Blogs from Hawaii, United States, North America - page 161

As travelers, we are always walking a fine line between trying to see and do everything and not looking like a kook tourist. But you also dont want to fall into any tourist traps either. So you go look for your own amazing things and leave the crowds behind. But sometimes something is cool enough to warrant a look... If you find yourself on Oahu, The Polynesian Cultural Center on the East side definitely is a must do. Located next to the Brigham Young University Hawaii, it offers youth from all the islands of Polynesia the chance to come to Oahu and get a college education, who work at the PCC and teach people about their culture. While they gloss over some of the human sacrifice and cannibalism, they do a great job of displaying life ... read more

Our flight from Sydney to Honolulu was quite eventful, as flights go. To start with, we had some problems checking in to the flight, because we did not have a booking for a hotel in Hawaii, so telling the lady 'we don´t know... we will find something when we get there...' did not wash! We had to pretend to make a booking on the phone at some place and give her that address. The actual flight was very different to any other, since we were crossing the date line! This meant that we left Sydney on the 4th of July at 7:45pm, and arrived at Honolulu on the same day at 9:30am... travelling back in time! (and this was a 9 hour flight). Honolulu We arrived in Honolulu without any problems, and the views from the ... read more

Wow!!!! It is beautiful and relaxed and we are all lovin it! The limo from the airport was awesome!! Plane was 3 hours late :-( but starclass in Jetstar was excellent and better than cattle car!! Dylan says.....lets go surfing!!!!! LOL and they did on the first day James says..... its cool Dev and Sue... want to stay forever lolol ... read more

After a brilliant 6.5 hour flight from Denver to Honolulu (with a unexpected slot in Economy Plus on United, the leg room was bitchin'), we were greeted by Team Cheateaux, Hawaii chapter. Allan's brother Aaron and his wife Tammy Bo-bammy live in Wahiawa, pretty much smack dab in the middle of Oahu, and will be now and forever known as "Team Danger". With some really choice digs off base, we are free to come and go as we please... But first things first.... The beach! We head straight to the north shore for some swimming and body surfing at keikis after we pick Jami up some new swim fins. The Churchhills finally had it and she's been looking for something a bit stiffer. It felt amazing to slide into 80 degree perfection. Air? 80 degrees. Water? ... read more

North Shore - we decided to do a guided tour of the north shore as we did not know the best beaches etc, so booked a japanese guy doing tours of around 8 people. We went from Waikiki through Honolulu and past Pearl Harbour (where all the americans were headed for), and up through the middle of the island to our first stop - the Dole plantation Pineapple farm, lots of pineapples of all shapes and sizes, and a shop to cater for all manner of pineapple paraphernalia, a quick stop is enough unless you go into the huge maze and get lost ! Onto the beaches, via Haleiwa (back to there later) so we had a choice of the main beaches - Sunset beach,Rocky PT,Banzai pipeline,Shark's cove,Pupukea beach,Three table,Waimea Bay,Chun's reef,Laniakea. - All of ... read more