{Travel} Kauai, Hawaii - Day 5 Birthday Celebrations, Kapa'a, Poipu Beach & Sea Turtles

Here we are at Day 5 of our Kauai adventure and today was Mr. Click's birthday!

He loved driving our rented Jeep around the island.  We decided to check out another recommended spot and were heading there for breakfast after putting our name on the virtual waitlist. *good tip!*

We drove back to the charming town of Kapa'a to Kountry Kitchen.  The menu was huge and everything sounded so good.  I started off with a coconut mocha latte.  Mr. Click got an omelette and I had the 2 egg special with cornbread. I swapped out the meat for fresh papaya. 

We definitely needed a walk after breakfast.

There's an 8-mile trail that winds along the ocean and many people rent bikes to explore it.   

We didn't have time for that but the walk we did was lovely (and not 8 miles!).

The views like this never got old.

Housekeeping left us these cute sea turtles on our bed when we got back to the room.  It was a little foreshadowing of our upcoming day.

We spent some more time at the pool and picked the adult pool that wasn't busy.

Later, we got ready to go out to dinner for Mr. Click's birthday.

We celebrated with some cocktails at Tahiti Nui (another recommendation) in Hanalei.  The story of this Tahitian themed restaurant is really interesting and you can read about it here.  It's also featured in the movie The Descendants starring George Clooney.

I had my first ever Mai Tai (pretty good!).  We each had something that was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives show.  I had the zesty coconut crusted catch (ono, of course!) and Mr. C had the Kalua pork sandwich.

What a place to celebrate your birthday!

On the way out of Hanalei, we were driving past the Hanalei Bay Lookout like we did on day 2 but it was so sunny this time so we had to get out for some photos for a different view.

A family pulled in at the same time and we took photos for each other.

We then headed to Poipu Beach and passed through the Kauai Tree Tunnel, a beautiful canopy of over 500 eucalyptus trees that line Maliuhi Road.

We made it to Poipu Beach on the south shore of the island.  It is a calm, crescent shaped beach know for its calm waters and for sea turtles at sunset!

This part of the island felt so different from the north shore where we were staying.  It felt much more like a busy, luxury resort area.  

Lots of people had the same idea that we did and the beach started filling up with people hoping to see some sea turtles.

We finally got to see one and I think this one was the scout who came out to check the conditions for the rest of the turtles.

We were thrilled to see one and didn't wait around too much longer after it swam back into the water.  This was definitely a highlight for us!

to be continued...

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