Trips with Cpt. Bear- Waterfall Jumping in Kaua'i

I have been on hiatus from blogging my trips & photo work for sometime now, but I am back!! I said to myself- you can't go on anymore trips without editing & sharing your past trips. So here we are, its 2018 & I'm pumped!

This post follows a previous post from when Rusty & I flew to Kauai' from HNL for 28 hours of pure fun & adventure, Hawaiian style. 

Our friend Benjamin picked us up from the Lihue airport in his beaten up red truck, took us out for Mahi Mahi fish tacos & Mai Tai's in Poipu, didn't sleep much that night, then at 5.30am he took us & his Dad, Don out on a Zodiac to cruise the Na Pali Coast with a whole bunch of mainlander chicks. 

We waved goodbye to those chicks as they dove off the boat & swam to their campsite along the 

Na Pali coastline, us four then hightailed it back to Port Allen, washed off the boat, parked the boat, dropped off Don, then cruised the North East side of Kaua'i, through Kapa'a before stopping at Ben's friend's backyard Waterfall in Kilauea. 

This Waterfall is known as Elvis' Waterfall as he jumps off it, plays ukulele & tunes girls in 

Blue Hawaii & South Pacific movies.

I didn't jump off it, it was way to crazy for me & I was exhausted, so I waited in the jungle alongside the river in a mosquito nest & took photos. Ben being Hawaiian born grew up doing wild stuff like doing back flips into Waterfalls, Rusty was more cautious &; bombed it!

Nā Pali Coast Pt.1- Dolphin Greetings

We woke before dawn to get our mate Captain Ben's boat ready for the days Nā Pali trip. Ben  (The Bear) had a bunch of girls who had booked a ride that day and his Dad, 'The Don' Yeager was in town too, so Ben had a full boat of bikini clad American girls drinking Coors Lite, his Dad, Rusty & Me- The Bear was stoked.  

Being on this boat ride from 5am- 2pm in the Hawaiian sun, diving into caves with icy blue coloured warm pacific ocean, swimming with turtles, swimming with dolphins and all sorts of neon coloured fish, seeing mountain goats climb to a narrow peak and sit down, wave to other people on boats, helicopters, kayaks, campers, snorkelers, taking in the incredible expanse of the cliffs and mountains etched from freshwater waterfalls making faces in their curves.........was absolutely mind blowing! 

My heart was raced, my heart stopped, my heart was heavy and then extremely light, I put down my camera many times throughout the trip to take the glory in. I didn't have a wide enough lens or close enough zoom to capture every moment, you just need to be there, be present and let it consume you. 

I have come to realise my ultimate therapy is nature. Where I feel my happiest, energised and at my best is in Hawaii xxx