What is going on ladies and gentlemen,?
Welcome back to the channel.
It is me, Alex, a.k.a. @Alexthevagabond.
Right now we are in Kauai,
and we are in the Waimea State Park and
the Waimea Canyon, which is basically like the Grand Canyon of the Pacific.
It's huge; it's just beautiful red rock
and we, Carrie Rad and I, are going to hike down
to the bottom of the canyon to a waterfall
and go for a swim.
That's what's on today's agenda.
It should be really beautiful. It's incredibly scenic.
We're going do our best to take you along,
show you the way and have some fun.
So let's go
Sort of an impromptu hike today because we were supposed to go kayaking this morning,
which we're going to do tomorrow,
but we decided okay, let's just go on a hike today.
We'll hike about three miles today, right?
to a waterfall and we'll see how it goes.
You going to go for a swim?
Definitely go for a swim.
I've got my swim trunks on right now
So I'm ready at any moment.
My trunks only, though, no top.. Just kidding
Hashtag free the nipple
Let's go.
Wow. So cool
Right now we're at about three and a half thousand feet of elevation
I think that most people when they think about Hawaii
they think the tropics, right?
They think palm trees and that is Hawaii.
But also here in Kauai,
and across a lot of the other islands in the Pacific,
it's surprising to find out that there're actually pine trees,
tropical pine trees, and I think that was one of the coolest things to find out.
Take a look right here. Check this pine tree out.
It's huge, but it doesn't really look like pine trees that you find in temperate forests.
So on one side you have these huge.....
I don't even know sort of like flowery
Oh my gosh they are so fragrant.
Can you smell that, Carrie?
Oh my god, it smells so good. Smell that. Get in there.
Sniff it, like you mean it.
Oh my gosh, this is different from what I just picked right here.
But oh my gosh, it's almost like honey and
jasmine and all the good things... all the good things.
Look how pretty this is.
The flora and fauna of the Hawaiian Islands is totally different from anywhere else in the world.
It's a lot like New Zealand in that way where
you know all islands in general...
things have evolved that don't exist on the mainland,
and that is specifically the case here in Hawaii, but very cool.
Funny small world... we're walking on the trail and we bump into some viewers from Montreal.
Comment t'appelles-tu, mon frere?
Oh, you speak French, too! My name is Ravi.
Ravi okay. Mon francais n'est pas tres bon
Combien du temps? de vacances?
Deux semaines... two weeks of vacation.
Nice
Pour moi...pour nous seulement une semaine.
Just one week, but hey one week is better than no weeks.
Oh yeah.
Just getting the first glimpse of the canyon right now.
Oh my gosh, that's unreal.
What was that?
Whenever I lose you I just think you're off in some corner being...
Why the hell would you think that?
Because you're a camel and you drink water constantly,
which in turn[ makes me pee?] You're always peeing.
I like to pride myself on the size of my bladder, Carrie.
Its large.
I can't drink as much water as you can
because I would be peeing all the time.
The type of things we start talking about on the trail... oversharing.
It can happen on YouTube.
Wow
What a view.
So crazy
What an insane canyon. It's huge.
It's definitely maybe two or three thousand foot drop
down to the bottom of it.
This is volcanic rock. It's just been eroded away by rain.
It rains a lot here. It's not raining today,
which is good, but what an incredible view!
Insane. Don't speak too soon. It looks like it could rain.
Wow. This is awesome.
So pretty.
Well, we made it down to the falls,
and it's super beautiful: it's a little bit crowded,
but we hiked all the way in here to go swimming.
We're going to get in the water.
Alright ladies and gentlemen, I hope you enjoyed that.
It's been a super fun hike,
but it's time to call it a day on the vlog.
If you do come do this hike though....
a couple words of wisdom:
Please be extremely careful when attempting this hike.
Don't get too close to the edge of a waterfall.
We had some friends this summer,
Ryker, Alexi, and Mandy from High On Life,
die in an accident in a waterfall in British Columbia in a very similar situation.
Don't risk it all for a selfie.
Your life is worth way more than that.
There's a cross just over there
for a person who fell off the edge of the cliff.
So please be extremely cautious when you're hiking here
because this is a thousand, multiple thousand foot fall.
That being said super fun, really beautiful.
If you come always remember... pack it in, pack it out.
Don't leave your trash for other people.
Don't destroy the earth. So other than that,
Hopefully you enjoyed this video.
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Stay curious. keep exploring. I'll see you on the road