Oahu, United States Travel Blogs

Easing Back Home Through Hawaii
Mar 15, 2006 (4 photos)

... less reason to mind. One day, when we had a full day of beautiful weather, we drove up to the North Shore of Oahu, home of some of Hawaii's most famous surfing. We spent awhile watching surfing at Sunset Beach (should have brought binoculars, but still ...

Hawaii
Apr 3, 2006

Brett and I went to Hawaii after Europe. I didn't like it that much but have since heard that it is much better if you get off the main island, which we didn't.

Journey to Paradise: Oahu
Aug 16, 2008 (259 photos)

... went to Punchbowl National Cemetery, the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific for those men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces. The place is so serene; very relaxing. We climbed up the monumental staircase from the crater floor to ...

Journey to Paradise - Pride of America
Aug 9, 2008 (50 photos)

 We took a cab from Marriott Waikiki and arrived at Honolulu Pier 2 around 11:35 AM. We were able to checked- in right away. I forgot the kids' passport in our luggage. We left it there when we went to Waikiki Beach and forgot to take it out. The ...

The Pride of America
Aug 6, 2005 (10 photos)

... you've been doing. We got on the ship "The Pride of America". The whole ship is themed like different places in the United States. The lobby is decorated like the white house , there is the Liberty Restaurant , the Skyline Resturaunt , Wild West , East ...

Journey to Paradise
Aug 8, 2008 (34 photos)

This is the most anticipated vacation we ever had. As soon as we returned from our Bahamas vacation we couldn't help but wish its August already so that we can go to Hawaii. We heard a lot of good things about this place called paradise and we want to ...

Hang Loose
Jul 29, 2005 (10 photos)

... it's all there - Everything. Ala Moana - The BIG mall! This mall has everything and it is one of the richest malls in the United States. If you were to look around 360 degrees you might think that you are in Tokyo because you are the only one with eyes ...

Underage drinking in Hawaii
Dec 27, 1997

Jen and I (along with Mark his friend Scott) headed off to Hawaii way back in December of 1997. We went around a few of the islands I rode down a (dormant of course) volcano on a bicycle. A bus took us up at some ungodly hour and it was freezing cold at ...

Packaging
Nov 8, 2003 (3 photos)

Americans do packaging so well. Be it the flag, a painted fence, or a tin of salmon, there's always a splash of eye candy about. Going to the grocery store on trips is one of my favourite pasttimes. Besides the constant price comparisons (why is Bombay ...

Hi everyone and aloha from hawaii!!! well ...
Oct 7, 2002 (3 photos)

Hi everyone and ALOHA from Hawaii!!! Well, we are FINALLY on our way, exactly six months from the day we decided to go on this adventure. There were a lot of days we didn't think we would actually ever get away, but we did it ... with a lot of help ...

Island Days, Once More
Aug 26, 2009 (13 photos)

... , which I don't want to do, I would instead combine traveling and heading toward home and travel through parts of the western United States, since before now I had never been further west in the US than parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. The first full ...

Hawaii Islands
Feb 1, 2005

Arrived in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. Our hostel the Hokondo Waikiki Beachside was a bit of a baptism of fire - a very crowded 8 bed dorm - and we both had top bunks! It was right in the heart of Waikiki and had free breakfast of toast and coffee. We ...

Hawaii
Nov 7, 2003 (3 photos)

... she's still thankful to get out of the car at her hotel. We drive east over the spine of mountains that separates Oahu's windward side from the metropolitan south. Julie's step-uncle Bill and his family live across the street from the ocean in Kailua, ...

Kauai Island and back to Oahu Island
Feb 12, 2005 (4 photos)

... lunch and a swim at the swanky Marriott Hotel surrounded by high green mountains and the ocean. Friday it was back to Oahu Island but instead of staying in Honolulu we caught local buses that eventually deposited us at a backpackers on the north shore ...

Some R&R in paradise
Apr 13, 2008 (21 photos)

We finally reached Hawaii our last stop on this trip!  We spent a lot of time just relaxing, hanging out with my family, eating out & then going to the gym and doing some touristy sightseeing as well. Frank's favorite was of course the ...

Ambitions
Nov 8, 2003

... is More traveller, this laid back attitude draws on some rarely exploited part of my cranium. The transformation is helped by the fact I enveloped Oahu on a trip 18 months ago. Still, I have 5 things on my To Do list for the week: 1) get inside the always ...

Aloha!
Aug 24, 2003 (2 photos)

... to say they are still alive. Despite the weather and our sunburns, we loved Hawaii and had a wonderful time. Next time will explore the outer islands. But Oahu is highly recommended, absolutely gorgeous, good coffee, and really friendly laidback peeps.

Aloha!
Jun 17, 2006 (11 photos)

... there, I'm left with an insatiable desire to go back. Words, and even pictures cannot begin to describe the beauty of Oahu - the towering mountains covered in lush green carpets of trees, the crystal-clear sea water, the stunningly beautiful women walking ...

From disembarkation in Honolulu to Ko Olina
Aug 16, 2008 (11 photos)

We're not rushing to leave today because we have the whole week ahead of us here in Oahu. We went to Lazy J for our last breakfast. We will be missing this hearty breakfast for sure. We ate DS birthday cake. It was good. It's different from the cake ...

Three little adventures
Nov 9, 2003 (1 photos)

In a coup of organizing, I've transported my daughter Emma's entire nuclear family to Hawaii for the week; Emma, her birth mom, Tusa, and her step dad, Rich, stay at the friendly Waikiki Sand Villa for a last week together before Emma comes along with us ...

transit
Jul 26, 2007

transit only

Hawaii wrap up
Nov 13, 2003 (7 photos)

... traffic. The sweep of the landscape pulls Emma out of the sweet sorrow of parting. With only half a day before we too leave Oahu, my relax-and-do-whatever attitude finally snaps. I must experience at least one new thing on this trip! At three o'clock I ...

Aloha !!!
Nov 28, 2008 (84 photos)

        1. The state of Hawaii: Oahu Hawaii constituent state of the United States of America, consisting of a group of volcanic islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The islands have an area of 16,729 square ...

Aloha from Hawaii
Oct 1, 2007 (10 photos)

After a long day at the airport, arrived early and then had a delay, so 12 hours....aaaaahhhhhhh.....but just one of those things and bound to happen, got to hotel tired, miserable & irratable. Great location just 2 blocks off the Waikiki beach,& ...

oh crap...trip is almost over
Jul 18, 2007 (16 photos)

almost a week in Hawaii before back to Canada.  crap.  Entry to come later.  Pics later too.  Too tired right now.  19 hour time difference.  dammit. 

Oahu (World)
Oct 23, 2007 (3 photos)

I got to visit the island of Oahu with a friend of mine; our parents sent us as a graduation present in 1986. I had just turned 18 (egads, did I just date myself?)! We flew from San Francisco, and I think it was my first commercial airplane flight. We ...

Back on US Soil
Dec 20, 2005

It is of course, amusing that the WORST hostel I have yet, is in the States. I once stayed a night in a hotel in Virginia Beach that brought my bad hotel experiences to a whole new level, but this tops it. It is the dirtiest place I've been in, and there ...

Aloha
May 1, 2006 (5 photos)

Aloha from sunny Waikiki beach! Just to let you all know, Im sitting in a backpackers hostel one block away from one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. I just wanted you to know. sorry. anyway, on our last night in Auckland I went out with Danny ...

The 46-Hour Day
Sep 16, 2008

aloha from oahu, hawaii where im living the sunshine dream in the Land of Lost (no sign of sawyer yet though unfortunately).  im staying in downtown waikiki which according to locals is fast turning into rodeo drive II - no wonder i had problems ...

Happy Easter!
Mar 23, 2008 (2 photos)

Happy Easter!   We all went to church this morning and then came back to Shannon's parents house for a big Hawaiian family dinner. The food was SO good! We had all the traditional Hawaiian fixings: lau lau, rice, poi, chicken, rice noodles, lomi- ...