Kauai is great, I really loved it there. Very much less developed than the other islands and not many people. I found it much cooler though than other islands, they do have a bit of seasonal variation more so than the others (mostly on account of the rain). The rain itself is actually pretty neat: it rained every day while I was there but usually not more than 20 minutes at a time in a raging torrent and then the sun would come out. You can't have all that green without some way to keep it green. But when I was there (in February/March) I think the warmest it ever got was around 23-24. It is warmer in the summer months.
Going back to the Big Island this year though. I've now been to Maui, Kauai and the Big Island and they are all great places and each has their own unique character and charm - but I found that 2 weeks was nowhere near enough to explore the Big Island and so I'm going back. Plus the diving was nothing short of spectacular off the Kona coast. Just to give you an idea, one of the guys I dove with, ran his own dive shop in Oahu and for his own dive vacations he chooses to dive at Kona.
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My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
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