Honeymoon Day 8 - Part 2 - Back to Oahu

We got back from the island of Kauai to Oahu for 2 more days before returning to Tampa. We decided to stay in the North Shore this time. Waikiki feels too much like Miami's South Beach. Kauai was magical and at times I felt in a different world. There were less tourists, it was rural, and the 4x4 jeep allowed us to explore remote beaches.

We wanted to stay at the Turtle Beach Resort for the last 2 days in Oahu. I fell in love with the hotel when I watched the movie "Forgetting Sara Marshall". We spent the evening walking around the beaches by the hotel. We had some drinks at the pool bar, watched the sunset, and had dinner at Leonardo's, the hotel's Italian restaurant.

The view from our room

The massage room

We found some hammocks around the hotel. It was the perfect spot to relax.

We kept walking towards the stables. I love horses. I wished I was staying longer at the hotel to do some horse backriding. We only had enough time to visit the north shore's beaches and the Polynesian Center. We were sad that the trip was coming to an end and wanted to see as much of Oahu as possible.

The end of a perfect day

Hola from Quito, Ecuador

We have been in Quito for 4 days. Our trip has been great except that for the first time in my life I've had high altitude sickness. I got some coca tea to help with the headache and the nausea.

I've taken lots of pictures. Here are some that I took with my cell in the colonial downtown last Sunday. I will post more pictures later. I will continue with the Honeymoon posts first, and then I will write about Ecuador. Chao!

We are off to Ecuador

I have to take a short break from the honeymoon series. Andre and I are going to his hometown, Quito, for one week. I have never been to Ecuador so I'm excited to visit a new place. We are driving to Miami and then flying to Quito with LAN. I heard that the airplanes are nice. Wish me luck!

Chao :)

Honeymoon Day 8 - Part 1 - Kauai from the Air

The best way to say goodbye to Kauai was with a helicopter ride to see the rest of the island. Most of Kauai is not accessible, so the only way to really see it is by air. We decided to use Jack Harter Helicopters for the tour. The other options were the standard helicopters with room for 6 passengers. The passengers are seated by weight, so there is a chance that you wont get a window. The open door helicopter is only for 4 passengers, so everyone gets a prime view. We had seen a lot of Kauai by water and land. It was a great experience and see everything that we visited the days before from the air. This was the first time that I ever went on a helicopter ride. It was a little scary to have the open door/windows, but it was worth it. The tour was unbelievable, the pilot gave us many close ups to the falls, mountains, the valleys in the Napali coast, and into Mount Waialeale. I am happy that we picked Kauai as the island for our honeymoon, it was more beautiful than we imagined. Since pictures are worth a thousand words here are lots of pictures. 

Kalapaki Beach & our hotel on the right side

Jurassic Park Falls

The first sight of the Waimea Canyon

The Napali Coast from the air

I got the front seat and Andre got the back seat

Kee Beach from the air

Bali Hai from the air

Lumahai Beach from the air

Inside an inactive volcano crater

Waterfalls inside the crater of Mount Waialeale

Waterfalls everywhere

Wailua Falls

Mahalo Kauai, until we meet again. We were on our way back to Oahu for 2 more days before saying good bye to paradise.