verslagen1 wrote on 05/16/10 at 15:04:46:

First off there is no such place as Kaui, there is a place called Kauai,one of the Hawaiin Islands,in the Pacific ocean, the Sandwich Islands sit in the Atlantic.Does this Island have a name ? is this April the 1st ? Do you actually know were you are going ?
What will be written on your shipping boxes,beside "this side up" ?

Verslagen, I can only assume you don't know the name of the island either

verslagen1 wrote on 05/16/10 at 19:53:09:

Ok you are still not telling the name of the Island,why is that ?
Now if the Island is indeed Kauai it's only 33 miles long and 22 wide
the coastal route from top to bottom is about 80 miles , So two hr run is about it,you would be bored to tears in a few weeks.

Hawaii or havaiki depending on whether you a hearing a local or a maori speak it
The big island.  I will pick an address after I make a recon trip in late July.
Average coldest day in Hilo is 64 degrees F.
Average hottest day in Hilo is 88 degrees F.
Kona coast is a little warmer, hope I can find a place I can afford on that side.

I knew I had mispeller Kauai, but couldn't remember the correct way. Thanks.

Phelonius

Phelonius wrote on 05/17/10 at 09:22:50:

The Big Island is a great choice for a motorcyclist because it's, well,  big.  Big enough for some varied terrain, and some great roads between various destinations.

Unfortunately, the ferry service was short-lived, so taking your own bike to other islands isn't very cost-effective.

http://www.hawaiiinterislandsuperferry.com/

All the best, and I hope you like Japanese food!

I have lived in and worked on these islands in the past, I know what I am getting into.
I spent thirty days working on the big island repairing lighthouses, it has always been my favorite.
While it is true that the other islands can be a bit confining, the big one has more area than ALL of the others combined.  Mahalo.

Phelonius
BTW I can not understand the confusion about what island it is. I have said from the first that it was( the big island).
For as long as I have known Hawaii, it has been called the big island.
It is the island named Hawaii by Hawaiians.
The cooked Captain cook is the one who named it the Sandwich Islands, little knowing that he would be the next sandwich.
When he first arrived, he had the luck to arrive during the feast of Lono and was mistaken for the personification of that god. Hence the hospitality was excellent.  When he shortly returned after a storm to effect some repairs to the ship, his status as a god was revoked since Lono only comes once a year.
To exacerbate things, his lieutenant Blighe, yes that Blighe, shot and killed one of the locals unnecessisarally in an incident that could have been handled with diplomacy.  Relations with the haolis deteriorated until the captains goose was cooked , or rather, the captain was cooked.
this happened at what is now Napoopo. I probably forgot how to spell that too.  But in 81 I sat a few feet away from the place he was killed and ate my lunch while working on the napoopo lighthouse.  I finished it off with a coconut that fell from a nearby tree.  From pictures i have seen of that place since then, it appears to have been cleared of some of the kiavas that had overgrown it at the time.

Phelonius