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Your Guide to Dining on Oahu’s Ono West Side
Photo: Courtesy of Kalapawai Café & Deli Morning Meal Nobody does a breakfast burrito better than Kalapawai Café & Deli. (You might be familiar with its Kailua locations.) Somehow its chef manages to fit hash browns, an over-easy egg, pepper jack cheese, kalua pork and black beans into one tortilla. That, plus a coffee for
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3 Oahu Hikes for Trekkers of All Levels
Get a birds-eye view of Honolulu from the top of Leahi. Photo: Getty Images EASY Leahi, more commonly referred to as Diamond Head, isn’t just for admiring from afar. In fact, hikers can trek to the top of Leahi via a trail built in 1908. The hike is short, at just under a mile to
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Your Guide to Big Island’s Hilo district
Photo: John Menard/Flickr Built in 1979 on land donated by Queen Liliuokalani, this Edo-style park and garden right on Hilo Bay is the perfect place to jog or walk. The park, which is one of the largest Edo-style parks outside of Japan, has ponds and tiny bridges and numerous banyan and bamboo trees to find
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Top Things to Do on Maui
No matter how many times you visit Maui, you’ll never have “done it all.” It’s somehow packed with so many adventures that even repeat visitors—and locals—are constantly exploring new and exciting ways to experience the island. There are dozens of beaches for leaving your footprints, hundreds of places to dine and thousands of scenic, island
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How to wander Kailua-Kona’s Alii Drive on the Big Island
It’s one of those Kona days when the sky is clear but its colors are muted by a voggy haze. I watch a group of teenagers bodyboard a break, jumping off the wave right before it splashes against the rocky coast, as I sit on the oceanfront veranda of Daylight Mind Restaurant and Café (75-5770
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16 Mistakes Travelers Make When Visiting Hawaiʻi For the First Time
In the land of sunshine, rainbows and beaches, a lot can go wrong. A mix of excitement, weariness from a long flight and a general lack of knowledge about Hawaiʻi, or the ocean, can lead first-time visitors to make mistakes that may detract from their tropical adventure. If knowing is half the battle, then the
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7 amazing old photos of popular Hawaii attractions
Take a trip back to yesteryear with these photos from the Hawaii State Archive’s photograph collection, and see what has changed and stayed the same in some of Hawaii’s most recognizable places. 1. Front Street, Lahaina Front Street, Lahaina. Photo: Hawaii State Archives, circa 1910s. While the buildings may have changed a bit, most people familiar
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Why the world keeps falling in love with Waikiki
Slowly and absently stirring a mai tai in the shade of a beachfront bar, after having fallen under the spell of the day’s late afternoon glow beginning to drape itself over Waikiki’s famous crescent-shaped beach, I think, “Yeah, I could sit here forever.” Watching couples leisurely tread the shoreline, musicians strum familiar tunes on their ukulele
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6 Iconic Tropical Flowers That Will Make You Think of Hawaiʻi
When many visitors step out of the plane and breathe in Hawaiʻi’s air, the first thing they often say is “it smells like flowers.” These six iconic flowers, although not all of them are indigenous, capture the romance and tropical beauty of the Islands. Plumeria Plumeria, found everywhere in Hawaiʻi. Few flowers remind people of
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15 of Hawaii’s multiethnic foods translated and explained
Hawaii has often been called a melting pot of cultures, and nowhere is that more evident than in the culinary habits of its residents. In a place where you can get Spam and Portuguese sausage breakfast plates at McDonald’s, pounded poi (taro) at Safeway and Whole Foods or Chinese dim sum at any 7-Eleven, it’s
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19 Hawaii Instagram Accounts To Follow Before Visiting the Islands
These Hawaii Instagram feeds will get you even more excited about your upcoming trip to Hawaii (or inspire you to book one) with their diverse showcase of the Islands’ sights and destinations. 1. For Waikiki: @the96815 A photo posted by The 96815 (@the96815) on Jul 30, 2016 at 2:19pm PDT Aka, Nova Rizzo Nova has