We enjoyed the river pools and being lazy around the resort after visiting Waimea--generally we are exploring one day and lazing around this lovely resort on alternative days. The next trip is to Allerton, one of five National Tropical Botanical Gardens (one is in Florida, and the rest are in Hawaii). We have been to several before, but Allerton is always a lovely place to visit, so we scheduled a morning excursion that involves about a three hour walk through garden spaces designed to surprise. Our docent guide, Dr. Bob (a retired dentist), was delightfully informative about the history of Allerton and impact of native and invasive species, destruction of tropical forests, and more. The original Jurassic Park movie had several sequences filmed in Allerton, including the huge tree roots of the banyan:
We tasted pomolo fruit--tree ripened and deliciuous, and wandered around statuary, water features, interesting fruits, golden bamboo, and gorgeous blooms which abound:
Pomelo is the ancestor of the grapefruit, but was much sweeter.
We lunched in Poipu at an interesting sports club (as road closures and detours seemed everywhere that day--we took the first restaurant we could find after our morning at Allerton) with a humorous young man as our waitor, and enjoyed our pulled pork sandwiches and burgers. That evening, Lizzie and I used the river pool after dark, enjoying the lighted ambiance which gave it a totally different feel.
We again stayed around the resort on Friday, enjoying the beach and pools. Tidepools adjacent to the resort were abundant with fish, and I identified seven different types swimming near me.
Friday evening we dined at the Resort's Oasis by the Sea restaurant, as Elaine had asked Helen to buy us dinner with Elaine's complements. It's an open air restauant right on the beach and the view was lovely through sunset. I started with a mai tai cocktail, then had the seared ahi, along with a lovely salad, pupus (wontons) and a great chocolate mousse dessert. The ahi was the best I've ever had.
We finished up the evening with another documentary by Will Smith on his earth adventures--so interesting!
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