The visual extravagance of Kauai so overwhelms that some first time visitors cancel their return flights to spend the rest of their lives residing on this speck of land roughly 33 miles long by 25 miles wide, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, gazing enraptured at their surroundings, believing they"ve found paradise. The photography in this book proves such romantics aren"t delusional. Most islands this pretty have poisonous snakes. Kauai doesn"t. Instead, it has more than 50 miles of un-crowded beaches, hundreds of waterfalls, masses of tropical flowers blooming year around, endless jaw-dropping vistas, a superabundance of near perfect weather, and more natural beauty than could be measured in a lifetime.