Later today the Pride of America departs Nawiliwili Harbor, and will take us on a cruise tour via Kilauea to Haena and beyond.  Then, back to Honolulu by Saturday morning.  But about yesterday, first, lunch of Spaghetti Bolognese, plus. By the way, do you know that  Stella Artois Beer  is around 600 years old?  Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium was founded in 1366.  That was 126 years before Columbus "discovered" America. After lunch, we took a shuttle to Anchor Cove and walked around, beginning with Kalapaki Beach, which had a couple of strange birds, not quite pigeon, not quite dove.   Found ourselves our way to The Royal Sonesta Hotel and Marriott Kauai Beach Club, with a Koi pond. Once called the Kauai Surf,  Chris Hemmeter  ( here with former governors Waihei and Cayetano ) upgraded the facility to the  Westin Kauai  with 36 holes of golf.  He was the one who began the development of resort hotels in Hawaii, and, wrote ...