Hawaii accomodation for the funnest time of your life!
April 7th, 2008
Hitting the Beach: A beach is a beach is a beach, right? Not in Hawaii. With 132 islets, shoals, and reefs, plus a general coastline of 750 miles, Hawaii has beaches in all different shapes, sizes, and colors, including black. The variety on the six major islands is astonishing; you could go to a different beach every day for years and still not see them all. Your Hawaii accommodation puts you right on the greatest beaches of the world! Taking the Plunge: Don mask, fin, and snorkel, and explore Hawaii’s magical underwater world, where exotic corals and kaleidoscopic clouds of tropical fish await you — a sea turtle may even come over to check you out. Can’t swim? That’s no excuse — take one of the many submarine tours on Oahu, the Big Island, and Maui.
Meeting Local Folks: If you go to Hawaii and see only people like the ones back home, you might as well not have come. Extend yourself — leave your Hawaii accommodation, go out and meet the locals, and learn about Hawaii and its people. Just smile and say “Owzit?” — which means “How is it?” (”It’s good,” is the usual response) — and you’re on your way to making a new friend. Hawaii is remarkably cosmopolitan; every ethnic group in the world seems to be represented here. There’s a huge diversity of food, culture, language, and customs. Feeling History Come Alive at Pearl Harbor (Oahu): The United States could turn its back on World War II no longer after December 7, 1941, when Japanese warplanes bombed Pearl Harbor. Standing on the deck of the USS Arizona Memorial (tel. 808/422-0561; www.nps.gov/usar) — the eternal tomb for the 1,177 sailors and Marines trapped below when the battleship sank in just 9 minutes — is a moving experience you’ll never forget. Also in Pearl Harbor, you can visit the USS Missouri Memorial, where World War II came to an end. The Japanese signed their surrender on the deck of this 58,000-ton battleship on September 2, 1945.