Kauai 2012
I went to the big island last November and I was surprisingly  unimpressed.  I didn't have a desire to return to Hawaii until my friend  Corey convinced me another island was worth the trip.  I am glad he  convinced me.  I wish I would move to Kauai, it is a magical place.  If I  didn't have Daria, I would have not come back. Corey and I  mainly surfed, but we also did some hiking and exploring.  We saw lush  terrain, beautiful waterfalls and crazy wildlife.  Corey even got  'attached' by a sea turtle (that's another story).  The surf was good,  but would have been a little bigger.  We got to Kauai right after a long  storm so a couple days we were there, it was pretty flat, but we  enjoyed other parts of the island when there was no surf. I met  Adria in LAX waiting to fly to Lihue.  Corey and I ended up hanging out  with her quite a bit.  She get us a bunch of great restaurant  recommendations and on our last day took us on a hike to a waterfall  where we swam aro...