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Sheila Beal is the founder and editor of Go Visit Hawaii. You can connect with Sheila Beal on Twitter, Go Visit Hawaii on Facebook, or Instagram.

Aloha Friday Photo: Mahaulepu Beach

  • Sheila Beal
  • March 4, 2011
Today’s lovely photo comes to us from Jill. She took this photo while walking along a path near Mahaulepu Beach in the Poipu area of Kauai. Beautiful scenery for a…
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Your Take: Favorite Things About Hawaii

  • Sheila Beal
  • March 27, 2012
Last week, I asked the wonderful Go Visit Hawaii readers to share their favorite thing about Hawaii. I truly enjoyed reading each comment and found myself nodding in agreement many…
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Hawaii Vacation Deals & News: March 2, 2011

  • Sheila Beal
  • March 2, 2011
Here’s all the latest for a destination that’s the greatest. 🙂 *  Airfare deals to Hawaii are becoming a little more scarce, but if you can fly from the West…
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Puu Loa Petroglyph Trail at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

  • Sheila Beal
  • March 1, 2011
Within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, you’ll find an astonishing number of images carved in 400 to 500 year old pahoehoe lava flow stone. If these Hawaiian petroglyphs could talk, what…
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Oahu’s Punchbowl — National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

  • Sheila Beal
  • December 31, 2025
On my list of the top 10 things to see and do on Oahu, I recommend a visit to the National Cemetery of the Pacific, which has been dubbed Punchbowl.…
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Aloha Friday Photo: Blue Sunset Edition

  • Sheila Beal
  • February 25, 2011
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a blue sunset like this one. It’s wonderfully gorgeous! This photo was submitted by Gary Archer from our GoVisitHawaii facebook community. Gary tells me…
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Pu’u O’o Lava Fountain (Updated with Night View)

  • Sheila Beal
  • February 24, 2011
I was just checking in on the Pu’u O’o webcam and happened to catch this “fountaining” lava eruption. I took a screen shot of it to post for you to…
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Honor Kapu Symbols When You Visit Hawaii

  • Sheila Beal
  • February 23, 2011
When you visit Hawaii, you might come across two sticks crossed in the shape of an X with two ball shapes on top. That’s a symbol of kapu and when…
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What’s your favorite thing about Hawaii? (Giveaway Alert!)

  • Sheila Beal
  • February 22, 2011
Julie Andrews sang about her (Maria’s) favorite things in The Sound of Music. Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a sequel to The Sound of Music where the von…
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Hawaii Vacation Deals & News: February 21, 2011

  • Sheila Beal
  • February 21, 2011
Let’s see what Hawaii news is zipping our way today. * Have you seen Just Go With It yet? Needing a Hawaii-fix., Andy and I saw it last week. It…
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Aloha Friday Photo: Wonderful Waikiki Edition

  • Sheila Beal
  • February 18, 2011
Oh, there’s so much to love about today’s Aloha Friday Photo from Shelley on flickr. Please allow me to list some of the things I love about this photo: the…
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Time Lapse Video of Hawaii’s Pu’u O’o Crater Erupting

  • Sheila Beal
  • February 16, 2011
(Click on the image to watch the video.) Per the USGS, this time lapse video was shot over approximately 48 hours last week. The video shows three eruption points inside…
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