Hawaii旅行的準備

打算6月份去一趟夏威夷, 因為隻有十來天, 所以目前看來就去主島OAHU和天堂之島MAUI.

下麵是我在文學城考古的筆記.
http://www.hawaiiactivities.com/
http://www.hawaiiweb.com/
http://web.wenxuecity.com/BBSView.php?SubID=travel&MsgID=22889
http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=292285
priceline的機票和租車並不見得便宜，隻是旅館很好。
我從2月中開始用幾種方法找夏威夷機票，travel.yahoo/expedia，orbitz，cheaptickets,sidestep, travelaxe

租車最好不要到機場租，機場的稅很高。你在http://www.orbitz.com/ 上，租車也並不貴。酒店最好訂夏威夷旅行社的package，連同島間飛機票一塊訂能便宜點，Hawaiian Airlines的package實際上是panda旅行社替他們做的，你直接從panda travel agency（http://www.pandaonline.com/travelspecials/index.html）訂能便宜點。從panda訂酒店能訂到$50/night的。

package link
http://www.suntrips.com/show_page.php?ID=Destination_Hawaii
http://www.alohaairlines.com/fly/fs-ap.htm
http://pts2.get2hawaii.com/hawaiianair/SelectPackage.do

雪球媽媽說:本人在夏威夷住過幾年，知道個把旅行社。推薦一個：
他們的電話：808-921-0999,808-225-9435.他們的有本島遊：3 days + 2 nights, $145/person (兩人房間,包Polynesian Cultural Center的門票和到中心和珍珠港的導遊）在Diamondhead下邊，離海邊很近。我覺得價錢應該是很便宜的。因為Polynesian Cultural Center的門票8年以前就是30元左右了。他們還有4 days + 3 nights, 6 days + 5 nights, trip for two islands和for three islands等。旅行社的名字記不清了.

I personally like the Keihei (spelling?) area, a lot quieter. If you like the actions, go for Kanapali area. By the way, there is a difference between ocean front and ocean view rooms.

First, Ocean Front is different from Ocean View - some ocean view you hardly see any ocean unless you crook your neck and tilt your head and lean your body all the way out the bacony ... you get my drift ...

Maui is big and have several areas where the hotels/condos have wide range of price differences.

Generally speaking, the luxurious areas are Kapalua, Ka'anapali, (West side of Maui) Wailea-Makena (South side of Maui) - these are where the resorts located, Ritz Calton and the like. An oceanview room, even at lowly Hyatt Regency, runs you about $300 or more a night.

Kihei is the cheapest area in Maui in terms of lodging and beach access as Kama'ole Beach State Park is right at Kihei. (South side of Maui). From where you can easily drive to Wailea-Makena area which in my opinion, is the MOST BEAUTIFUL of Maui beach communities. Makena's nickname is Big Beach. Hotels in that area also are TOP NOTCH. Even if you may not pay the price but by all means check out Grand Wailea Resort (Four Season Hotel is also there)

I would suggest you to check out vacation rental / condo rental - for the same 300 a night you get a one bedroom flat with living room, big balcony, kitchen ... and true ocean view ... at a vacation rental versus a hotel.

http://amauivacationrental.com/index.shtml
you can also google vacational rental / condo rental and will get pages of information.
The one-bedroom condo at Makena Beach seaside looks pretty nice for $200 a night.

OAHU島:
在歐湖島上，除了知名的威基基海灘(Waikiki Beach)，歐湖島上有沙灘的海岸線總長有50多英裏。另外，檀香山市(Honolulu)，恐龍灣(Hanauma Bay)，珍珠港 (Pearl Harbor) 等，也都在歐湖島上。另外有名的觀光點有：伊奧拉尼皇宮(Iolani Palace)，卡美哈美哈一世塑像(Kamehameha Statue)，畢效魄博物館 (Bishop Museum) ，鑽石山頭(Diamond Head)，落日海灘 (Sunset Beach)，海洋公園 (Sea Life Park)，神聖瀑布公園 (Sacred Falls) ，玻理尼西亞文化中心 (Polynesian Cultural Center)，大風口 (Pali Lookout)等。
1. Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve: snorkeling, need to be there early in the morning or you wont have a chance to get in.
2. Lani's Beach
3. Polynesian culture center
4. Diamond head 山上看全景
5. Northshore:海灘日落和大浪。
6. 珍珠港
check out www.hawaiiweb.com
-The Palace (if you are up for culture)
-Dole pineapple plantation (I didn't take the train ride but enjoyed making a stop there and the pineapple ice cream)
-Have to admit I never went to the Polynesian culture center, having been to Oahu twice. But I enjoyed the drive to get there and making multiple stops along the way in different parks.
Two things to keep in mind:
1. visit Hawaii not only for scenery also for activities such as snookling, surfing, etc.
2. Many parks are not very well marked and can be easily missed. They did that on purpose.
3. I also enjoyed the smaller towns/villages off the beaten path, away from the tourist traps.

按顧劍先生的經驗,  http://web.wenxuecity.com/BBSView.php?SubID=travel&MsgID=22872
第一天向東環島，先是清晨登Diamond Head火山, 從diamond head繼續向東沿海岸主幹道不遠，到達Hanauma Bay。這裏是潛水看魚的最佳海灘，為什麽呢？水淺水清，魚多，除了這些基本條件以外，最優越的條件是這裏根本沒有波浪. 早起6點去Hanauma灣潛水？一來可以停車，二來早上水清，魚也沒有被驚擾。到中午以後遊人一多，腳蹼一拍，水開始混濁，很多魚也嚇跑了。而且那裏在早上7點半以後要收$1停車費，和$5門票(5年前我在那裏的時候是$3，漲價了。當地居民憑證免費)，如果7點半以前來，沒有人收費。這麽點錢倒不在乎，可關鍵問題是8點以後遊人會在售票口排起長龍，排隊的長度，快趕上珍珠港, 從Hanauma灣繼續向東，公路開始隨山勢升高，大約1英哩處，第2個觀景台，海邊有一處blow hole，海水衝進岩石空穴被強力擠壓向空中噴發形成. 從Blow Hole繼續向東，轉過一個海角，公路重新降回海平麵，就到達了Sea Life Park。我從海洋生物公園出來已經是下午3點鍾了，由北海岸從島中部的62號公路向南返回。這條路又叫Pali Highway，因為島中部山脈麵向北海岸平原的一側，是聯綿不斷直上直下的萬仞絕壁，恰似一麵屏風，而這條公路從這麵屏風當中海拔比較低的一個缺口越過。說是比較低，也有1-2千英尺了，可以想見，在這裏你將遭遇穿越全島的“穿堂風” 。在公路最高處有一個麵向北海岸平原的觀景台，絕對不可以錯過，這裏通常被稱為“大風口” ，正式叫作Pali Lookout。在這裏平常的日子，風力之大都能讓人立足不住，在絕壁頂端，可以全景地俯瞰整個北海岸平原和遠處的海天一線，景色相當壯闊。
第二天，我沿島南部的主幹線1號州際高速向西，越過檀香山市中心，直抵珍珠港。從珍珠港向西返回的路上，可以遊覽檀香山市中心. 在政府大廈隔壁，是夏威夷舊時的王宮，伊奧拉尼宮，
第三天北線一天，專門去玻利尼西亞文化中心，那裏概括地說是“民俗村”的性質，一定要選擇呆到晚上，參加Luau晚餐看表演，所以這一個地方就是一天。玻利尼西亞文化中心中午12點才開門，早晨和上午可以去北海岸的其他地方.

住在Wakiki海灘的旅館區.

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Travel between Oahu and Maui:
從Oahu到Maui島的飛機票應該提前訂,否則票價太貴. 夏威夷主要有三個航空公司:
http://www.hawaiianair.com/
http://www.alohaairlines.com/
http://www.islandair.com/


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毛伊島 （MAUI）：山穀之島

毛伊島總麵積比歐湖島大，是夏威夷群島中的第二大島，占地麵積為729平方英裏。可是總人口卻隻有歐湖島的八分之一，剛過十萬人口。海岸線總長為120英裏。


毛伊島以其山穀的秀麗著稱。島上最著名的旅遊聖地是"太陽之屋"（Haleakala）和十六世紀捕鯨時期形成的城市"捕鯨鎮"(Lahaina)。"太陽之屋"海拔一萬英尺以上，有成群的火山口交匯一處，遊客可以租車沿公路開到頂上，在那裏你會感到自己好象已經離開了地球，站到了月球上一樣。那裏還有一種高原花草叫"銀劍"，世界上隻有毛伊島的"太陽之屋"和大島的高山上才有，而且也瀕臨絕種，所以去了以後別忘了參觀一下。"捕鯨鎮"則完整地保存了十六世紀的風貌，古風古店依然，捕鯨的工具和船隻也輕靠在海岸，世界上最大的榕樹也在那裏。整個"捕鯨鎮"被國家列為國家公園。在"伊噢"山穀 (Iao Valley State Park)，還有針尖山 (Iao Needle)，肯尼迪肖像石 等值得一看。

坐直升飛機逛Maui很棒，可以看到自己走不到的原始森林和落差很到的瀑布。如果去Maui和Kauai，記著試試看一家叫做“Puka-dog”的hot dog, 他們加新鮮的水果在hot dog裏，很好吃。紀念品可以試試crazy shirts, 他們賣各式各樣design的T-shirt, 每個島上賣的都不一樣，很有特色，當然，咖啡和hawaiian shirt也是值得買的紀念品。

去毛伊島一定要帶兩季服裝。爬"太陽之屋" 要穿冬裝，因為山高，終年高處不勝寒；去"捕鯨鎮" 穿夏裝，"捕鯨鎮" 在夏威夷的土語裏意思是"炎熱的太陽"，熱得不得了。

HANA road drive (1 day),
Molokini snorkel diving (1/2 - 1 day, no experience needed) and
Haleakala Mountain (inactive volcano, 1/2 - 1 day)sunrise/sunset.

http://web.wenxuecity.com/BBSView.php?SubID=travel&MsgID=23393

http://amauivacationrental.com/index.shtml

出了機場你不會錯過那個costco,很多遊客去那裏買些東西，食品等。
要參加出海的trip，一定要早上去。
想看日出，3點多就得起床奔火山。
沙灘鞋是必須的，要不然看魚時會被礁石劃到。
熱帶雨林值得開車兜一圈，途中有個植物園不要錯過。

Another activity is the Atlantis submarine ride 100 ft below water to see all the tropical fish and coral reef. It is available on Maui, the Big Island Hawaii, and Oahu. I did it on both Maui & Big Island. Be sure to pick a nice clear day for the submarine ride.

Been to Maui several time, here is the suggestions.

1)
Westin Maui (<$250/night) located in the middle of Kaanapali Beach. One of the top 10 resort on the world. Food Village is nearby. Very reasonably priced at $10-15/person. Pretty landscape.

Second consideration will be Marriott two doors on the south. A little bit further to the food villiage. Landscape is pretty but flat.

If you play golf, it is on the other side of the hotel.

Good hotels take good spots.

2) Buba Gump's Shrimp in downtown Lahaina. (5 miles south of Kaanapali Beach) Good seafood, good price.

3) Prepare one whole trip if you want to go to back trial.

4) Save your money on Hula Dance. I don't like it much.

5) Take some motion sickness pill if you go on boat or helicoptor

Drive up the Haleakala in the afternoon and watch the sunset on the top, and the vault of heaven stars you maybe never see (Choose a no-moon day). Stay there for the night and then watch the sunrise. If possible hike around the volcanos.
The Napili, Kapalua and Honolua beaches in west Maui are quite beautiful.