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Originally Posted by dd74
...the argument is simple. Kauai absolutely loathes the influx of tourists that have invaded Maui. Maui, in fact, doesn't like the influx of tourists it endures, but that's Maui's problem. The super ferry, which has been a source of contention for Kauai for at least two years now, is seen as a daily multiple delivery of three-hundred-plus tourists and cars to a very small island that not only cannot support such an influx, but does not want that influx.
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I can understand the argument. I first visited Maui 13 years ago on my honeymoon. We went back 10 years later, and the island definately changed -- there was a lot more people, tons more commerce -- it seemed that paradise had been a little spoiled.
We visited Kauai the second time back (3 years ago), and it was more like what Maui was 13 years ago. I can see how the folks living on Kauai don't want the same thing to happen to them as what happened on Maui.
Side note: the first day we were on Kauai we decided to take a leisurely drive up the coast. BTW: the speed limit on the whole island is 35mph. As we were riding up the coast, coming the other way was a pristine black 356 speedster- just cruisin' along, not in a hurry. That's about as close to paradise as you can get on this blue marble. If I could be that person in 20 years driving along in a 356 on the coast of Kauai...
-Z-man.