CrownCast Episode 75.3

Episode 75.3 is now available for download.

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Hosts: Jamie and Veronica Snyder
Location: Live from the Sea view Cafe aboard Jewel of the Seas
Guest: Donna from New York
Episode Sponsor: None

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Topics:

• RCI recipe for your New Years Party.
  • Raspberry Radiance
    From the Royal Caribbean International Holiday and Entertaining Cookbook
    • Ice cubes, optional
    • 12 tablespoons framboise liqueur
    • 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
    • 1 ½ bottles chilled brut champagne
    • 1 pint fresh raspberries

    Fill 8 champagne flutes with ice cubes. Pour 1 ½ tablespoons framboise liqueur and 1 teaspoon lemon juice into each flute. Fill the flutes with champagne. Garnish with raspberries and serve.
    
    

• Potpourri
• Today - 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed
• On this episode we will talk to Donna about the islands of Hawaii and Kauai.
• Mauna Kea, 28 miles (45.1 km) W of Hilo on Hawaii 20, then N on the access road to the Onizuka Center for International Astronomy. OCIA, named in memory of U.S. astronaut Ellison Onizuka, open daily 9AM-10PM. Mauna Kea (13,796 feet), the largest mountain in the world (measured from its base) is a dormant volcano which has become an international center for astronomy.
• Green sand beach at South Point. There is a parking lot and a shack which has been designated as a “visitor’s center.” If you park in this lot, there is a chance that someone will emerge with a clipboard and ask you to pay for parking. Several guide books make the point that this is public land and that you are allowed to park without paying any fee. While this may be true, some travelers have been harassed or even threatened for asserting their rights to park. A more promising alternative is to park at the boat launch, adding half a mile to your hike. Keep in mind that with the drive from the highway and the one hour hike from the parking lot to the beach, it is a three hour round trip minimum from the highway.
• Akaka Falls A waterfall eleven miles north of Hilo boasts a tremendous sight as the water tumbles 440 feet to its base. The trip from the parking lot around to see Akaka and the smaller Hakuna Falls is about 20 minutes and is suitable for children and anyone who can navigate steps. Akaka is the most spectacular of several waterfalls along the northeast coast of the island on the highway from Wiameia to Hilo.
• People come to Kauai primarily for one thing: the beaches with their great snorkeling, surfing, swimming, and sunning. But Kauai also boasts more navigable rivers than the other Hawaiian Islands making kayaking very popular. If the surf is calm you can even combine a river run with time paddling the bays and ocean shoreline. You’ll find kayak rentals near the mouth of the most popular rivers. Many will also rent roof-top strap-on kayaks for travelers interested in trying one of the several smaller river runs.
• Hot Post - Discussion of a hot post on Cruise Critic
• So you lost your teeth eh?
  
• Join us on our next cruise, check out Group cruise for more information

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Kauai: Waimea Canyon, Cliffs and Valleys

Running Time: 33:59
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