Alohacyberian of Hawaii
- Kauai -
Travels with Keith Martin
Welcome
To the Kauai Page
12/12/2000
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"Kauai is the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands and nature has had ample time to work, sculpting Kauai into a beauty among beauties. Flowers and fruits burst from its fertile soil, but 'The Garden Isle' is much more than greenery and lush vegetation - it's the poetry of land itself. Its mountains have become rounded and smooth and its streams tumbling to the sea have cut deep and wide, giving Kauai the Wailua River, the only navigable river in Hawaii. The Waimea River is the island's longest at about 20 miles and the Hanelei River moves the most water. The interior of Kauai is a dramatic series of mountains, valleys and primordial swamps. The great gorge of Waimea Canyon, called the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" is an enchanting layer of pastel colors where uncountable rainbows form prismatic necklaces from which waterfalls hang like silvery pendants. The northwest is home to the seacliffs of Na Pali, mightiest in all of Oceania, looming 4,000 feet above the pounding surf."
~ J. D. Bisignani
"Pali" is the Hawaiian word for "cliff" so the translation of na pali (napali) is "the cliffs".
To see a photo of the Na Pali Coast click here. To see an aerial photo of the NaPali Coast click here.
Mt. Waialeale is the spot on earth that receives the the most annual rainfall - the average annual precipitation is 480 inches per year. Thus, Kauai has over a thousand waterfalls. Nearby areas, however, are not so moist: Hanalei averages 45 inches of rainfall per year, Lihue about 30 inches, most resort areas about 20 inches and in the southwestern desert area from Polihale to Poipu Beach a mere 5 inches.
Click - Hear
Radio stations broadcasting live over the airwaves and through the Internet from Kauai and all of Hawaii for your listening pleasure.
Maps of Hawaii
A map of the state of Hawaii and individual pop-up maps of each Hawaiian island as well as a tidbit of miscellany regarding the individual islands
Virtual Field Trips
Take Virtual Field Trips of the island of Kauai (and the other islands) courtesy NASA.
Geography of Kauai
Geographical and geological information about Kauai and the other islands of Hawaii.
Official Kauai Website
The official tourism website for the Island of Kauai. See the Mayor's Page, travel information, maps, a vacation directory, a toll-free visitors' hotline, activities, recreation, points of interest, attractions, parks and beaches, local culture, island events and links to Kauai government webpages.
Kauai Visitors' Bureau
For complete information for the visitor. Get a free vacation planner in the mail.
Kauai Chamber of Commerce
This website features general visitor information, a member directory, and relocation tips for the future residents and businesspeople.
Diving the Waters with Kauai Divers
Kauai Divers welcomes you to your scuba diving headquarters while visiting the Garden Isle. They offer a full line of services specializing in scuba tours and snorkeling, certification courses, certification classes and rental equipment from snorkels to boogie boards. Enjoy boat Charters to dive the south shore of Kauai, as well as Niihau and Lehua Rock..
Niihau - The Fobidden Island
Niihau Island and the crescent shaped island rock, Lehua, as her crown are part of Kauai County. Niihau is privately owned by the Robinson family of Kauai and is the only place in Hawaii where pure Hawaiians live and speak their native language.
See Kauai Videos
Extensive Kauai travel site with narrated video of the Island, which also features links to island businesses and vacation services.
Kauai Beaches
Offers a photographic tour of Kauai's beaches and geography.
Aloha Kauai Tours
Specializes in 4-wheel drive adventures and snorkel tours with experienced guides. Also features the artwork of Terri Scarborough, and offers weather information and event calendar.
Mokihana Festival
Hula and Hawaiian music - Information about and reservations for Kauai's 20-year-old annual Mokihana Festival: traditional and contemporary men's and women's hula and Hawaiian music.
Keapana Horsmanship
The Keapana Horsemanship Website for horseback rides on the island of Kauai such as Wailua Falls, Mount Waialeale, Sleeping Giant, Makaleha, Kalepa and Kipu Kai Ridge on English and Western horses.
Jewish Resources
Jewish resources in Hawaii including links to the Jewish Community of Kauai as well as Judaica, Jewish resources, Jewish activities and Jewish houses of worship worldwide.
Airlines
Airlines Serving Hawaii - make reservations or buy tickets online directly from the individual airlines.
101 THINGS TO DO ON KAUAI
Fun and interesting activities on land in the water and in the air. Discover extraordinary things, unique things, historic things, cultural things, botanical things, lazy day things and great places to eat as well as maps, weather and links to many activities. Aside from finding the 101 most interesting things to do, you may also find information about places to stay, activities, shopping, dining and real estate.
Language Translators and Dictionaries
to translate Hawaiian and other Polynesian and Native American languages as well as Hebrew and Yiddish for those who love languages of the world. Find foreign language dictionaries and language translators to translate from any of 17 languages to any of the other 17 languages plus a comprehensive source for dictionaries of 150 world languages. There are also chatroom and instant messenger language translators as well as online dictionaries of computer terms, the American Collegiate Dictionary and/or a thesaurus where you may enter words directly online to find correct spellings, definitions and even hear the words pronounced correctly. There are also links to the Oxford English Dictionary online and an interactive "Ask Oxford" and "Kids, Ask Jeeves" boxes to ask questions and recieve instant results. And if you are looking for specialty dictionaries, there are literally hundreds to choose from for almost any specific field that comes to mind.
Bed and Breakfast
Complete List of over 400 Bed and Breakfast locations for all of Hawaii
To view a photo of a mountain overlooking Hanalei Valley on Kauai, click here.
To see a an aerial photo of Hanalei Valley, click here.
To look at a picture of Hanalei Bay, click here.
For an aerial photograph of Hanalei Bay, click here.
To view another aerial photograph of Hanalei Bay, click here.
To see a photograph of the Hanalei River, click here.
For a picture of the Kilauea Lighthouse on Kauai, click here.
The Leeward Islands or Northwestern Islands of Hawaii, 130 islands, islets and shoals stretch 1,200 miles northwest of Kauai ending with Kure Atoll about 55 miles west of Midway Atoll - site of the historic World War II naval battle between the American and the Japanese navies.
To explore the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands also known as the Leeward Islands of Hawaii, click here. The Leeward Hawaiian Islands comprise the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument formerly called the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument, largest marine nature preserve on Planet Earth.
The Hawaiiana Page
Complete information about all the islands of Hawaii - places to go, things to see and do, accommodations, transportation as well as history, culture, government agencies and the land - its geography, geology and its plants and animals.
"Mako" is the Hawaiian word for "shark". Hawaiians also use the word "mano" for various kinds of sharks, such as Mano kihikihi for hammerhead sharks. One species of shark common in Hawaiian waters as well as being found worldwide is called the "Mako Shark". You are invited to visit the Sharks webpage to read general information and see many photographs regarding the forty plus species of sharks found in Hawaiian waters. The sharks in the ocean surrounding Hawaii pose little threat to human beings. Incidents are rare and occasionally the victims have not taken proper precautions. The sharks that have been responsible for the most hazards in Hawaii have been the galapagos sharks, scalloped hammerhead sharks, gray reef sharks and tiger sharks. While great white sharks can be dangerous, they do not frequent Hawaiian waters in great numbers because of their feeding habits which keep them in the open seas. For more info about which shark species are the most aggressive and the most dangerous, more photographs, fascinating facts, shark research, safety tips, suggested reading and links to more shark websites, click, here.
Travel, Arts and Entertainment Index
A complete index of all the things on the Alohacyberian website that pertain to travel, arts or entertainment. Or to search the site by keyword, use the search feature by typing a keyword or phrase into the box at the bottom of the page.
Sail to the Homepage
Where you can get up to the minute weather conditions in Hawaii, view live web cameras worldwide, connect to NASA, play Trivial Pursuit, Wheel-of-Fortune or Jeopardy Online against yourself or others from around the world as well as thousands of computer games, connect to CNN Interactive News and Fox News on the Internet, find hyperlinks to humor, complete new and used car-buying info or enter the enchanted world of Eretz Israel on SABRAnet.
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Surf to the Website Map/Summary
Where you can see a complete listing of everything to be found on the Alohacyberian Website. Surfs up! Come on in. (-:KM:-)
Ski to Page 4
Where you can connect to the official Hawaii 5-O website, the State of Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau and a host of other interesting things like the CIA Factbook, the National Geographic Virtual Solar System and Aspen, Colorado.
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