Here’s a blast from the past post that features one of the most impressive blowholes in all of Hawaii — Spouting Horn. (This post, Kauai’s Spouting Horn, was originally published August 2007.) Spouting Horn really is one of the top sights you should see on your Kauai vacation I hope you won’t miss seeing it [...]
Thursday, October 29, 2009
You’ve heard of the expression, when the rubber meets the road. Well, what happens when hot lava meets the road? Just watch this outstanding video of a fresh lava flow on a section of Highway 130 on the Big Island of Hawaii. Isn’t it incredible that the lava burns the asphalt with such ease? There’s [...]
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
* A brand new zip line is due to open on the Big Island in November. Zip Isle will be the first zip line adventure tour to open on the Big Island. From their Web site, it appears that they’ll begin operating November 23rd and the rate is $87 per person. Zip Isle is located [...]
Monday, October 26, 2009
Go Visit Hawaii is blessed with some talented, and may I add, extremely cool readers. One such reader is Oahu resident Monica Salter. Guess what she does for fun and exercise? She’s a member of an outrigger canoe club that competes in races. She and her team, Outrigger Canoe Club, recently competed in the “Olympics [...]
Friday, October 23, 2009
A nice reader from Texas recently wrote me to asking if I knew where she could get a good driving map of Oahu with attractions noted. She’s planning a trip for 2010 and wanted to start getting familiar with the geography and streets of the island. That was such a good question, which got me [...]
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Here’s what I’m hearing from our fine feathered friends today. * The humpback whales are back in Hawaii! Per the Maui News, there were several reports of humpback whale sightings on Tuesday, October 20th. Woohoo! (H/T therightblue) * From twitter, the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Oahu’s Waikiki Beach is offering a 72-hour sale that started [...]
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Do you love Hawaiian fresh fish at very reasonable prices? If so, you’ll love Nico’s Pier 38 in Honolulu. This restaurant is a bit off the beaten tourist’s path, but worth the effort to get there for its ‘ono food. Nico’s Pier 38 serves lunch and dinner Monday – Saturday and lunch only on Sundays. [...]
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
I sometimes see and hear people asking if Winter is a good or bad time to go to Hawaii. I’ve been fortunate enough to visit Hawaii in all four seasons and each season is great – even Winter. Here are three excellent reasons why Winter is a definitely a good time to visit Hawaii. 1. [...]
Monday, October 19, 2009
Most any day now, I expect we’ll hear the news of the first sighting of humpback whales arrival to the Hawaiian Islands. Last year we had a fun contest to predict the first sighting which was on October 8th. The previous year the first humpback spotted was on October 7 and in 2006, it was [...]
Friday, October 16, 2009
This week, Mokulele Airlines and go! Airlines have agreed to join efforts as inter-island air carriers. After combining, go! Mokulele will become the second largest inter-island carrier behind the leader, Hawaiian Airlines. You can read the full announcement here. If you have tickets booked on either go! or Mokulele, you probably won’t notice much of [...]
Friday, October 30, 2009
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