Hawaii revisited

I finally had the chance this weekend to go through all of our photos from Hawaii. Although its been a while now, I still wanted to go ahead and write a post on some of the other memorable moments from the trip.
1- We had taken a little inflatable ducky with us for Kabu so he could go on a "boat-trip" in the ocean with us. He loved splashing around in the water sitting in his ducky - I believe this was because he liked the salty taste of the ocean water in his mouth.


2- Our evening on Mahaulepu beach was another memorable evening. It had a picture perfect setting.





We were lucky to come across four hawaiian monk seals on the shore that day. And one of them was a two week old pup! The Hawaiian monk seal is an endangered species endemic to the waters of the Hawaiian islands, with only about 1200 or so remaining.
What a life!

The little black thing stuck to its mama is the pup seal

3- Tunnels beach was another beautiful beach on the North shore of the island. It has a really big reef that makes it a great beach for snorkeling.

enjoying a fresh coconut

4- We also spent some time lazying around in cafes and playing with Kabir

One of the games that Kabir enjoyed quite a bit involved me repeating the street names - specially the alliterative ones (Na wili wili, Ele ele, Wai Ale Ale etc.)

5-On our last day in Kauai we decided to do one more hike - Nounou mountain or "the sleeping giant". This was a moderate 5 mile roundtrip hike (~1000 ft elevation) on the east side of the island.
View from the trail

Kabu silently hoping this doesn't become another adventure

At the top

6- And finally a collection of random photos - all my favorites.
at lydgate beach

Hanalei vista point

Hula Dance Night

Hawaiian beauty - I hope he doesn't hate me for this when he grows up ;-)

Special papa-beta bonding