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Tiny Bubbles by Don Ho (who at 75 still has a show at the Waikiki Beachcomer Hotel) Hu'a li'i (tiny bubbles) F i ka waina (in the wine) C au hau'oli (me happy) C7 i ka waina inu (in the wine drink) Tiny bubbles (F7) make me warm all (B-flat) over (B minor) With a (F) feeling that I'm gonna (C) love you til the end of (F) time. |
- The Ventures 1969
Among the many who have recorded singing "Over the Rainbow", the performance by "Iz" (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) on his 1993 CD "Facing Future" is beloved -- heard in the movie "50 First Dates", "Meet Joe Black" and "ER", television shows and commercials.
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| Day / Time | Activity | Cost |
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| Before | Watch surfing movies and Elvis movies. Listen to Hawaiian music. Get maps from AAA. Buy & read more tour books. Look at movies. | 20 pp |
| Fri 2p | Shuttle to airport | 20 pp |
| Fri 4p | ATA Flight TZ 4587 | 430 pp |
| Fri 10:10p | Arrive Honolulu Airport ( lei greeting, not just on May 1 Lei Day) | 30 pp - 52 |
| Fri 10:30p | Call courtesy phone #55 for $10 Ilima Shuttle 800.713-0146 to hotel (or get Alamo 921561421) | 10 pp |
| Fri 11:00p | Prince Wikiki Hotel (Hotwire) | 170 |
| Sat 7am | Breakfast by beach or at top of Diamond Head (commuter traffic ?) | |
| Sat 8am | Call Enterprise 808.979-2600, Checkout, ride to Ent. Conv. Cntr. office (Wikiki Trolly 808-593-7676 don't allow luggage & The Market no longer have their own bus). | $27.99/day |
| Sat | On way to airport ... See the Bishop Museum [$2 coupon] King Kamehameha Statue, Iolani Palace. | |
| Sat 10am | Pickup Jason/Kristen at airport or meet at Aloha Tower Marketplace 808 528 5700 piers 5-11 (3 miles West of Waikiki) at 1 Aloha Tower Drive 96814 | 25 pp |
| Sat 11am | From airport, visit Arizona memorial | free |
| Sat | (On Red line) stop by Pier 31 to shop at Hilo Hattie (named after entertainer Clarissa Haili during the 50's/60's) — Hawaii's largest Hawaiian retailer and manufacturer of Hawaiian wear, including muumuu loose-fitting dresses for grandma. | ? |
| Sat | (Optionally) Bring luggage to lunch at Aloha Tower Marketplace dim sum at Hong Kong Harbor View restaurant 808.566-9989 (Thanks to Andrew who said it's OK) before earliest check-in at 1pm on boat. | 20 pp |
| Sat 2p | 
Take
The Bus 808.848-5555 SE to snorkel at Hanauma Bay 808.396-4229 at 7455 Kalaniana`ole Highway.
It's a Hawaii State Park
so overused that private vans are not allowed and visitors are required to view an
ecology video.
But it's still spectacular.
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| Sat 6p | Return car to conv. ctr. (or on Yellow line) ride to Aloha Tower Marketplace to
board NCL 800-327-7030 Pride of America leave docks at 8pm | 958 pp |
| Sun 7a | Boat docks in
Hilo, Big Island
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| Sun 11a | Enterprise Hilo 808.934-0359 or taxi to airport for Paradise Hughes 500 helicopter ride | 145 pp |
| Sun 9a | Drive to the LYMAN MISSION HOUSE AND MUSEUM to see the preserved New England-style homestead of Congregationalist missionaries built in 1839. Includes extensive pre-contact displays of Hawaiian artifacts. | ? |
| Sun 9a | Drive to LILIUOKALANI GARDENS & COCONUT ISLAND Formal Japanese-style gardens connected by footbridge to little Coconut Island (Mokuola). In ancient Hawaii, Mokuola was famous for its curative spring waters and other healing powers. It was also a place of refuge for law breakers who could make offerings and leave as free men. | ? |
| Sun 2p | Drive to the Last Chance Store in Kukuihaele for a horseback ride through the Waipi'o Valley (ancient Hawaii's "Valley of the Kings") for sightseeing and backcountry waterfalls though lush tropical jungle on windy trails. to see Rainbow Falls , a 1200-foot waterfall on the Wailuku River - as the cascades hit the water below, their mists create rainbows. Downstream from the gorgeous Peepee Falls are what appear to be holes in the river bed resembling naturally bubbling Jacuzzis. Water appears to be boiling as it rolls over many rocks en route to the ocean. | 65 pp |
| Sun 9a | Drive though (some of the) 218,000 acre Volcanoes National Park & Rainbow Falls, Mauna Kea (world's tallest mountain, when measured from the ocean floor). Drive down the 20-mile Chain of Craters Road through some of the most desolate land on earth, into the Kilauea East Rift Zone and "frozen fire" lava flow erupting from the Pu'u 'O'o Crater since January 1983. The 11-mile Crater Rim Drive circles the Kilauea caldera, Visit the Volcano Art Center, of volcano-inspired works by more than 250 artists. The Thomas A. Jaggar Museum offers cultural and geological displays, photographs, videos and topographical maps. | |
| Sun 7p | Evening sail by Mount Kilauea volcano red lava flow and steam plumbs entering ocean (get viewing updates by the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 808.985-6000 x1,1) | |
| Mon 7a | Boat docks in Maui's Kahului harbor. Pickup car from Kahalui Enterprise 808.871-6982 (not Lahaina in airport). | 100 |
| Mon 10a | Drive to heliport for helicoptor to Haleakala Crater (the world's largest dormant volcano at 10,023 feet) & hike down waterfalls, Hana rainforest Black Sand Beach landing | 175 pp |
| Mon 2p | Drive to East shore Seven Sacred Pools & botanical gardens | - |
| Mon 2p | On Maui, drive mauka (toward the mountains) on Highway 37 (Haleakala Highway) SE to Highway 377. At the 365 junction, turn left on Highway 378 (Crater Road) drive 2.5 miles and for a red and white building on the left (at 4000 ft el.) for ziplines 808-878-8400 after hike up the Haleakala Crater. | $67 -15% |
| 4p | Drive makai (toward the ocean) to Maui Ocean Center & on the West for Kanikapila sunset. | -- |
| Mon 5-8p | The best is the
Old Lahaina Luau on Front St West Maui. Conf #588218
Luau/Show 866-667-5828 800-745-6997 808-661-5828 at the Maui Marriott Kaanapali Hotel at 100 Nohea Kai Drive, Lahaina, HI 96761 off Kaanapali Hwy exit West off Hwy 30 at the far West of Maui Ohana (family) | 85 pp -25% 56 pp |
| 5:30 | Maui 2nd day - Drive to ___ for boat to caves, snorkel with dolphins at Molokini and Turtle Arches. | 110 pp |
| 2p | Along the shore Maui Arts & Cultural Ctr (808) 242-2787 1 Cameron Way Kahului, HI 96732 and Laihna Art Gallery at 728 & 828 Front St. | -- |
| Tue 6p | Dinner on boat. | -- |
| Wed 9am | Boat in
Kona, West on the Big Island
Enterprise 808.331-2509 #840871
| 75 pp |
| Wed 9-4 | Hul'l Palace Kakaluu 30 min So. Place of Refuge kyakes | -- |
| Wed | Body Glove Dolphin Sail & Snorkel NCL KOA-019 | 75 pp |
| Thu | Boat 1st day in Nawiliwili, Kauai (pictured in the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Alamo convertible # 921576548 (No Enterprise in Kauai)
for surfing lessons
Drive N on 58 through Lihue to 50 to 583 for Wilua Falls, shown in the Fanasty Island TV series. Get back driving N on 56 along East Windward shore from Kalapaki Beach to 580 Wilua River/Fern Grotto, "Sleeping Giant",
After crossing the Wailua Bridge, L on 580 at Marker #6 to Kuamo'o Road for 1-1/2 miles to the 'Opaeka'a Falls Lookout.
Kapaa Beach, Kilauea, Past Marker #25 crossing the Kalihiwai River, look for the waterfall. R past marker #11 to Koloa Road (Hwy 530). R at Po'ipu Rd. R past fork on Lawa'i Road 1mi. R on across Spouting Horn Park for picnic lunch at National Tropic Botananical Gardens (808.742-2623) NCL NWK-503 or at Princeville, Hanalei Museum, Haena Limahuli Garden Tours 808-826-1053 Park near Ke'e Beach across Wet Cave for hike on Hanakapiai Beach to Hanalau Beach trail. | 135 |
| Thu | Po'ipu Surfing lessons and West to Wimea Cyn
for sunset at Allerton Garden Tours 808-742-2623 Dinner on boat | |
| Fri 615a | 2nd day Kauai — Catamaran snorkel on remote NW beaches. Drive W on 56/50 toward Lihue. L at EleEle McD's on 541. L on Aka'ula St. b4 smokestacks for Kauai Sea Tours 800.733-7997 #5257 Alfred (not NCL NWK-430) Returns at Noon. | 115 pp [10%G] |
| Fri -2p | Drop off car & walk around shops near boat until 2pm departure for Na Pali coast viewing. | |
| Sat 730a | Disembark boat. Get picked up for airport car rental by Hertz, Thrifty, Dollar, National (not Alamo or Enterprise) Drop off bags 4 blocks inland at the hotel. | -- |
| Sat 8a | PCC van pickup at dock Polynesian Culture Center van pickup at dock for Ali dropoff from/to ____ hotel near Aloha Marketplace hotel. # 2106715 by Malaya | 190 [10% G] |
| Sun 7a | Pickup from ___ hotel for USS Arizona/Circle Island tour 866.268.7459 | 89 pp |
| Sun 6p | Dropoff from Arizona/Island tour at airport | 10 pp |
| Sun 8:35p | ATA flight TZ 4586 leaves for PHX | -- |
| Total | 2600 pp |
Pau means done, finished.
10 pages of shore excursions, but it's cheaper booking through vendors.
A3H Gold Card from activity trade organization
Hawaii Fun
The City of Honolulu offers
Sykwave WiFi for $9 per day —
but I found signals spotty.
Kalikimaka (Christmas)
Island tour USS Arizona Memorial, Dole Pineapple Pavilion, Chinaman's Hat Island, Historical Haleiwa Surfer town, Laie Point, Pineapple, Coffee and Banana Plantations, Kaaawa, Punaluu and Hauula Villages, Jurassic Park and Pearl Harbor Film Locations, Waimea, Pipeline & Sunset Premier Surfing Beaches, Diamond Head Crater, Hanauma Bay, Extinct Volcanoes & Lava Flows, Spouting Halona Blowhole, Sandy Beach, Makapuu Lookout and Rabbit Island, Breathtaking Pali Lookout, Gilligan's Island, "From Here to Eternity" Beach, Lush Rainforest, Hidden Waterfall, Exotic Flowers, Archeological Sites, Ancient Hawaiian Petroglyphs
Akamai means Smart, clever.
If I'd had to do it over again, I'd save money by booking through a travel agent on the island, such as
Blue Hawaii 800-315-1812 x88
or all-inclusive operator:
$1000 Pleasant Hawaii Holidays
$2600 Tauck Tours
American Hawai'i Cruises (2 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL, 60606, USA. PHONE: 312/466-6000 or 800/765-7000), offers seven-day interisland cruises S.S. Constitution and the S.S. Independence departing from Honolulu
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ElvisElvis is alive and well in Hawaii!Elvis Presley's "Hawaii trilogy" include:
1961 Blue Hawaii.
Catch his act Tuesday through Thursday at the Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel on Oahu! Filmed in OahuDiamond Head - Charlton HestonWaikiki Wedding (1937) Bing Crosby. Pearl Harbor - Ben Affleck. John WayneBig Jim McLainDonovan's Reef High and Mighty In Harm's Way Operation Pacific Sea Chase |
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map by Google
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Discovery Travel Channel/Fodors
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This Week Kauai
1984 Romancing the Stone with Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, 1976 King Kong with Jeff Bridges 1997 The Lost World - Jurassic Park "Lost" (ABC TV series 2005+) by J.J. Abrams "Sadly, most boats turn back at Kakalau."
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This is the moment I've waited for I can hear my heart singing Soon bells will be ringing This is the moment Of sweet Aloha I will love you longer than forever Promise me that you will leave me never Here and now dear, All my love, I vow dear Promise me that you will leave me never I will love you longer than forever U-a, si-la Pa-a ia me o-e (Sealed forever to you) Ko a-lo-ha ma-ka-mea e i-po (Sweetheart you are so precious) Ka-'u ia e le-i a-e ne-i la (I pledge my love to you alone) Now that we are one Clouds won't hide the sun Blue skies of Hawaii smile On this, our wedding day I do love you with all my heart
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Hawaiian Aloha 
Wear dark colored shirt to limit reflections in helicopter windows.
Lonely Plant
Hawaiian Tales of Heroes and Champions (Holiday House, 1971)
Ancient Hawaii (Kawainui Press August 8, 1998)
Voices of Wisdom Hawaiian Elders Speak - 240 page Paperback (April 6, 1999)
Hawaii (New York : Ballantine Books, 1982,
Great to read out loud
The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The Fables and Folk-Lore of a Strange People
Tuttle Publishing (May 1, 1972)
Shoal of Time a History of the Hawaiian Islands
Waikiki Beach
Oahu Revealed: The Ultimate Guide to Honolulu, Waikiki & Beyond
(Wizard Publications Inc.; October 15, 2004)
Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook (Paperback)
(Wizard Publications Inc.; 3rd. ed. May, 2005)
Hawaii the Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook
(Wizard Publications Inc.; 3rd ed June 1, 2002)
The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: Kauai Revealed
(Wizard Publications Inc.; 5th ed. November 1, 2003)