{"id":3364,"date":"2011-09-08T15:23:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T13:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/?p=3364"},"modified":"2011-09-08T15:24:30","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T13:24:30","slug":"a-helicopter-ride-on-kauai-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/08\/a-helicopter-ride-on-kauai-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"A Helicopter Ride on Kauai, Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"

As much as I love love love to travel, I’m not one of those people that enjoys scouring countless websites looking for the best deal, I don’t get fare alerts on my favorite destinations, I don’t know the best place to comparison shop a flight, and I don’t cut coupons.<\/p>\n

Whew<\/strong>. (that confession has lifted a weight off my chest)<\/p>\n

\"Honopu<\/a>
Honopu Arch, Na Pali coast<\/p>\n

With that being said, I’m not made of money and I don’t like to waste it, but time is money for me. Living in Italy I sometimes use travel agents (gasp!) to book flight\/hotel combos (Istanbul<\/a> & Berlin<\/a> are examples of travel agent trips, as well as Thailand<\/a>) because I prefer to spend the majority of my time focused on what I’ll do, eat, and see while I’m there instead of how I’ll be getting there.<\/p>\n

Most of the places I want to visit have spent months or years on my “To See” list and when it comes time, I have a budget in mind already. If I find a solution in that budget, I go!<\/p>\n

Thus is how Hawaii happened this summer. I didn’t have a traditional honeymoon, or any honeymoon, when I got married, and so we toyed around with the idea of going to Hawaii years later. I put this call for help<\/a> on the Ms. Adventures in Italy Facebook page<\/a> and got some great suggestions, but my mom ultimately sent me a few package options in my budget. Less than 24 hrs later, we were booked for Kauai. (If you’re curious, we went through Costco for a flight\/hotel\/car rental)<\/p>\n

My good friend has a condo in Princeville that he rents out<\/a> (definitely check it out – it was unavailable when we were visiting, so be sure to book early!) on Kauai so I had wanted to visit for years. I had been to Maui twice and enjoyed those trips but was looking forward to visiting “the Garden Island” and the supposedly quieter atmosphere.<\/p>\n

It was exactly what we wanted – fewer tourists and very few crowds, very green, and plenty of relaxing and beach. At the airport on the way home, we even got a celebrity sighting when I ran into Evangeline Lilly (Kate from LOST) with her newborn and husband.<\/p>\n

What more could you ask for?<\/p>\n

\"Ha'Ena<\/a>
Ha’Ena near Hanalei Bay<\/p>\n

The definite highlight of the trip was our helicopter ride, which I strongly encourage everyone to try on the island. So much of the island is completely unreachable via car that you really get to see the island this way.<\/p>\n

\"Doors<\/a>
Doors off helicopter ready for takeoff<\/p>\n

\"Manawaiopuna<\/a>
Manawaiopuna Falls (from Jurassic Park)<\/p>\n

We chose the doors-off version of the helicopter ride<\/strong> (you are strapped in) and I couldn’t have been happier. Not only did you really feel “in” the experience, you didn’t have to worry about reflections or angling for great shots. PS: for the future, the right side of the helicopter on average gets better views, though he often does a complete 360 in place for those “money” shots.<\/p>\n

\"Doors<\/a>
Doors off helicopter ride<\/p>\n

\"Kauai<\/a>
Kauai from the helicopter ride<\/p>\n

We went on the helicopter ride on our second-to-last day, and I think if we’d had a little more time, and of course money, we would have booked another helicopter ride immediately. Props to Inter-Island helicopters<\/a> – not only did we feel safe, their pilot was an expert tour guide and gave us a ton of great information. We wished it was longer!<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/a>
Two waterfalls on Mt. Waialeale, one of the wettest places in the world<\/p>\n

Below, a little video I made about some of the things we saw – fish while snorkeling, a double rainbow, and some video from our helicopter ride. Big thanks to Kodak Italia<\/a> who gave me the PlaySport video camera which I used for all of the filming – my review of the camera will be going on my tech blog, When I Have Time<\/a>, very soon.<\/p>\n

Click through to see the video or go directly to my Kauai break video<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Disclosure: Nothing to see here. I didn’t receive compensation from any of the companies mentioned in this post. I received the Kodak video camera for free.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As much as I love love love to travel, I’m not one of those people that enjoys scouring countless websites looking for the best deal, I don’t get fare alerts on my favorite destinations, I don’t know the best place to comparison shop a flight, and I don’t cut coupons. Whew. (that confession has lifted…<\/p>\n

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