Post #447591 by SuperEight on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 8:16 PM

I hate to tell you this, but Kauai is the best place on earth to visit. Your days will be wonderful. But there is zero night life. Zero. Hawaiian state locals have a weird cultural tendency to go to bed really, really early. Prime time is ever an hour early. My dad grew up there and explains that the early morning hours were the best for the suger cane laborers to get work done because they are the coolest. Everyone then has the early afternoon to surf or just talk story one the beach. Without local support there is very little businesses can do to drum up support. Waikiki gets 95 percent of the spring break crowd and the rest goes to Maui. Kauai tends to be the backpackers and family and newlyweds destination and as a result there are few live music venues. Hawaiian slackkey performers will occasionally appear at the community college but there is very little rock, dance music. Reggae is very popular in Hawaii thou.

I go through the nightly tradition of making a different tropical cocktail every night, taking a walk on the beach and turning in early (and I am a serious nightowl). You will have a wonderful time on Kauai. It is magic. But you will not be going nuts at night. And once you have experienced the Kauai lifestyle I think you too will appreciate the different way of life for a little while and realize that the island is actually unique and is better off without youngsters raising hell at Senor Frogs or Margaritaville.