Posts in Category: United States
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Kaanapali Plantation – Rent a Reasonable Place in Maui
This is one of a continuing series of posts on a visit to Hawaii’s four main islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we spent our final day on Oahu, playing the Palmer course at Turtle Bay Resort. In […]
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Palmer Course at Turtle Bay – Wonderful Golf on Oahu’s North Shore
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip to Hawaii’s four main islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we went swimming with sharks off Oahu’s North Shore. The fact that I am able to […]
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Hawaii Shark Encounters – Not as Scary as You Might Think
This is one of a continuing series of posts on a visit to Hawaii’s four main islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we settled in at Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s laid back North Shore, played some golf […]
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Turtle Bay Resort – Chillin’ Out on Oahu’s North Shore
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a visit to Hawaii’s four main islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we visited Foster Gardens and the Byodo-In Temple before moving on the Oahu’s North Shore and […]
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Foster Gardens, Byodo-In Temple & On to Turtle Bay
This is on of a continuing series of posts from na visit to Hawaii’s four main islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post I described our visit to the Iolani Palace and the historic district of Honolulu. It now […]
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Iolani Palace, Hawaiian Royalty & Going Loco Moco
This is one of a continuing series of posts on a visit to all four of the main Hawaiian islands that Alison and I and friends took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. Yesterday we went in search of sites associated with the original Hawaii Five-0 TV series […]
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Useppa Island – Try to Get There Once in Your Lifetime
We have been visiting Southwest Florida for over 30 years and have always chosen Sanibel Island as our place of refuge from the interminable Canadian winters. During our stays on the Sanibel we have always made a point of visiting the other barrier islands including Captiva, North Captiva, Cayo Costa and Cabbage Key. But one […]
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Hawaii Five-0 – Searching for Steve McGarrett and Wo Fat
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a visit to the four main Hawaiian islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we visited the sites of Pearl Harbor and the Bishop Museum. In keeping with the […]
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Pearl Harbor & the Bishop Museum – War and Peace in Hawaiii
This is one of a series of posts I did during and after a visit to all four of the main Hawaiian islands a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post Alison and I arrived back in Honolulu after a week in Kauai and I described […]