Day 8 - Another Timeshare Presentation and Waterfalls

We had to get another early start this morning because we had to drive to Kapaa for a timeshare presentation at a Shells Vacation Club Resort. It took about 40 minutes to drive down there, and we met Mark, our salesperson. They described the benefits of owning through the Shells network which is affiliated with RCI. The timeshare had a lot of interesting benefits, and the cost was significantly less than the Westin, but we had to pass. Unfortunately, the presentation took up 3 hours of our morning.

By the time we were done, we were ready for lunch. We drove down to Lihue to try Hamura Saimin which was another one of the restaurants on our list. The restaurant had about 3 large horseshoe shaped tables and the seating capacity is about 30-35 people. What made things difficult is that they had only one server waiting on the entire restaurant. When we got there, only two other people were waiting to be seated, and it took only a few to get our seat. It took about 10 minutes to order, and then we had to wait another 20 minutes to get our food. Shin ordered a large special saimin bowl and Alexis ordered a medium regular saimin bowl. We also ordered two beef skewers. The special bowl came with large kamaboko slices, pieces of chashu, and wontons (See right for picture). The saimin was very flavorful. The beef skewers were disappointing. The beef was well done and almost as chewy as beef jerky. If anyone is interested in eating saimin in Kauai, we would recommend this place.

After lunch, we checked out Wailua and Opaeka'a Falls which are two of the more popular waterfalls in Kauai. Both are just a few miles off the main road. It was pouring rain when we arrived at Wailua Falls (see left), but we managed to get a few pictures. It is a very grand waterfall with lots of water dropping into a small body of water down below. The raining stopped by the time we got to Opaeka'a Falls. This waterfall was much smaller, and we took pictures from afar.

Then we drove back to the Coconut Marketplace to do some more shopping. We walked through most of the stores and we picked up a sweatshirt souvenir for Alexis.