"Hawaii- A Taste of Heaven Here on Earth" Hawaii (State of) by HAWLEYJ

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Hawaii is one of the premier tourist locations in America. And for good reason! If you know what you are doing you can have a top notch vacation. If not, you will waste a lot of time and money on pictures of tourist traps. I went to Hawaii twice. The first time was to the Island of Maui with my family. The second was with a friend while I was still in high school. There is a funny story behind that second trip. My mother has worked for American Airlines for many years, and I have been fortunate to freeload off her benefits (VT tip, if you like to travel, find a way to get related to a ticket agent! :-). I had a high school friend who went into the Navy named Anton. One day I was sitting backstage of the theatre that my parents own and I got a telephone call. It was Anton. "Where are you?" I said. "Somewhere in the Pacific, I think", was his reply. "Hey, do you want to meet me in Hawaii in a week." Hmm. Let me think about it. "OK!" So I talked to my mother and made the trip. 4 days before I left I asked my good buddy Joel Marquette if he wanted to come and he said, "Sure!" We are both a bit spontaneous, and I praise God that he came with, since Anton sat in the bar most of the trip. Anyway, from those experiences come these words of advice. Enjoy!

Last visit to Hawaii (State of): Dec 1995
Intro Written Sep 8, 2002
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raviv_ta Dec 5, 2003 at 8:13 AM Report Abuse

Great work. You are a great writer (ever wrote guide books for tourists?).
littlesam1 May 14, 2003 at 12:48 PM Report Abuse

Interesting page. I would love to go to Hawaii some day.
TropicGirl77 May 2, 2003 at 8:41 PM Report Abuse

What a great job you did on Hawaii! Sorry you didn't see a great sunset ... (I've seen many!) but at least you saw so many other fabulous things! Aloha & Mahalo nui loa
Peace Sep 28, 2002 at 2:32 PM Report Abuse

Beautiful place!
ATLC Sep 8, 2002 at 11:27 PM Report Abuse

nice stories, sensible tips.
Good day to you!
ATLC Aug 6, 2002 at 11:48 PM Report Abuse

But did you catch any fish?? :-)
keeweechic Aug 3, 2002 at 7:54 PM Report Abuse

The one thing I didn`t get to do - snorkle. Fabulous place
Pierangelo Jul 17, 2002 at 5:14 AM Report Abuse

A Taste of Heaven Here on Earth
margaretvn Jun 17, 2002 at 10:31 AM Report Abuse

that is a wonderful sunset
DaKat Jun 13, 2002 at 5:05 AM Report Abuse

Very nice page - good pics and info!