Saturday, September 15, 2007

Relaxing Day in Kaua’i

For the first morning of our whole vacation, we actually slept in this morning! It felt really good to not have to get up to an alarm! We decided to skip breakfast to head off the ship to do some shopping. Jarrett had seen a Red Dirt t-shirt, which is dyed with the red dirt in Kaua’i, and he decided he wanted one. We took the free shuttle to the Anchor Cove shops and found the Red Dirt factory outlet, where each of us got a shirt. We also bought some other souvenirs from the ABC store, which is pretty big in Hawaii. After taking a look at the public beach in front of the Marriot, we took the shuttle back to the ship. We debated going to Hilo Hattie, which is a big souvenir store in Hawaii, but decided we didn’t really need anything else, so we opted against it.

After coming through security for the last time and boarding the ship, we went to the Aloha Café for lunch and ate outside on the back of the ship. We next went and looked at the photos in the photo gallery which had been taken of us throughout our trip on the ship, and ended up purchasing the photos taken of us last night at the Luau. After dropping off our pictures in the room, we sat by the pool to listen to music, then played shuffleboard on one of the upper decks, which was fun after we figured out the rules! We hung out in the room for a little while and then staked out a spot on the back of the boat to watch as the ship sailed by the Na’Pali Coast, which is where the intro to Jurassic Park was filmed! It was absolutely amazing – huge cliffs with varying vegetation. After we sailed past the Na’Pali Coast and turned around, we watched the sun set, and then dressed for dinner. After watching the guest talent show, we went to our last dinner on the ship at Little Italy, then packed, and now we’re headed to bed! Tomorrow we disembark and spend the day in Waikiki before boarding a plane back to the mainland! More tomorrow – until then, Aloha!

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