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"What is this funky island fruit?" Some kind of weird strawberry? No, it's the Rambutan!
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Score the skin with your teeth or a knife but the hairs are kind of tickly and pliable
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peel apart the leathery skin and pop out the fruit ...
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It's translucent, sweet, and jelly like...yummy!
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Wailua Falls near Lihue on the East Shore
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In ancient and sometimes modern times, men would jump off the falls to prove their manhood...a usually fatal task! It's 173 feet of solid drop...actually taller than Niagara Falls.
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We stopped by the National Tropical Botanical Gardens and made reservations to tour the garden on New Years Eve...my anniversary present...these were taken just around the visitor center as a little taste of what's to come...
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The colors!
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Everywhere a visual delight
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Even Ricardo enjoyed the garden...
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Huge, gorgeous hibiscus and lots of it...heres a few
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All twisted up!
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Lucky shot of this red-headed woodpecker!
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Millions of pieces of broken glass washed in from bottles and auto glass make a colorful tapestry at Glass Beach
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He picked through the glass and I took pictures...love the water against the beach here
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Hand full of pickins...
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The point where all that glass comes from...an old dump!
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South Shore Po'ipu Beach Sunset
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Down it goes...
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Full moon at Wailau Beach (4.5 miles from the house)
2 comments:
Hi! Glad you enjoyed your stay in Kaua'i! Your red-headed woodpecker is actually a Red-Crested Cardinal imported from South America in the 1930s. Cheers! -Adam
As a long-time resident of the Niagara Region, I'm obliged to tell you that "the Falls" are actually 177 feet tall.
Nice photos, though. That woodpecker looks much more like a cardinal!
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