Overlook of Allerton house from the bus at Allerton Garden, Koloa, HI Hawaii is a fairly popular vacation spot for Alaskans. While most people would go there during the winter to escape the cold, we decided to leave the pleasant and beautiful Alaskan summer behind, and visit Kauai, Hawaii. Well, we were also planning to visit Japan, so it was a nice middle point to break the long trans-pacific flight from Seattle to Japan. This was the first time visiting Hawaii for all of us, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was fun. For an Alaska-grown kid, who can't sweat much, it could have been a bit hot, but he had a blast, and eating lots of shaved ice kept him cooler. After the early morning flight to Seattle, we had a half day there before the next flight to Kauai. So we took Seattle Link Light Rail to Pike Place Market area. Taiga likes to see different kinds of fish sold in the market. We ate local oysters at Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar, located around Pike Pl
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