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Kauai, Hawaii 1999

During the summer of 1999, Jeanie and I took a trip to Kauai, where we celebrated her grandmother's 80th birthday. Kauai is the most western publically accessable Hawaiian island. The Hawaiian island of Nihau is further west, but is not publically accessible. Kauai is the "Garden Island", emphasizing its beautiful mountains, rivers, waterfalls, coastlines and beeches. If you are going to one of the Hawaiian islands and want a spectacular night-life, Kauai probably shouldn't be your first choice. However if you love the outdoors through hiking, paddling, swimming and snorkling, or sight-seeing, Kauai may be the perfect place for you. Of course the weather is unbelievably pleasant, making it a great place to relax and forget about work.

Most of Kauai is inaccessible by automobile. Large sections of the island are accessible only by helicopter. It was on a helicopter tour that we took the scenic pictures below. We flew with Inter-Island Helicopters, since they let you fly with the doors off! That made it easier to take pictures, as well as adding some thrills. A one-hour helicopter tour of Kauai is well-worth the approximately $150 US you'll pay per person. I took sixty-two photos in about sixty minutes, and I can't believe how splendidly they came out.

A Few Of My Kauai, Hawaii 1999 Photos

Below are some thumbnails from my Kauai, Hawaii 1999 picture collection. Click on the small pictures to see a larger, clearer image. If you don't see any pictures below yet, they should arrive within a minute. If they don't, you should probably try again some other time. Once you've clicked on a picture, retrieving the larger version may take a few minutes. Click on "S", "M", or "L" to change your default picture viewing size; S is 640x480, M is 800x600, and L is full size (varies). Click on "slideshow" to automatically transition from one image to the next with a 5 second interval. Once started, clicking any link will stop the slideshow.

All pictures on this page are taken by, and copyright of Paul and Jeanie Komarek. If you would like to use any of these pictures, just send me an email and a link to the page(s) where they'll be used -- I can't imagine why I wouldn't allow you to use them, but I want to keep track of them. Probably nobody wants to use my pictures anyway, but now I'm just rambling.