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That became a standing joke in our house, a metaphor for a common misperception about Kauai. Kauai is a little island only from the outside. Kauai is big island on the inside, especially when you see it on foot. True, flying over Kauai or touring it with a guide may give you a different perspective on it or helpful information about it. And even a hasty visit like that will leave you with lasting memories of its beauty. But I’m convinced that if you’re at all able, you need to see Kauai on foot, too. It’s only when you get out of those metal-and-glass cocoons to touch Kauai with all your senses, to experience it at the slow pace of the walker, that Kauai can really touch you. There are rewarding strolls as short as a quarter mile, suitable for just about anyone who’s ambulatory; strenuous, multi-day trips like the Kalalau Trail on the Na Pali Coast; and everything in between. How do I know? I walked every trail that’s used as a trip in this book at least once in the winter and spring of 1990, for the first edition. I walked many of them again in the spring of 1993, in the wake of Hurricane Iniki (September, 1992), and yet again in the spring of 1995.