I've encountered difficulty getting my laptop to work in our new motel in Kauai but finally got it going with a little help. This morning, Sunday, we toured a farm here that raises chocolate, vanilla, bamboo, etc. The picture shows chocolate pods. This farm consists of 8 1/2 acres of ground, and not all of it can be used because of hills and dips. Land prices must be terribly high. Land uses have varied through the years: pineapples to sugar cane to things like this. We passed some huge fields that lay idle and thought that strange. It seems that moneyed interests own it to show losses in their total business operation and are holding it for future use of condominiums, time-shares, etc. when they can then reap huge profits from their investments.
