Yearly Archives: 2008

Thanksgiving at the Beach

Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii Kauai is overrun with wild chickens. They’re at the peir, the beach, the mall, WalMart. They’re almost as bad as pigeons if you can imagine that! So spending Thanksgiving at the beach with roosters crowing as they pecked around was something I won’t soon forget. In spite of the chickens however,...

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2008 Reflections part 1

I realize I don’t write here as often as people would like, but I often feel the thoughts occupying my mind are not of much entertainment to many others besides myself… and often have nothing to do with travel. But I’ve decided to just go with it. I have about 6 posts in “queue” waiting...

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Unexpected Surprises

I visited Kona (photos) for the first time last Wednesday and on the tender boat ride from the ship to the pier a group of wild dolphins swam past. It’s one thing to see a couple rounded up and in a tank for show, but to see a whole group of at least 6 dolphins...

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Reading: Three Cups of Tea

When your heart speaks, take good notes. –Judith Campbell THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Only one chapter into this book and I can already tell I’m going to love it. It’s right up my alley these days with a real-life protagonist (Greg Mortenson) who goes against the odds and...

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Waiting

My camera is taking an extended vacation at the Best Western Hotel in Honolulu (I left it there.) and my funds are slacking until my first paycheck so apart from a few free shuttles back and forth to WalMart and a few instances loosing my way in the maze-like corridors of this ship my adventures...

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