Outdoors in Hawaii archive
What with all the fuss about Puna becoming the up and coming low-key vacation locale in the islands, it's time to revisit the black sends of Kehena. This one of the only swimming beaches on the Puna Coast of the…
I wrote a trend piece earlier this week on standup paddle surfing. Lo, what appears in my inbox but a note from a local PR firm pointing out that instructructors at Action Sports Maui ($109 per person for two hours…
The editorial staff at Internet press release factory Webwire polled a bunch of locals as to their favorite beaches. The results were hardly illuminating, with no beach listed that isn't among the most well known in the state. The only…
This little-known and lightly visited beach sits just below Princeville Hotel and has the Hawaiian name Pali Ke Kua. The trail access to the beach is located just before the Princeville Hotel gatehouse running alongside the tennis courts of…
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I've blogged about the amazing Sunset on the Beach series in Waikiki. This Sunday (meaning today) the film on offer is the Al Gore documentary about global warming. How fitting that the show takes place on a beach that could…
A quick reminder from mother nature that even small, squishy packages pack a punch in King Neptune's Garden. The monthly box jellyfish onslaught that washes ashore in Waikiki and along southern shores of Oahu sent an unsuspecting visitor to the…
Pacific Business News in Honolulu has a piece detailing the woes of a top-Google ranked listing, Top-10-Hawaii.com / Hawaii Travel Network. This was a popular online travel site and referral network that sold all sorts of stuff -- cruises on…
Ringed black-lava sea cliffs, Hamoa Bay near the remote town of Hana was a favorite of literary icons and Hawaii lovers Mark Twain and James Michener. It's easy to see why. The soft, dark sands of this gray crescent composed…
I track goings on in Kailua because its one of my favorite places to visit and the beaches are superb. We usually go to Kailua Beach Park because parking is easy. Lanikai is as pretty and a nice change of…
In the Kohala District of the Big Island, clouds of mist collide with volcanic mountain ranges. The resulting rains fill hundreds of mountain streams and create numerous waterfalls, most of which are not accessible to the public. This region is…
