Toi da di het 5 dao thuoc qua dao Hawaii ngoai tru hon dao lau doi nhat trong 5 hon dao la Kauai la toi chua den. Hom nay toi den day trong 5 ngay tham vieng dao nay.
Kauai rong 1,456km2 bang 1/200 VietNam. La hon dao lon thu 4 so voi cac dao khac o Hawaii. Co rat nhieu nui va ngon nui cao nhat la Mt. Waialeale. Co 65,000 dan song tai day. Waimea canyon la mot trong nhung Canyon dep nhat the gioi nam trong Waimea Canyon State Park va co giong song Waimea river cung bat dau tu day. Canyon nay co 3000ft chieu sau duoc goi la Grand Caynon of Pacific. Noi day cung la mot trong nhung noi nhieu mua nhat tren trai dat. Mt. Waialeale cao 5,075ft la Wettest place on Earth.
Captain Cook la nguoi Au Chau dau tien den day nam 1778 va ong da dat ten cho dao nay.
Du lich la ky nghe lon nhat tai day. Trung binh 1.2 trieu du khach
den day hang nam tu USA 84% va 3% la Nhat. 2.9% dan lam ve canh nong trong Mango, Papaya, Avocado, Star fruit, O day co nhieu wild chickens duoc dan Polynesian khoi thuy mang den de lam thuc an. That nghiep o day thap hon o main land. Trung binh khoang 4%.
Vi mua nhieu nen noi day rat dep de roi co nhieu Film duoc lam tai day voi tong cong la 70 films.
12-20-2016
Sang toi thuc som di bo theo bo bien. O day co duong di theo bo bien khong nhu nhung dao khac. Sau do toi lay xe den Opeakaa falls. Khong co gi bdac biet cung nhu nhung Falls khac. Toi di den tram tour co cung cap Kayak de cheo tren giong song Mailua giong song duy nhat tai day. Kayak se di den Ferm Grotto va hiking den Secret Falls se mat khoang 3 tieng nen toi cho di ngay khac khi co du thi gio. Sau do toi di den Wailua Falls, Keahua Arboretum , Wailua beach. Sau do toi lai xe den Kilauea lighthouse va Wildlife Refuse. Cuoi cung den Maniniholo Dry cave. Cave
nay khong co gi dac biet nhu toi tuong. Chi la hang dong lon sau khoang 200ft. Vi troi bat dau toi nen toi tro ve hotel de cho sang hom sau di tiep.
Sau mot ngay di toi thay thich dao Kauai vi rat thien nhien khong nhu 4 dao khac cua Hawaii.
12-21-2016
Hom qua toi di quanh dao Kauai ve phia Nam va di duoc ½ dao. Hom nay toi quyet dinh di quanh dao nhung di ve phia bac va toi di den diem quan trong nam o phia Bac va xa nhat la Wailua State Park. Noi day co Canyon dep nhu Grand Canyon ky quan the gioi o Arizona. Toi lai xe den Wailua State Park mat khoang 55’. Park khong co visitor center ma chi co nhung look outs de cho du khach ngung xe lai xem va nhieu trail de du khach co the dau xe ben le duong va hinking down the trail. Moi trail trung binh di mat khoang 3 tieng round trip. Park nay la nhung ngon nui va phia duoi la thung lung sau khoang 3500fts nen rat dep. Co nhieu company to chuc dua
du khach xem Canyon bang Helecopters voi gia trung binh la $200 cho 1 tieng dong ho di xem. Toi thay khong noi nao co nhieu company to chuc helecopter nhu tai day. Co le day la Canyon dep va du khach muon xem tuong tan moi noi cua Canyon nay va chi co Helecoptor moi lam duoc chuyen do vi khong co duong bo di den nhieu noi trong Canyon. Va duong bo chi dan den dinh cua Canyon ma thoi. Dac biet o canyon nay la nam canh bo bien nen co nhieu hang dong ma chic o helecoptor moi dua du khach thay tu tren khong.
Toi den trail dau tien sau nhieu look out rat dep nhu mot Grand Canyon nho. Toi hiking down khoang 20’ roi tro lai vi toi muon di quang Canyon de quan sat truoc khi den tung noi de xem. Sau do toi di den look out lon nhat va quan trong nhat Canyon nay va ngung lai de xem nhu da so du khach khac. Xung quang look out nay rat dep voi nhung ngon nui nho nhap nho va nhung thung lung valley sau tham. Neu khong biet
noi day du khacxh co the tuong minh dang dung truoc mot Canyon hung vi o Arizona. Ben canh Look uotr nay co trail ten la Canyon trail. Toi nghi day la trail hay nhat la quan trong nhta trong tat ca cac trail o day. Chinh vi vay ma toi bat dau di tren trail nay va co gang di het trail mat khoang 3 tieng cho 2.5km moi motr ban. TRrail nay di xuong valey de cuoi cung nhin thay Water Falls ma chi di trail nay moi den Falls duoc,
Toi mat 1h30’ moi den day. Duong di khong kao lam mac dau di tu dinh nui xuong thung lung.. Trail nay di khong kho vi co nhieu doan duong di xuong va nhieu doan duong di len do do khong lam cho du khach met nhu cac trail khac. Toi di het trail nay trong 1:30 phut den diem cuoi cung la Falls. Toi muon xuong tam nhung nuoc lanh qua. Sau do toi di tro ;len dinh nui va mat khoang 1:30’ nua. Theo chuong trinh toi den day roi giua truc toi tro ve ve tren duong ve toi se ghe qua cac
dia diem dep ma du khach nen den tham. Tuy nhien vi Canyon nay dep qua nen toi da danh het ngay o tai day va tren duong ve toi chi ghe duoc salt Pond noi co ho chua nuoc bien nam canh bo bien noi co bai bien dep. Sau do toi den Swinging Bridge. Cau nay noi lien 2 ben bo song bang cay cau treo dong dua. Sau do troi da bat dau toi nen toi di thang ve khach san.
12-22-2016
Hom nay toi dinh di kayak tren giong song duy nhat o dao nay la song Wailua ma ngay dau tien toi dinh di nhung toi khong muon mat nhieu thi gioi tren giong song nay ma toi muon di den quan sat nhung noi tren dao truoc khi di tung noi va chi tiet hon. Hom nay toi co nhieu thi gio nen tro lai day de muon kayak di. Toi boi kayak den trail va tu trail nay du khach loi bo de den Secret Falls. Trail nay rat dac biet, khong thang doc nhu nhung trail khac nhung that kho di vi day bun lay ma du khach nao di
cung dinh day bun tren nguoi va ngay ca neu khong kheo se bi tron truot va te. Toi chua tung di con duong nao ma lay loi nhu vay ngay ca o Vietnam. Bat dau di du khach phai di qua mot doan duong ngan truoc khi bang qua con suot nuoc chay siet. Du khach phai bam vao day thung treo tu 2 ben cua coi suoi de khong bi te vuoc cuon di. Toi mat 1;30 de di den con suoi o cuoi duong. Mac dau lay loi nhung toi rat thich vi lan dau tien di duong bun lay nhu vay va de thu thach su chiu dung cua minh. Den thac nuoc o cuoi trail toi xuong tam nuoc suot hoy lanh nhung thu vi vi nuoc tu tren cao khoang 200ft roi xuong vung nuoc lon o phia duoi. Sau do toi tro ve kayak. Tu day toi boi kayak den Fern Grotto State Park. State Parek nay khong co gi dac biet nhung tren con song day cay xanh do la dieu thu vi. Toi da mat het mot ngay de di tren dong song nay vi toi thich nuoc va cay coi
Hom nay la ngay cuoi toi o lai dao nay. Khoang 1;25Pm la toi se bay ve California. Toi tim duoc con duong di den Tree Tunnel ma hom truoc toi khong tim duoc. Day la hang cay khuynh diep chay dai khoang 1km bao phu ca khoang khong gian tren duong tao nen tunnel nhu duong ham thay vi bang da ma day la bang cay. Sau do toi di den Spouting horn la noi co blow hole do nuoc trang vao cai hang dong roi nuoc phun len. Dac biet o day tieng hu cua khong khi bi don ep tai nen tieng ghe ron. Tu day toi di den bai bien Poipu beach gan do de snrokel ma trong 5 ngay den day toi khong co dip tam bien va snorkel. Va day la co hoi cuoi cung. Mac dau cuoi cung nhung toi rat thich thu vi noi day co nhieu ca lon va dep. Dac biet ca o day khong nhu bat cu ca noi nao khac , ca rat dang di., Khong so nguoi va gan nhu dung tai cho de nguoi boi thuongf ngoan.
Vi gan den gio ra phi truong nen toi chi o day duoc 30’ va toi tiec la khong biet noi nay som de toi den day snorkeling. Sao 30 phut toi len xe di den phi truong de ve lai California sau 5 ngay ngan ngui nhung li thu hon la toi nghi. Va toi co the nhan xet rang dao Kauai la dao dep nhat va ly thu nhat trong 5 dao cua Hawaii. Neu toi di den Hawaii lan nua toi se den day. Dao Kauai co Canyon rat dep, co phong canh dep vi mua nhieu. Cay cot xanh toi. Co song Wailua rat tho mong. Co nhieu thac nuoc. O Oahu co bien dep nhung khong co doi nui va canyon dep, khong co song tho mongnhgu o Kauai. O Maui co nui cao nhung khong co thung lung dep. Co con duong Hana road dep nhat te gioi nhung khong cay coi xanh tuoi tho mong nhu o Kauai. O Lanai mot dao nho co nui cao nhung khong co thung lung dep, khong co song tho mong nhu o Kauai. O Hawaii , Big Island co nui lua rat la, ngoan muc co
rung de hiking nhung so voi thung lung o Kauai thi khong bang. O day lai khong co song dep. Nhu vay la toi da di het may hon dao cua Hawaii va tren scale of 10 toi grade Kauai la 9, Maui la la 8, Hawaii, Big island la 7, Honolulu la 7, va sau cung Linai la 5. Vi the ma may nguoi lon tuoi ve huu rat thich o day vi dep va yen lang mac dau o day gia dac do.
I have nothing but travel memories with 190 countries and counting...
About Me: I graduated from a Law School in Vietnam in 1975 and California Polytechnic University, USA, 1981,majoring in an electronic engineering. I worked for Rockwell International (now Boeing) as an aerospace engineer in the Space Shuttle and GPS Military Satellite projects and now on my own. I love to travel with all passion and to write about my travels, the international histories and politics too. I actually started to travel outside USA since 1989 and more aggressive recently. Visit my travel blog at: http://www.t... full info
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina...more history
