The Big Island (Hawaii)
Although it is bigger than all other meetings, approximately 200,000 persons inhabit this island only, and it is still little exploited tourist market. The places of major inflow are paradoxically in the least beautiful parts of the island, constructed thinking about the biggest number of hours of the sun and not about the beauty of the emplacement. It is also the most varied, on having combined forest with deserts and volcanoes. (more...)
Oahu
It is the most populous and visited of the islands, in addition to lodging Honolulu, the capital. Although the emplacement is not especially interesting compared with other points of the islands, most of the tourism concentrates here for gaining access to the services that the city provides and to his curious festive ambience. The capital is the point of entry and exit of the archipelago, a very crowded place that has little of calm and s paradise, being more a miscellany between Miami and Tokyo. (more...)
Much to cover
Every island has something in particular. Oahu is the most inhabited and americanized, but it has the beach Waikiki (although it is dominated by high hills, Sunset and Lanikai are better), and to highly urbanized Honolulu, with his historical center and a refreshing Chinatown. There also there is the famous North Coast, where surfing is [...]
Hawaii: the spirit aloha
The first inhabitants of the archipelago were Polynesians who came from the Islands Marchioness in the Vth century. About the year 1000 there arrived Tahitians, who introduced his social order, religion and customs. The first western one in treading on these islands was the British captain James Cook, who arrived in 1778 at the Sandwich [...]
A Cultural Expeditions Primer
A true cultural adventure is for those who want to see, taste, and experience new worlds. It is for travelers who want to stray from well-worn tourist venues and learn first-hand about native customs, folk art, architecture, music, religions, and rituals.
So how do you tell which trips reveal the true heart and [...]
Modernist holiday all Ilikai of Waikiki
The Ilikai is located where the beach of Waikiki meets the Ali Wai Yacht Harbor, in front of the green mountains of Kooalau. The view is spectacular from all sides and the panoramic restaurant at the thirtieth floor is the perfect observation point for watching the sunset in Oahu. The rooms, like the rest of [...]
Hawaii: Interesting Honolulu
Honolulu is not only the tropical paradise seen in many American television, with wide beaches, palm trees and beaten by the wind mild climate. Since it is the only U.S. city located in the Tropics, the only one that hosts a royal palace and can boast a balanced combination of Western influences, Asian and Polynesian, [...]
The traditional Hawaiian culture
The traditional Hawaiian culture and customs of various ethnic groups and immigrants on the islands are an integral part of the social fabric. Hawaii is not just a meeting point between East and West, but a place where cultures converge in a way which is all developed. The revival of traditional Hawaiian culture has led [...]
The greatest navigators in the world
Legend joined both the geological and historical reality. The trip to Tahiti, one that did the Polynesian settlers - the second wave of settlers, more specifically, the first part is half a millennium earlier, from the fifth century of our era, the Marquesas Islands.
The discoveries of archaeologists, linguists and geneticists gradually draw the portrait of [...]
Life and fun night to Honolulu
HONOLULU, the capital of Hawaii, is one of the cities in the world more full of local and nightclubs, so certainly will not leave disappointed lovers of nightlife.
Anna Bannanas - Moiliili 2440 S Beretania St, 96826 - tel: 808 946 5190
Disco near ‘University.
Music: rock / pop / live music
Doris Duke Theater - Sheridan Park
Cinema
Hank’s Cafe [...]