
InterIsland terminal… Another busy airport, but they move people
pretty fast….