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NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
Mon Aug 26, 2013, 09:31 PM Aug 2013

I'm going to Oahu in November. What should I do and where should I go?

I have to be in Waipahu on the 13th and in Kaneohe on the 15th, but hope to have a couple days to goof around.

I was there last year, twice, and was at Koolau and Kaneohe but didn't go to the nearby botanical gardens.

On another assignment, I've stayed on the North Shore near Waimea Bay.

I like the natural wonders, and to a degree, authentic cultural sites.

Any sugestions?

Mahalo!

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I'm going to Oahu in November. What should I do and where should I go? (Original Post) NYC_SKP Aug 2013 OP
My brother went on the submarine ride there. Said it was amazing. I'm going applegrove Aug 2013 #1
I'd be willing to try that once! NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #2
If you go on the submarine... ReasonableToo Aug 2013 #3
Wear Red? NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #4
It's a filtered SUNlight thing. ReasonableToo Aug 2013 #5
Ah, cool, I'll remember that! NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #6
Kick! NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #7
Watch out for gigantic centipedes ailsagirl Dec 2013 #8
Oh Crap! NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #9
Having said that about centipedes... ailsagirl Dec 2013 #10
I belive this last trip out last month was the ONLY time I DID'T go snorkling. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #11
No, I haven't ailsagirl Dec 2013 #12
I'm in Northern California now, looking for homes on the coast. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #13
I live in the SF Bay Area ailsagirl Dec 2013 #14

applegrove

(123,606 posts)
1. My brother went on the submarine ride there. Said it was amazing. I'm going
Mon Aug 26, 2013, 09:53 PM
Aug 2013

to go to Hawaii one day. Just not now. Too many responsibilities. You have a wonderful time!!!

ailsagirl

(23,864 posts)
8. Watch out for gigantic centipedes
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 07:19 PM
Dec 2013

I'm not being a wet blanket-- I was bitten by one (indoors, second floor) within 45 minutes of arriving from the airport.

I had no idea they got so big!!!!!!!



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NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
9. Oh Crap!
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 07:24 PM
Dec 2013

That picture looked like it was moving for a minute there!

I'm going again in February, I'll watch for them!

ailsagirl

(23,864 posts)
10. Having said that about centipedes...
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 08:04 PM
Dec 2013

Oahu is gorgeous!!

The ocean is this beautiful turquoise and you can look through the water as you're wading and see the white sandy bottom. Loads of tropical fish-- do you snorkel?

And you can go swimming at 7:00 am-- the water is always warm

You'll have a wonderful time!!



 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
11. I belive this last trip out last month was the ONLY time I DID'T go snorkling.
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 08:13 PM
Dec 2013

And that's because I got sick before arriving and just didn't have the energy to have much fun AND do the work that I went there to do.

But, as ever, it was beautiful. I stayed a few nights at the Marriott Ko Olina Resort and then over to Waikiki. Like night and day, right?

The visit before that I stayed Kane Ohe and Waimai, and then Turtle Bay.

It's all good, I'd never thought to travel there except as a stop over to Maui or the Big Island.

Also, I went to Molokai this summer, in June.

Have you been there?

ailsagirl

(23,864 posts)
12. No, I haven't
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 08:16 PM
Dec 2013

You get around!! Are you still a New Yorker? Any plans to move to a more tropical environment?

Just curious

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
13. I'm in Northern California now, looking for homes on the coast.
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 08:22 PM
Dec 2013

But every time I go to Hawaii I think about living there and know a few people on Hawaii and Kauai.

Not sure which island I'd prefer but off the top of my head I'd say Hawaii.

What do you think, do you live there?

ailsagirl

(23,864 posts)
14. I live in the SF Bay Area
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 08:26 PM
Dec 2013

and love it.

Interesting, my father went to Cornell before the family moved out here (I wasn't around then). Plus he was born and raised in Ontario. Now that's COLD!!

I can imagine how happy he was to get a job offer from California!!

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