From: ce398@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Richmeyer)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Information about Hawaii
Date: 15 Oct 92 13:18:16 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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Due to the large response of email, I have decided to post this.
Wow!, I didn't know Hawaii was so popular on the net.  JR



Here is a brief list of things I liked and disliked about our Hawaii
Honeymoon.  Remember this is just one persons opinion, use it as a guide.
Quick note:get an Entertainment discount book, this saved us over
$900.00 in hotels and dinners.  We also found the "Fodors Hawaii 93"
to be a great reference for restaurants, hotels, beaches...  Go to the
library and read as much as you can, it helps with the itinerary.

Lastly, we planned and booked everything ourself.  It was a lot cheaper
and we did what we wanted to do, not what a travel agent thought we should
do. One travel agent said "Don't do the road to Hana, you will never make it".
THe road to Hana was one of our highlights.  Had we listened to the travel 
agent, we would have missed one of the worlds most beautiful roads.

MAUI : We spent 4 days here, wish we could have spent more.
       (Two days in Wailuku, two days in Lahaina)

       DO THIS
       ------------
       *Road to Hana.  Its an all day affair lots of waterfalls, overlooks,
           one lane bridges, must stop at Wainapana State park (spelling) it
           has a black sand beach and is a few miles from Hana.
       *Haleakala National Park.  -We did the sunrise at the summit, it 
           was spectacular and COLD!, lots of interesting hiking trails.
       *Lahaina Whalers village -lots of shops, restaurants, art galleries
           we didn't think we would like this, but we did.  Good thing to do
           if you are "beached out"
       *Royal Lahaina Resort - 3 pools, right on the beach, good snorkeling
           within walking distance, use the Entertainment deal.

       DON'T
       -----
       *Don't cut your time short here, we wished we would have spent some
       of our Hilo days (Big Island) here.
       *Don't waste time at LaHaina time share promos for cheaper activities,
        we avoided these, they are everywhere!


Big Island:  Spent 8 days here because Hurricane Iniki took our 4 Kauai days
  
      Do This (Hilo Area)
      ------------------
      *Volcanoes National Park -One of the highlights.  See Thurstons Lava
       tube, devastation trail + chain of craters road!
      *Helicopter ride over the live section of the volcano, only way to see
       red hot lava, is expensive ($130/person)
      *Akaka State Park - Two 400 foot waterfalls
      
      Don't
      ----
      *Don't spend more than a couple days in Hilo, its close to Volcanoes
       park, but it rains alot.
      *plan on any beaches or sunlight
      

      Do This (Kona Area)
      --------------------
      *Snorkel Cruise to Captain Cooks Monument, thousands of fish
      *visit Ally Street, similar to Lahaina
      *Snorkel -lots of other great places close by (Snorkel Bob Cares!)
      *Marlin Charters (if you can afford it, we couldn't)

      Don't
      -----
      King Kamehameha Luau -open bar only lasted an hour, great show though.
      

  Oahu -Spent a day and half here

       Do This
       -------
       Pearl Harbor + Bowfin tour - Extremely interesting, somber atmosphere

       Don't
       -----
       Don't stay more than a day, too crowded, too noisy, similar to NY
       I'll never go here again, Pearl Harbor was great though.

I'll be happy to elaborate on an activity or place if you like.  Be sure to
bring aqua socks!  Feel free to send any past or future (after it happens)
 experiences to me.  I'm always willing to talk Hawaii!  
(I already have a idea of what to do next time we go!)

  
   Joseph Richmeyer     
   rambo!jr9283@texbell.sbc.com   
   ce398@cleveland.freenet.edu
-- 
Joseph Richmeyer
ce398@cleveland.freenet.edu   or rambo!jr9283@texbell.sbc.com
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