Hawaii
Dole pineapple plant
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!On a day that we rented a car in Oahu we went to the Dole Pineapple plant and took a tour. This was a great way to spend a few hours but we had to battle against the heat [...]
Eating Tips in Hawaii and Waikiki
Eating in Hawaii is a bit of a battle. For most people the food is either too light, like shaved ice, or way to heavy like burgers at Chilis.
There is no shortage of food to be had in Waikiki. There is the famous Perrys Smorgy on Kuhio Drive that has a different buffet for breakfast, [...]
Waikiki Movie on the Beach
One of the strangest tourist events I have seen is the movie on the beach in Waikiki. There is a giant screen setup on the east end of Waikiki beach and they play movies for free for anyone that wants to watch.
The event is called Sunset on the Beach
The movies are not often the newest [...]
Hanauma Bay - How to see it all
Hanauma Bay is one of the great natural places that has been turned into a tourist spot that I have ever been to. Traveling to Hanauma Bay takes a few minutes but is an all day adventure that everyone in the family will love. There is very shallow water that you can stand in, no [...]
Commuting around Oahu and Waikiki
There are a lot of choices for commuting around Oahu and especially Waikiki and I have used a few of them.
First of all you can run the whole gamut from Cabs to rental cars to buses and in fact there are two kinds of buses even within Waikiki.
First of all is the cabs, if you [...]
Best Oahu beaches for kids
This post started out as a warning. while in Hawaii and Waikiki we found that some of the beaches were terrible for kids and others were really good. There can be a lot of time wasted looking for beaches that are great for kids when in reality probably the best beach on the island is [...]
Finding the Magnum PI House
Magnum PI was one of the great fun to watch shows of the 80s. My wife used to watch an episode everyday in reruns while looking after the babies. Anyway the show Magnum PI really was filmed in Hawaii and if you go north on Oahu you can find the house that they used to [...]