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\nNature’s Energy Fruit<\/strong><\/p>\n
It may seem odd to start this list of superfoods with one you\u2019ve likely never even heard of. But studies have shown that this little berry is one of the most nutritious and powerful foods in the world! A\u00e7a\u00ed (ah-sigh-ee) is the high-energy berry of a special Amazon palm tree. Harvested in the rainforests of Brazil, a\u00e7a\u00ed tastes like a vibrant blend of berries and chocolate. Hidden within its royal purple pigment is the magic that makes it nature’s perfect energy fruit. A\u00e7a\u00ed is packed full of antioxidants, amino acids and essential fatty acids. Although a\u00e7a\u00ed may not be available in your local supermarket, you can find it in several health food and gourmet stores (often in juice form). A new product featuring the unsweetened pulp is now also available, and I highly recommend that you choose this form of a\u00e7a\u00ed.<\/p>\n
There you go. The guy that wrote this appeared on Oprah.\u00a0 How’s that for authentic?<\/p>\n
After Mango Mama’s I slipped down the switchback to the taro farm, then into Hanalei.\u00a0 My destination Lumahai Beach.\u00a0 A website said it was the best beach on Kauai for unusual shells.\u00a0 Doesn’t say much for the rest, I can now tell you after 2 hours beach combing.\u00a0 I did find some good shells, but not many.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The beach itself is wonderful.\u00a0 To reach it\u00a0I clambered through a forest of Pandanus trees and some sword like plant that left little splinters on my leg, this all while headed precipitously downhill.\u00a0 When I broke out of the forest, I was on a crescent shaped beach with lava extrusions and wild waves.\u00a0 Lifeguards call this Lumadieya beach because of the number of drownings here due to a vicious rip-tide in winter.\u00a0 This is winter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Next to the crescent shaped beach was a longer, more gently curved beach that ran for over a half a mile.\u00a0 When I arrived, I could see only 4 people.\u00a0 As I began my search for shells, I did stumble, almost, on a naked sun-bather, well-hidden, but still visible when I walked up on him. Later on I saw this same young man, maybe early 20’s, walk down to the ocean, starkers.\u00a0 He appeared to be presenting himself to two bikini clad women who had just walked by.\u00a0 They did not seem impressed.<\/p>\n
Immediately after this I went to Limahuli gardens a ways on down the road toward the\u00a0Na Pali. (Na makes a noun plural in Hawi’ian.\u00a0 Pali is cliff, so this means cliffs.)\u00a0 The tour I took their got me on another topic I’ll write a bit about later.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
4:35PM\u00a0 Overcast.\u00a0 75.\u00a0 Ocean slate gray and calm. A full vacationing day today.\u00a0 Got up, got dressed and drove to Mango Mama’s.\u00a0 I went there thinking waffles, eggs and bacon, but when I arrived I discovered it was just a step away from vegan.\u00a0 They did have an interesting food, Acai, billed as the Amazon … Continue reading Mango Mama’s And Beyond<\/span>