We had a leisurely last morning in our beach cottage. We enjoyed the sunrise, had breakfast, and finished packing up. We left by 10 and went to Anini Beach on the North Shore. It is a beautiful, long sandy beach. I walked for almost an hour while Papa lounged under a tree. We enjoyed watching snorkelers and sailboats, before going to Kalalea Juice Hale for açaí bowls for lunch. They were yummy!
We stopped at Poliahu Heiau, on a bluff above the Wailua River with views of the Wailua River valley and the ocean beyond. The heiau originally enclosed over one acre with rock walls, and was a place of worship for Ancient Hawaiians.
We drove to Koloa, historic and picturesque, it opened Kauai’s first sugar mill in 1835, becoming a large, thriving sugar producer, Koloa needed labor and waves of immigrants came to work, from Portugal, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Japan, China, Korea, England, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Spain, Black Americans, and Russians. The sugar era opened the door to Hawaii’s multicultural population of today.
We went to the airport at 6, to fly home this evening. We’ve had a wonderful time in Kauai.
