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We go to the island for the local life, and to go off--roading. Lanai has a population of 2500 people, a mixture of Korean, Japanese, Hawaiian, and Caucasians, most of whom came to work on the pineapple plantations 'the company'. We prefer the small hotel/ B&B route. Most of the roads here are unpaved FUN. The newly remodeled Lanai Hotel right on the town square, and 'Dreams come true', our B&B. Good luck finding Island information when you are headed for a small Hawaiian Island.
Most people when they go to Lanai tend to stay at one of the two Four Season's resorts. Now the 'company' is the Four Season's hotel. Only this book had the information we were looking for. We got a very good feel for local life. This guidebook offers plenty of information about the small eateries, shops, and roads that we needed, all in a few pages we could tuck into our suitcase. Before we left, we were booked into one of Lanai's two B&B's and tore out the pages pertinent to our destination.
Lanai has one of each.
I wanted more pictures of the nude beaches. If you're looking for something and can't find it.It probably dosen't want or need to be found. Ghandi.or Pee Wee Herman.
Very helpful reference for our trip. Although this book was a little older, it still gave us great ideas and accurate info for our trip. There were specific directions to places we wanted to visit, and we found some new ideas as well.
It also contains green and white maps broken down by particular regions and various coastlines, which will help tourists orient themselves. If I had to pick a drawback, that would be it.This book is for tourists interested in the hidden side of the islands and the tourist attractions. Ray Riegert's Hidden Hawaii: Including Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Lanai, Molokai, and the Big Island (Hidden Travel) published by Ulysses Press incorporates full-bleed photos of the Pacific Ocean, lava flows, on the outside and inside of the book. Ideally, that would have been our honeymoon of choice, but money was unavailable at the time for that kind of vacation, so we went somewhere closer for our honeymoon--Jamaica. All of the photos in the book are at the beginning. One of the best parts of this travel guide is that it not only tells the reader the touristy locations that are "must see," but also the hidden aspects of the islands. One of the hidden treasures of Waikiki highlighted in the book, which peaked my interest, is Queen Kapiolani Hibiscus Garden where tour buses do not have a place to stop, but tourists can spend the day in splendor picnicking.Hidden Hawaii not only describes the major hotel chains in Hawaii, but some of the smaller hotels and bed and breakfasts.
There are favorite tourist night spots and those that are hidden.My husband and I enjoyed looking through the book and picking out the hidden spots and the more well-known spots we would like to see on our trip someday, but we were a bit disappointed that there weren't too many photos of the islands and some the parks, destinations, museums, activities, and the like. This church must be a sight to see.From outdoor activities like kayaking in the ocean to hiking to tennis, this book has something for everyone, even those just interested in lying on the beaches and getting a suntan.
However, this book does have a lot to offer tourists interested in a trip to the island chain.The white and green pages provide readers with a crisp, clean page to read, and the contents are broken down by island--Oahu, Big Island, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, and Kauai. According to the book, a Belgian priest painted murals of religious scenes inside the church, which reminded me of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling in Italy painted by Michelangelo.
I claimed this travel guide from the Mini Book Expo for Bloggers because my husband and I have been talking about a vacation to Hawaii since before we got married six years ago. Some of the maps outline streets, and many of them are dotted with attractions.I would love to see the Star of the Sea Painted Church on the Big Island for myself, which is another of the hidden treasures that can be found in this book.
I would recommend it as a starting guide for a trip to Hawaii. Now that we are older and wiser and are willing to plan ahead, we are looking toward our goal, Hawaii, and hopefully, Kauai.This travel guide is larger than I would like to take along with me on the streets as a handbook for exploration, but then again I carry a large SLR and other photographic equipment.
For instance, in Waikiki, one of the most well-known attractions is Diamond Head.
For instance, I found the Hidden Maui guidebook to be much more helpful for the trip we'll be taking. However, there are scant few photos -- just a couple of pages' worth stuck in the middle, and they're more landscape-oriented than tourism-oriented, so they really aren't relevant to a guidebook.There's some good information in there, but if you know what island you're going to already, then get a book about that particular island; otherwise you have to wade through a bunch of stuff that isn't relevant to your trip. This book was all right. The intro general-info pages are really detailed (info for traveling with kids, international visitors, senior travelers, transportation options, etc).
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