I Finally Visited Hawaii! Oahu & Lanai Hawaii is like no other place on earth. It's home to some of the world's most beautiful sugary beaches, perfect cobalt blue oceans, incredible diving and snorkeling in reefs teeming ocean life, dense tropical rain forests, one of the most active volcanoes on the planet, towering jagged mountains ...
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Big City & Tropical Paradise Oahu, Hawaii Like the other islands, islets and shoals that make up the 1,600-mile Hawaiian Island chain, Oahu is believed to be the product of a single hot spot in the earth’s mantle. Over the course of millions of years, the earth’s crust drifted to the northwest across this hot ...
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Diamond Head State Park - Waikiki Oahu, Hawaii In 1906, Fort Ruger was established in and around the Diamond Head crater and charged with the defense of the harbor of Honolulu as part of the US Army Coastal Artillery defense system. With it's prominent location, several posts and observation stations were built into the outer ...
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The Windward Coast of Oahu Oahu, Hawaii The Windward Coast of Oahu - In Hawaii, the prevailing trade winds blow east/northeast to west/southwest bringing storms and cooler air with them to the windward, or east, side of the islands. On Oahu, the incoming storms and moisture stall on the corduroy-ridged, nearly perpendicular cliffs of the ...
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Ko Olina - "Place of Joy" Oahu, Hawaii "For as long as anyone can remember, Ko Olina has been a place of joy. Hawaiian nobility once sojourned here when weary of the cares of state. The royal chiefs, their wives, children and retinues came to fish in the bountiful waters, bath in the sacred pools, ...
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Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko'Olina Oahu, Hawaii When visiting Oahu, we were lucky enough to get to stay at the new Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko'Olina on Oahu's sunny, western coast and just 30 minutes from downtown Honolulu. "The beachfront property, which was previously branded as a JW Marriott and sits next to ...
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A Couple Days on Lanai Lanai, Hawaii As popular as Hawaii is for vacation travel, many people have never even heard of the tiny island of Lanai, located only 9 miles west of Maui. Until about a year ago, I hadn't either... Lanai is a small 140-square mile island that has been in private hands ...
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The Absolutely Stunning Four Seasons Resort Lanai Lanai, Hawaii I've really hate how often the words "stunning" and "jaw-dropping" get thrown around the interwebs because whatever content that adjective-laced click-bait title introduces is usually far from either stunning or jaw-dropping. But in regards to the newly overhauled Four Seasons Resort Lanai, those adjectives might actually ...
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Pu'u Pee (Sweetheart Rock) Lanai, Hawaii "On the southern coast of Lanai is picturesque Hulopoe Bay and Lanai’s main boat harbor, Manele Bay. Rising from the sea just between these two bays is the iconic Puu Pehe, or Sweetheart Rock. Besides being a picturesque natural landmark, Puu Pehe is also steeped in Hawaiian legend. Legend ...
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