The best part of the whole trip was when I took an unforgettable helicopter ride above the island of Kauai. I had the best seat in the chopper- the front right passenger seat. The pilot showed us several places where they shot the film Jurassic Park. We flew over the canyon that I'd driven up the evening before, then over the magnificent Na Pali Coast. We also saw the walls of Mt. Waialae where it rains every day- I could just imagine the curtain of waterfalls around it during the afternoon hours. Later in the day I had a charter ride scheduled to see the Na Pali coast from the water. The waves were too choppy and people started vomiting, so we had to turn back, ugh. At least there was a school of dolphins that followed us, and going over the waves at full speed felt as exhilarating as a rollercoaster ride. To cap it off, the captain stopped the boat to have us watch the sun setting beyond the horizon of the ocean. It was an ironical, serene conclusion to all the nervous excitement of an otherwise disastrous trip (removed).
