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Kauai Coffee Plantation If you are like me and just can't understand what makes Kona coffee so great - you may just like Kauai coffee, with its soft and very rich flavor. A few miles West of Kalaheo on Hwy.50 there is a turn-off to Hwy.540, which passes through the coffee plantation. Somewhere...

Kukuiolono Park I failed to read it aloud first couple of times. I spotted a sign to this park absolutely by a chance. In Kalaheo, turn South off Hwy.50 (which is also known as Kaumualii Highway) on Papalina Road; follow the signs to the park and golf course. The road goes uphill, wanders...

Further West Poipu Beach The best lazy-bathing, carefree-snorkeling place in this neighborhood is Poipu Beach. The beach is adorned by two little bays, separated by a sand bar and protected from the surf by a reef: Normally, the bottom of the bays is covered by chunks of dead coral reef...

Maha'ulepu Heritage Trail If you're still with me, you may remember a mention of a turn towards horse stables. If you take that turn (instead of going straight through the gate towards Kawailoa Bay), and ignore everything about the stables, you'll drive almost up to the coast. Part of this...

Don't be afraid of heights, and walk up to the very edge and marvel at the rocks worn down by the surf: There's a nice little bay beyond the point - which turns gloomy on a rainy day (or ten minutes): The kids much appreciate the attempts of building a hut from driftwood: The little...

There's another reason to drift towards Grand Hyatt - asphalt ends there, and a dirt road begins. It is better to be driven in a rental Wrangler, but a Chevy Cruise from Budget does it just fine - at least for a person used to Russian highways in early Spring: The road is posted with a...

This year, Kauai achieved a distinction of entering my list of "what did I do to end up here?" places. Along with places like village of Ordjonikidze in Crimea, immigration hold in Kuwait International, or an empty service station in Salina, Utah. One common feature of these places is that I did...

FWIW, that VW pickup model name is Amarok. Great photos, thanks!

Awesome report! ... and by the way, changing a U-joint on the side of the road is a great entertainment. Even in the dirt.

Beautiful. I really liked photos from the Devil's Kitchen - it is a scenic spot, but every time I've been there it was broad daylight.

Great photos and report! I feel bad for not taking time to compile a video of our last year's trip to the same parts of the country.

Matt, thanks for the photos and for the link - it is a great resource!

Thank you - next year's wish list is one big wish longer!

By the way, crossing into Baja in San Ysidro is just as quick as in Tecate. The reentry to the U.S. may be vastly different - but on several occasions the total wait time between Tecate and on Hwy 94 towards El Cajon was about the same as in San Ysidro.

Beautiful photos, please continue!

Great photos. They convey the sense of very lonely, and very long road - and I like that.

Fantastic, Randy! Thank you.

Please keep it coming!

It is worth mentioning that, if you're headed towards San Diego, a secondary checkpoint on Hwy 94 can be much longer than border crossing in Tecate.

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