Anyone want to trade some snow for that beautiful golden sand of Maui’s Makena Beach? I sure do! I feel warmer just looking at this photo. Today’s excellent Hawaii vacation photo comes to us from Kamila Ceslar. Mahalo Kamila for sharing it with us! It’s just what we needed on this winter day.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Ah, it’s time to bid a farewell aloha to 2011 and welcome in 2012. Here’s where to find fun New Year’s Eve celebrations and fireworks across the islands of Hawaii: Kauai Poipu Beach is the place to be this New Year’s Eve as the Poipu Beach Resort Association presents a free fireworks display at Poipu [...]
Friday, December 24, 2010
Today’s Aloha Friday photo is really a blast from the past. My friend Dave from Oahu sent this photo to me back in 2007. He saw Santa down in Waikiki Beach mingling with the crowd just before Christmas. Santa looks so relaxed with a mai tai in one hand and flashing a shaka with the [...]
Monday, December 20, 2010
Aloha Go Visit Hawaii Readers, Your resident blogger is going to be taking a short break for the holidays. If any big Hawaii vacation news breaks, I’ll interrupt this blogger’s break for that. I’ll also be posting occasional updates on the Go Visit Hawaii facebook page. Wishing you and yours Mele Kalikimaka, Hawaii’s way to [...]
Friday, December 17, 2010
Today’s beauty of an Aloha Friday Photo comes to us from Cliff Jensen who blogs at CliffPhotos.com. Cliff took this photo while staying near Lawa’i Beach in the Poipu area of Kauai. He had this to say about taking this photo. We enjoy getting up early each morning and the attached photo was taken looking [...]
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
If you’re like me, having a great ocean view from your Hawaii hotel room is definitely a plus. I enjoy taking every possible opportunity that I can to admire all those ocean shades of turquoise. One Oahu hotel that offers beautiful ocean views (in approximately 85% of their rooms) is the JW Marriott Ihilani in [...]
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
I’m such a nerd for both Hawaii and recycling that I just had to share this story from Kauai. Senator Daniel Inouye invited the Kauai High Academy of Hospitality and Tourism (AOHT) to decorate a Christmas tree in his DC office. This “Festival of Lights” inspired tree was decorated with ornaments crafted from recycled plastic [...]
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Andy and I loved the Polynesian Cultural Center’s long-running show Horizons. As I wrote in my review of Horizons back in 2007: We saw this evening show on our first full day of our recent trip to Oahu. We had flown to Hawaii from the East Coast the day before and we were extremely jet [...]
Monday, December 13, 2010
This post is “s-no-w” joke. Honestly, it’s not. You might be surprised to learn snow does fall on Hawaii almost every Winter. Just a few days ago, Hawaii’s Big Island peaks of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea got a beautiful blanket of snow. You can read the news about it and see a video here. [...]
Saturday, December 11, 2010
*** For New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2011, see this link: Waikiki & Honolulu 2011/2012 New Year’s Eve Fireworks, Dinners & Events *** —- 2010/2011 New Year’s Eve Events from December 31, 2010 Will you be in Waikiki and Honolulu, Oahu to bid a fond aloha to 2010 as you welcome in 2011? If so, you’ve [...]
Friday, December 31, 2010
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