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Kauai, With Love

  • by Marisa
  • March 20, 2007

There’s a fine line between promoting the beauty of this island and promoting Kauai into a commercialized mess. On the one hand, loving this island as I do, I want others to see it and enjoy it; on the other hand, too many aspects of the tourist trade and development in general destroys the beauty of the island.

I’ve picked up brochures from around the island and checked out websites, looking for the best, cleanest way to see Kauai. I won’t touch the ATV tours or the helicopter flights. There’s been two helicopter crashes since I’ve been here!

I’ve finally found Kauai Ecotourism Vacation Rentals at HawaiianBeachRentals.com. Specializing in promoting environmentally friendly vacations, HawaiianBeachRentals.com hand picks their rental properties and offers top notch service while respecting the natural beauty of this island paradise.

I’ve looked at some of the rentals they offer and I’m quite impressed with the prices and location. Hanalei Bay has one of my favorite beaches and Haena hides a secret beach where the most beautiful shells wash onto the shore. At the far end of Haena is our favorite beach for kidsa; the reef keeps the giant surf from the shore, giving a calm, safe area for even my one-year old granddaughter.

Kilauea, where we’re staying now, offers the Kilauea lighthouse and it’s bird sanctuary. My kids spent hours there, reading about the various birds and trying to catch sight of them. Many of the Kilauea rentals at HawaiianBeachRentals.com are along Anini Beach, where we go every day. The water there is calm and crystal clear.

I’m so happy to have found HawaiianBeachRentals.com. There are plenty of websites that promote vacation packages that ignore the natural beauty of Kauai. If you’re going to really enjoy the island and leave with a true appreciation of the spirit of aloha that is still here, then HawaiianBeachRentals.com is the place to visit first.

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4 Responses to “Kauai, With Love”

  • Are you ever going to come back home? LOL

    I would stay there forever.

    only background Jimi (14 comments.)March 20,. 2007 in the terribly early in the morning

  • Gotta leave on Wednesday night. It’ll be tough. If it wasn’t for four of my kids waiting at home, I’d stay here. Forever. :)

    only background Marisa (0 comments.)March 20,. 2007 in the terribly early in the morning

  • gorgeous pictures! OMG Mari I want to come down there with you!!

    only background suni (38 comments.)March 20,. 2007 in the around lunchtime

  • enjoy your last couple days there - and definitely enjoy the sunsets. that’s what i miss the most from kauai. we don’t have beautiful sunsets like those in Los Angeles. :P i stayed there for almost 3 weeks when i went. it’s truly an amazing place.

    only background msdanielle (6 comments.)March 20,. 2007 in the in the wee hours