Travel Blogs from Oahu, United States
It's a WHEA of life....aloha...kk
So let me tell you about this school I visited today. Its motto is "No Child Left Indoors"...it's an experiential school focused on environmental science (West Hawaii Explorations Academy---WHEA). I meet a teenager in a bookstore ...
if you live long enough.....
As a good friend of mine says, if you live long enough, you'll eventually see it all...and the past few days have proven to me that life still holds surprises....and some real eye opening learning.... It started in Ho'okena...that's the campground ...
Aloha! Welcome to the Sunshine Paradise Oahu!
... to scuba diving to swimming with dolphins, etc. No matter what things you like to do, there is always something you enjoy to do in Oahu. I'm sure to say Honolulu is a place where no one will ever get bored. XD I found that Ala Moana Center is a great ...
Hawaii
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 ...
Surfer Country
After the Big Island the ship did dock at Lahaina in Maui for a day but since we were planning on returning to Maui after spending some time in Oauhu, we didn't go activity crazy and just wandered through the town. There were a couple of historical sites ...
Easing Back Home Through Hawaii
... 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 ...
Journey to Paradise: Oahu
... we 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 ...
Journey to Paradise - Pride of America
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
... 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 , ...
Journey to Paradise
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
... 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 ...
Snuba Fun
Today we were on the other side of the Big Island in Kona and, like other Hawaiian Islands, the weather was the complete opposite of the rain forest type weather we had experienced in Hilo. It was sunny and warm so we went on a kayak trip to a bay with ...
Island Days, Once More
... , 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 ...
A Day at Waikiki
Waikiki beach is fairly unspectacular. There's quite a slope to the beach due to considerable wave action. Once in waist deep water you come across lots of rocks. (For my info ...
Packaging
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 ...
Hi everyone and aloha from hawaii!!! well ...
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 ...
Some R&R in paradise
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 ...
Hawaii
... 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, ...
Ambitions
... 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 ...
Aloha!
... 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 ...
Aloha!
... 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
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 ...
Oahu - Hawaii Islands.
We arrived in Honolulu on the island of Oahu and caught an airport bus to our hostel. The Hokondo Waikiki Beachside was a bit of a baptism of fire! We had a a very crowded 8 bed dorm with our allocated beds both top bunks! It was however, cheap and ...
Underage drinking in Hawaii
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 ...
Three little adventures
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 ...
Hawaii wrap up
... 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 ...
Polynesian Cultural Center (US&C)
"A One-Stop Trip Around the Pacific" My friend and I had a great time visiting the Polynesian Cultural Center when we visited Hawaii for our graduation trip. It's a wonderful place to see and experience the lifestyles of seven different Pacific Islands: ...
The King of New York City
We wake up again at a crazy hour, and the fellas hit the beach so Woody can have a run. I try and sort out the internet connection so I can upload the blog. It keeps crashing and is so, so frustrating. I fail, and hope it works out better ...
