Hawaii 66 Introduction

Introduction


Aloha my friends (more about this ‘iconic’ word, so clearly associated with Hawaii, later)

In the following I have put together some basic information on the Island of Oahu, this being one of, if not THE main Island of the State of Hawaii.

The others being:

The Big Island, with Kailua Kona
Maui withWailuku
Lanai with Lanai City
Molokai with Kaunakakai
Kauai with Lihue

And, of course, Oahu with Honolulu the capital of the lot and Waikiki one of the tourist centres on Oahu.

Almost all the things which I am showing, describing in this little piece of cyber info is based on my own experience over the last 30 years. After Moving to Australia in 1982 I tend to use Hawaii as my last stop over before going back to Sydney, when coming from Europe, and going via New York, San Francisco.

Most of my visits have been fairly short, say 3-5 days. And since 1986 I have enjoyed this island on 13 occasions.

In putting this information together I have largely relied on my memory and some trip notes I have made every now and then.

My personal interests are largely guided by landscape and nature, of which this island offers a lot. And whilst I have visited the odd museum or palace in Honolulu, this type of tourist activity has played only a very minor role during my visits.

In a country like Hawaii I tend to be a traveller with certain ‘habits’ which form over the years. For example, I have only ever stayed in 2 Hotels in Waikiki, the most frequent of those visits at the Sheraton Waikiki (12 times) and, in 2010 for the first time at the Aqua Beach (not very far from the Sheraton)

I have never – to any great extent – involved myself with any ‘gay typical’ activities, hence gay clubs and pubs I don’t know a lot if anything about.

Clubs and pubs are anyway only of limited interest to me, I rather enjoy at night the street life, the things which go on around Waikiki, for example the night market. (more about that later)