Paradise Found

Flipping through some old photos and this caught my eye. Instantly transporting me back to a place that is quite literally paradise.
I snapped this on the beach on Kalalau Beach, at the end of the Napali Coast Trail on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai.
You can only get to this beach by hiking a rugged 11 mile trail, but the effort is worth the sweat. Pristine beaches. Fruit trees. Crystal clear streams. And about as close as you can get in the US to a tropical paradise without the trappings of civilization. No cars. No electricity. No computers. Just you, your thoughts, the sunshine, and your footprints that will be washed away, along with your stress and your feelings that you can't live without all those gadgets and so-called necessities that really aren't.