Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Kayak Kauai Style

We went on our Zipline Safari today, which consisted of a kayak trip up the Hule'ia river, a jungle hike (or two), a rope swing into the water, a tractor ride across Kipu Ranch, a zipline ride,
hanging out at a waterfall/swimming hole, and a boat rideback to the start.

This guy wasn't very exciting...

edit: Jess tells me that's way too obscure (see, he's not very exciting because he's a boar...get it? It's like bore but spelled differently. Cool, huh?)

Now Jess says I'm like a pendulum, swinging from too obscure to entirely too much explanation.

Anyway...for every 1 person on the island there are 4 wild pigs. Because of their great numbers, bounties are offered for hunting them (which didn't stop our tour guide from feeding them). The pigs are actually contributing to the destruction of Kauai's reefs; the pigs root and dig, resulting in more erosion, which leads more red dirt washing out to sea and smothering the coral. Jerks.

Joe on the zipline. It was fun, but too short. The lady that went at the same time as Jess was scared, but by the end wanted to jump up and do it again (we could only ride once, though).
Jess, standing by to step off.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like great fun !!! We are getting excited. MOM and DAD

Anonymous said...

Love the zipline photos! How cool. That's something I've always wanted to try.