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Kauai is a little island only from the outside. Kauai is a big island on the inside, especially when you see it on foot.

Lono was another benevolent god; he ruled clouds, rain, and harvests … Legend said Lono had sailed away from Hawaii long ago and would return in a floating heiau (temple) decked with poles flying long white banners from their crosspieces.

The trail crosses an intrusion of black rock along here. Water seeps from springs that emerge at its face, which is exposed on the side of the trail, and runs into a shallow pool formed in the same rock, which the trail traverses, before spilling down the slope. At the top of the switchbacks, you’re at the highest point on the Kalalau Trail, 840 feet.

Wild goats are very alert and shy; you can’t get close to them. It’s possible you’ll surprise wild pigs rooting along the trail. Slow your pace to give them time to get away.

The passionflower vines you see along the Kukui Trail produce the edible passionfruit, the delicately flavored lilikoi … [when ripe] it turns yellow to purplish-brown and its skin is deeply wrinkled.