Hawaii Stories and Tips

Quote: Surfing and Hawaii go hand in hand like pancakes and maple syrup. This island sport, glamorized by movies and television, was first described to the outside world by European explorers in 1778. Although deeply rooted in Hawaiian culture, the sport was banned for religious reasons…

Quote: Volcanoes National ParkPerhaps the US Park Service’s flagship National Park in Hawaii, Volcanoes National Park is an ever changing, never the same experience! I have been fortunate to visit the park and the current eruption many times over the past ten years. It…

Quote: There are a number of very nice parks around the Big Island of Hawaii. It would be impossible to cover all of them, so this is just a short overview of a handful that I have visited over the course of my ten years of…

Quote: One of the biggest travel challenges I have is what to do from the time of checkout at the resort, until my marathon redeye flight home to Milwaukee. Do too much, and I'm too exhausted for the overnight flight to relax and sleep .…

Quote: To really get a great perspective of the variety of climates and vegetation on the Big Island of Hawaii, you have to go no further than the road trip from Kona to Hilo via the Saddle Road. Add the extra bonus miles (roughly 50)…

Quote: One of my personal favorite road trips is the trip south out of Kona through the coffee belt and over to the active volcano on the Big Island.If you head out south on Hwy 11, you will first come to Keauhou which has a nice…

Quote: After a number of visits to Kelia Beach, above Kapa'a, we noticed alot of people were biking along a paved hiking and biking trail that runs along the coast between Kapa'a and North of Kelia Beach. After we moved from Princeville down to Waipouli during…

Quote: This was our third trip to Kauai, and each time we go we search out new things to do and try. On this trip we happened into a couple of treats; one we planned on trying, and another we stumbled into on our way from…

Quote: One thing you always expect to see in Hawaii, regardless of the island you are on, is rain. In our previous trips (in August and then again in March) it usually comes in miss and hit showers that are short lived and easy to live…

Quote: This report covers my impressions of a vacation 21-28 Jan 00 on the Hawaiian island of Lana`i. Lana`i was once almost entirely pineapple plantations, but is now home to two posh resorts. The Manele Bay Hotel [MBH] and the Lodge at Koele [LAK] are RockResorts,…