Kawaii Copter Ride

On the very first day in Kawaii, on the very first beach in Kawaii, within the very first hour in Kawaii, Mandy suffered a terrible accident... she dropped our camera into the ocean. More accurately, she was swamped by a freak large wave that knocked her down as she was marveling at some starfish. The camera is toast, and I had only taken one photo along our walk to the beach.

We settled by just taking ‘mental photos’, a system where you have to be mental if you believe that you can remember the beauty of Kawaii with just your memory.

It is a terrible shame since one of the highlights was getting to swim with a bale of turtles. [Uninteresting side note: I love terms of venery, the name for a group of turtles is a bale] It would have been a great shot to get the great big sea turtle swimming up to me as I was snorkeling in the reefs.

The only photos from the whole trip are provided by a lovely couple we shared a helicopter ride with. Many of the scenes for Jurassic Park were filmed on Kawaii, and it doesn’t take much imagination to envision a herd of dinosaurs running across some of the fields of Kawaii. We were able to circle the island, fly into several deep canyons, land at a secluded waterfall and enjoy lunch while swimming in the falls. A special thanks to Laura and Steve for providing the photos on this page.