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Flights to Kauai arrive at the capital, LIHUE , which stands
slightly inland of little Nawiliwili Harbor. It's roughly at the
midpoint of the round-island highway (prevented from completing a loop
by the Na Pali cliffs), but as a base it's pretty undistinguished. The
population is just five thousand, and downtown consists of a few tired
plantation-town streets, well back from the sea and surrounded by
anonymous malls.
The small Kauai Museum at 4428 Rice St (Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Sat 10am-4pm;
$5) traces the island's history from the mythical menehune (the most
ancient Hawaiian people) through Captain Cook's 1778 landfall and on to
its sugar-growing heyday. Kauai was the one island not conquered by
Kamehameha the Great; he spent six years amassing a fleet that never
sailed, and settled in the end for accepting economic tribute.
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from $309.00
USD