From: betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Hawaii in 2.5 days - what to do, what NOT to miss?
Date: 26 Aug 92 16:51:14 GMT
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In article <1992Aug25.145830.27988@nb.rockwell.com> guthrie@nb.rockwell.com (Karen Guthrie) writes:
>In article <CHETAL.92Aug24201224@is1.is.morgan.com>, chetal@is.morgan.com (Pradeep Chetal) writes:
>> We will be stopping in a Hawaii for 2.5 days. We will be flying into 
>> Honolulu. I would like to get your comments on how to get the most out  

>Rent a mask fins and snorkel and go skin diving in Hanauma Bay.

Yes yes yes! Hanauma Bay is incredible!!! It's a bay which is a
perfect semicircle as it is the mouth of an extinct volcano. The bay
is full of coral reefs and is a national Wildlife Preserve for
tropical fish. You go snorkelling with schools of angel fish and
parrot fish and other brilliant fish which up till then I had only
seen in museum aquariums....sigh....it is one of the most beautiful
places I have seen in my life!
  For best results stay OUT OUT OUT  of Waikiki and on the far side of
the Ali Wai Canal. The student area near moili-ili is a good place to
find cheap food. The Kodak Hula show is touristy but short and fun.
Go to the Polynesian Cultural Center for the real ancient hulas, which
are done by both men and women and commemorate both love and war.
  Hawaii has an amazingly diverse culture. it is worth just visiting
different areas to get a feel for the island life. There is a shopping
mall at Pearl Harbor that has a Japanese department store...you may
feel like you are visiting Japan. On the opposite side of the island
from the tourists are endless fields of pineapples...and tucked away
military bases. The Old part of Downtown Honolulu is a reminder of the
colonial times. You can walk through the streets of the different
neighborhoods and buy ramen, kim chee, poi chips, and barbeque on the
same block, maybe even the same store. The local radio plays a
seductive ukelele-enhanced pop music that could not survive anyplace else.
  Try to get up to Diamond head, it is quite a sight! If you will have
a car, the highway which goes across the island, over and through the
mountain top, has some STUNNING scenery. If not, take a local bus
around the island. Kailua beach is a lengthy strip of clean white sand
and gentle turquise water..... I'd say skip the famous blowhole, and
go straight to hanauma.
  The "Insight Guide" to Hawaii is a great book to read and fantasize
about...it is full of pictures and history, although it doesn't have
detailed hours&prices listings.
  Have a great time... I really fell in love with Hawaii when I was
there (My folks lived there for a year, and I visited once)
  Betsy
PS don't even think about seeing more than one island...Honolulu is
too varied to see in a week!
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