Our first day on Kauai was to explore the surroundings of the resort. Walking at the golf course, I spotted a Laysan albatross. The partner was sitting on a nest about 100 feet away incubating a single egg.

The Na Pali coast on Kauai is spectacular. Every time I see the jagged coastline, I am inspired and take a lot of photos. Yesterday the waves were crashing on the rocks and backlit by the setting sun it was a photographer’s paradise.

On the north side of Kauai almost at the end of the road, you can find the Limahuli Garden and Preserve, a valley full of native plants and birds, about 50 of them are on the verge of extinction.

Hibiscus kokio subspecies saintjohnianus is endemic to the island of Kauai

At Kealia beach which is Kapaa’s premier surfing beach, the surf was up