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Originally posted by Dan in Pasadena
I own a timeshare at the Beachboy on Kauai. I bought it because it is centrally located on the island and I like both ends of the island. Basically there is one road that leads 3/4 around the island, gotta drive back and forth. Can't get across the Na Pali Coast - too rugged to make a road.
Poipu is on the southern end. Princeville is on the northern end - very nice, no question but VERY "resort-ish". Further north and where you MUST visit is Hanalei.
Basically, it is too great to describe, you gotta go there. They refer to "a Land called Hanalei" in Puff the Magic Dragon and they used the Na Pali Coast in King Kong, Shangra La and Jurassic Park. You KNOW its beautiful.
Motion - Much as I love Poipu and Koloa Town (gassy - think Old Town Hawaii - Sugarcane town) you prefer it to Hanalei? All those one lane bridges and remote beaches? Tunnels beach, etc?
gassy - MUST take one ofthe Na Pali Coast tours. Take the Zodiac boats if the weather forecast is good and you/your significant other are other than sedentary old farts. Too beautiful, too much fun and waay cheaper than the helicopters.
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Dan,
Hanelei is absolutely gorgeous, as is Princeville, but.... the rain! It rains there every day (windward side). Sure, it clears up and you get sun, but the rain and clouds are almost always around. Poipu is sunny!