Hawaii For Dummies

Get in the aloha spirit the easy, breezy way From rainforests to volcano craters, whale watching to scuba diving, marine life to nightlife, Hawaii truly has it all. Whether you sip a mai tai or a cup of Kona Joe, catch some rays or surf the waves, check into a spa or check out a luau, this guide will help you find your island paradise. Open the book and find: Down–to–earth trip–planning advice What you shouldn′t miss —and what you can skip The best hotels and restaurants for every budget Lots of detailed maps

Part I: Introducing Hawaii 5 Chapter 1: Discovering the Best of Hawaii 7 Chapter 2: Digging Deeper into Hawaii 17 Chapter 3: Deciding Where and When to Go 23 Chapter 4: Managing Your Money 45 Part II: Planning Your Trip to Hawaii 57 Chapter 5: Getting to Hawaii 59 Chapter 6: Getting Around Hawaii 68 Chapter 7: Booking Your Accommodations 74 Chapter 8: Catering to Special Travel Needs or Interests 82 Chapter 9: Taking Care of the Remaining Details 91 Part III: Honolulu and the Rest of Oahu 99 Chapter 10: Settling into Oahu 101 Chapter 11: Exploring Oahu 162 Part IV: Maui 211 Chapter 12: Settling into Maui 213 Chapter 13: Exploring Maui 268 Part V: Hawaii, the Big Island 315 Chapter 14: Settling into the Big Island 317 Chapter 15: Exploring the Big Island 368 Part VI: Kauai 417 Chapter 16: Settling into Kauai 419 Chapter 17: Exploring Kauai 464 Part VII: The Part of Tens 497 Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Lose the Tourist Trappings and Look Like a Local 499 Chapter 19: Ten Easy Steps to Island Dining 506 Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Enjoy Island Romance 513 Appendix: Quick Concierge 516 Index 520

Cheryl Farr Leas may live on the mainland, but she’s a Hawaii girl at heart. She fell in love with Diamond Head, aloha wear, and mai tais in 1994 and has had trouble staying away ever since. Whenever she’s not in the islands, she and her husband, Rob, make their home in Phoenix, Arizona, where they love to hike the desert mountains with their German Shepherd, Caleb. Before embarking on a writing career, Cheryl served as senior editor at Macmillan Travel (now Wiley), where she edited the Frommer’s Hawaii travel guides for the better part of the 1990s. John Rosenthal is a Contributing Editor at National Geographic Traveler and has written about destinations around the globe for publications like The New York Times , The Washington Post , Conde Nast Traveler , and the San Francisco Chronicle . He’s also a regular contributor to Bing Travel. He makes his home in Santa Monica, California, but regularly requires a good dose of Hawaii whenever the Los Angeles traffic gets to be too much.