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3 Day Trips From Honolulu
by
Steve HendrixGot a few extra hours on the island of
Oahu? Bypass the beach and head off on a Hawaiian-style
adventure.
OK, there are worse things in life than finding yourself stuck
in Honolulu for a day with nothing on your to-do list. Paradise is
a better place than most to end up at loose ends while your wife is
stuck at the convention center. The obvious answer - head to the
beach, right?
Not so fast. For some of us, a day on Waikiki is no day at the
beach. We get restless. The prospect of another day of sunny stupor
and wrinkled fingers leads to a yearning for something different.
Talk to your hotel concierge, and he will rattle off a list of
alternatives to sunning and swimming at Waikiki: There's sunning
and swimming at Waimea Bay, sunning and swimming at Hanauma Bay,
and, if you want variety, there's sunning and swimming and
windsurfing at Kailua Bay. But is there life off the beach on
Oahu?
Yes. Within an hour's drive of Honolulu (and if you drive any
farther, your car had better come equipped with a rudder), you can
exercise some of those body parts growing flaccid from too much
time on your beach towel.
EXTREME HAWAII
This is something
Hawaii needs more of - ferocity. The trade wind
that normally caresses the shores with warm whispers roars like a
freight train on this towering rocky point. The velocity is so
great you have to cup your hand over your mouth just to get a sip
of air. And far below, the otherwise placid Pacific rams the island
with explosive tenacity - one mighty wave after another detonates
against the island in a wet, white cloud and a thundering boom.
This is the 647-foot peak of Makapuu Point, where a coastal
lighthouse marks the easternmost corner of Oahu. The hike up here
is a pleasant challenge in
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