anyone been to hawaii??

[rakugaki]

hey guys, anyone from or been to hawaii??? going on vacation, yipee......but what to do!?!?!? hoo hum, any suggestions or experiences there??? just wondering! :yes:

[Duckydos]

Accord98LX lives on the big island :D

I visited with the family for Christmas quite a few years ago. I remember North Shore was pretty damn tight. Really neat surf shops and powerful water (even though I was scuba certified and in the water quite a bit each week, I still had problems with it. Then again, I was like 12 :D) Also, take lots and lots of money, EVERYTHING in Hawaii is expensive.

-Ducky

[rakugaki]

yah, im heading out to maui with my mom and bro next week for just a week. yeah, i booked our trip on expedia (i did this this when i went to seattle too =) fun fun). The prices for the attractions where waaaay tooo pricy, but i guess thats me. whew, i just got my paycheck...but i bought clothes.... ho ho ho.

[ShagginJet]

I was born and raised in Hawaii, Kailua-Kona on the Big Island. I was just out there 3 weeks ago for vacation, little sister was graduating high school.

Maui is a place to go and just do nothing..... nothing....

The hole idea there is to wake up in the morn, goto the beach, have lunch somewhere local, back to the beach, have dinner somewhere local, back to the hotel, repeat previous steps for the week.

[accord98lx]

I live on maui and there not that much compaired to Honolulu. But it is cleaner and less crowded then Honolulu. We Have clear water beaches...waves that will throw you 10 feet back. You can visit the moutains for some sight seeing. You can go mountain bikeriding...snorkel to a little island off the coast of maui. Theres also whale watching..the humpbacks but Im not sure if the humpbacks are on maui yet?!

You cant forget shopping but everything here is not cheap. I live here and its boring. ;(

[JamieS697]

i went to honolulu didnt get a chance to go to maui but it was great just dont get caught up in all the tours for the week take a couple if you want but if you do it the whole week it stinks

[ShagginJet]

Oahu (Honolulu) is for party'n.
Maui is for relaxing.

[member]

i went when i was young...

i went into an old volcano that had one tree growing in the middle...

i went to the pinnapple factory...

[pbateson]

Rakugaki,

You can take United Airlines than Hawaiian Airlines to Maul. Cuz they have a PTV on the plane of 767-300ER or 777-200ER. ;)

I never been go to Hawaii or Maul ;(

I really want to go to Maul in 2 yrs ago, but my father didn't want to go too far.

I hopefully to going to Hawaii or Maul on the future for vacation.

[Mushroom]

Wow, real Hawaii people. I'm headed there in a couple months for vacation - planning on 2 days on Hawaii (to see the volcanoes) then 5 days on Kauai (to sleep). Any other suggestions for things to be sure to see, do or avoid?

[Quevv]

heh, I'm headed out to Hawaii in a few months too:)

[rakugaki]

Originally posted by ShagginJet
Oahu (Honolulu) is for party'n.
Maui is for relaxing.

awwww, oahu is where i should have been headed ;( , ho hum, well i do need the relaxing so i know i'll have some fun =)

yah, i actually had the choice, i chose maui cause i heard it was less crowded than the main island. I hope everything goes well =)

[rakugaki]

Originally posted by accord98lx
I live on maui and there not that much compaired to Honolulu. But it is cleaner and less crowded then Honolulu.

You cant forget shopping but everything here is not cheap. I live here and its boring. ;(

Sounds really nice...haha im excited...might sound stupid, but is there starbucks coffee??? lol, what part of maui do you live? the resort were staying in is the maui vista in kihei.

[Civickid0to60]

SURF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pdiggitydogg]

nope....never been there...but i'd like to go

[accord98lx]

Originally posted by rakugaki
Sounds really nice...haha im excited...might sound stupid, but is there starbucks coffee??? lol, what part of maui do you live? the resort were staying in is the maui vista in kihei.

I live in Kahului. Thats where your airplane is going to land and thats also where the major shopping centers are. Its a 15-30 minute drive to kihei from the airport.

Theres a starbucks 2-3 minutes away from the airport. But since your new here..and you might get lost (like all the other tourist..) it'll probably take you 10 minutes. :D Its in a shopping center called "Maui Marketplace"...If you see a Lowes Home Center or Officemax...then your're at the right place. Im not sure if theres any starbacks in Kihei though. If you want to go to the beach...Kihei is where you want to go...dont you ever go to Kahului beachs....you'll kno why after you see it..lol. You might want to visit Queen Kaahumanu Shopping Center at night and drive around the parking lot. Theres a lot of ricey cars or nice cars SOMETIMES if your lucky in the parking lots.

Since your're going to be in Kihei...theres also a drag raceway down there called "Maui Raceway" ... Im not sure on the schedule but its open like on fridays or saturdays once or month or something like that. You can check that out.

Btw .. If you were here like 2-3 weeks earlier..you could have seen the carshow. Tila Nguyen was there..Dunno if you guys know her but she doesnt look that great in real life...IMO.:no:

[rakugaki]

Originally posted by accord98lx
I live in Kahului. Thats where your airplane is going to land and thats also where the major shopping centers are. Its a 15-30 minute drive to kihei from the airport.

Theres a starbucks 2-3 minutes away from the airport. But since your new here..and you might get lost (like all the other tourist..)

Btw .. If you were here like 2-3 weeks earlier..you could have seen the carshow. Tila Nguyen was there..Dunno if you guys know her but she doesnt look that great in real life...IMO.:no:

NOOO NOT TILA!!! ARGHHH!!!! yeah, we got a rental car booked, so i guess i can take that to the track...lol, im just messin.

[DsBlu01CivEX]

I used to live in Hawaii for like 5 yrs when I was younger. My dad was in the service. We lived on Schofield Barracks on Oahu. It was probably about a 30-40 min drive to Honolulu. But since i was just a kid, I really didn't know much about the partyin there and stuff. Never got a chance to go to Maui, but I plan on getting there before I turn 30.....so I really can't tell you anything to do there except for lay out on the beach...that's what i'd be doing!:thumbsup:

[TeriyakiBroccoli]

born and raised.. then moved out there to cali.

Oahu represent