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Kauai – Kauai Coffee Company

This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series 2007 Kauai

The Kauai Coffee Company, down at the end of Route 540 near Ele’ele, has a nice little visitor center/gift shop, tiny museum and all varieties of coffee available to taste. They’ve set up a short self-guided orchard tour that is…
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Kauai – East Coast Bike Path

This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series 2007 Kauai

This is a find! Starting at the north end of Kapa’a, park at the end of Moanakai Road (Waipouli Beach Park). A 10 foot wide, 2.5 mile long paved trail begins here and ends at Kealia Beach. It’s slightly uphill…
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Kauai – Opaeka’a Falls and Kamokila Hawaiian Village

This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series 2007 Kauai

The Opaeka’a Falls overlook is on Kuamo’o Road (580) about a mile and a half west of Highway 56. It’s a beautiful vista. The sidewalk at the overlook has no curbcut. If you can get onto the sidewalk, you can…
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Kauai – National Car Rental

This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series 2007 Kauai

We rented from National, a full-size sedan with hand controls. I’m guessing they installed the controls specifically for this rental (Hertz keeps a certain number of cars permanently equipped with hand controls). The controls were pretty much fine, except that…
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