We survived the day yesterday on the safari...we kayaked for 2 hours down a river for 8 miles (a two-man kayak which made for some interesting partnership time), then hiked for a little while. We then took a tractor ride through some famous movie landmarks and the went to our first HUGE rush on a 800 foot zipline!! I was shaking when I got off and got voted the loudest scream from our fun group. Then had a picnic lunch while staring at the 1800 foot second zipline - it was SO long!!! Somehow, I managed to jump off the landing and make it to the other side, which was actually amazing!!! This one allows you to slide down to the other side, stop, and then swing back toward the start again and then stop somewhere in the middle. Then a guide gets a ladder to you on a podium and you climb down off the line. I actually waved a bit on the way back instead of holding on to the rope like before. Both of the ziplines were on the land where Jurassic Park and Indian Jones were filmed...it was so pretty. We then hiked to a water zipline that was much shorter and didn't require all the gear. You basically hold on to a t-bar, slide over the water on the zipline, and fall (or jump) in. It was okay and John did it many times...I just did it once (it was pretty deep water and besides being afraid of heights, I can't swim well!) We have pictures of it all on a waterproof disposable camera here...we are not sure the quality of any of the pictures yet, but have the memory forever!!! Today we went on a Catamaran boat and saw sea turtles, dolphins, whales, and the side of the island you cannot drive to (only get to by helicopter or boat)...it was amazing too - and we brought our nice camera on this trip! As I type, the room is still rocking a bit. I will try to post pics later. Tomorrow is our last day on Kauia. We get to venture to Maui on Thurs. We are very excited for that since we have been there before and can't wait to see some of the places we have been to before....We'll have many, many pics to share when we get back. We love the sunrise ones from our balcony like the one above!! In Maui, we will get the sunsets ones from our hotel. And we are going to go to a Luau there with the Maids.
We survived the day yesterday on the safari...we kayaked for 2 hours down a river for 8 miles (a two-man kayak which made for some interesting partnership time), then hiked for a little while. We then took a tractor ride through some famous movie landmarks and the went to our first HUGE rush on a 800 foot zipline!! I was shaking when I got off and got voted the loudest scream from our fun group. Then had a picnic lunch while staring at the 1800 foot second zipline - it was SO long!!! Somehow, I managed to jump off the landing and make it to the other side, which was actually amazing!!! This one allows you to slide down to the other side, stop, and then swing back toward the start again and then stop somewhere in the middle. Then a guide gets a ladder to you on a podium and you climb down off the line. I actually waved a bit on the way back instead of holding on to the rope like before. Both of the ziplines were on the land where Jurassic Park and Indian Jones were filmed...it was so pretty. We then hiked to a water zipline that was much shorter and didn't require all the gear. You basically hold on to a t-bar, slide over the water on the zipline, and fall (or jump) in. It was okay and John did it many times...I just did it once (it was pretty deep water and besides being afraid of heights, I can't swim well!) We have pictures of it all on a waterproof disposable camera here...we are not sure the quality of any of the pictures yet, but have the memory forever!!! Today we went on a Catamaran boat and saw sea turtles, dolphins, whales, and the side of the island you cannot drive to (only get to by helicopter or boat)...it was amazing too - and we brought our nice camera on this trip! As I type, the room is still rocking a bit. I will try to post pics later. Tomorrow is our last day on Kauia. We get to venture to Maui on Thurs. We are very excited for that since we have been there before and can't wait to see some of the places we have been to before....We'll have many, many pics to share when we get back. We love the sunrise ones from our balcony like the one above!! In Maui, we will get the sunsets ones from our hotel. And we are going to go to a Luau there with the Maids.
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