Revisiting Lihue, Kaua’i Island, Hawaii/Carlos Pueblo

Revisiting Lihue, Kaua’I Island, Hawaii/Carlos Pueblo

Cruise ship arrived at Nawiliwili Bay in the mid-morning, we attended a

group review of the island presented by the cruise ambassador to Hawaii

and a one hour private tour of the ship guided by cruise next manager,

then went to a lovely beach in front of a Marriott resort hotel. In 2008, we

stayed at the Grand Hyatt at Poipu where it was inconvenient for us to

revisit without a vehicle. The ambassador described the island scenery and

I remembered vividly the water fall, small river, taro field, and highway end

dry/wet caves where we passed by sailing of the famous Na Pali Coast the

following day back to O’ahu Island.

People recognize the Grand Hyatt, yet when I mention Shinseki and the stone

Lantern, nobody responses. Shiniseki is an U.S. Army general which I admire

very much is from Lihue, Kaua’i. Kapa’a Stone Lantern is a monument built in

1915 to commemorate Japanese-Russia War in 1905 and Emperor Taisho’s

ascension to the throne in 1912, buried to the ground in 1943 due to the WWII

anti-Japanese sentiment. Discovered in 1972 and moved to Kapa’a Beach Park in

1987. I was there in 2008 to read all the description and remembered the story.

Kapa’a is north of the Wailua River, a small creek side river must be full of wild eels.

General Shinseki caught my attention during the second Iraqi war during a senate

hearing while he as a witness to testify that the invasion force number should be

much higher and was dismissed.

We stayed at a bench under palm trees in front of a lovely beach, Marriott was

just behind us. Later, we went inside the resort hotel shops to visit. This is a Lihue

at large suburban area with a lot of shops for tourists. I enjoyed very much of an

art gallery of a Filipino artist with a couple of sea wave hit the shore scenery later

I understood while the cruise passing by the Na Pali Coast on the northern side of

Kaua’i.

Another couple cancelled the appointment to have a behind scene tour of the ship;

therefore, we were the only couple a private tour. Lauren, the cruise next manager,

took us to view under deck 4 facility including laundry area, bakery, kitchen, pantry,

dormitory, and theater dressing room etc. It was very interesting and a little bit different

from the Epic tour. I didn’t have a chance to ask the butcher about the roast pig actually

was presented on that night at the Buffet, I missed my roast pig head.