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Exploring Waianae Coast on your Oahu Hawaii Vacation

There’s a part of Hawaii that very few tourists ever experience: Waianae on the westernmost edge of Oahu. We recently took a ride out to…

Moanalua Golf Course: A Day at Hawaii’s Oldest Course

Are you looking for a historical and scenic experience while golfing in Hawaii? Moanalua Golf Course is in a gorgeous location in Honolulu, and it’s…

Old Hawaii Sugarcane Plantations are home to fun Adventures

Back in the turn-of-the-century, the majority of the irrigation ditches used to distribute water to the sugar cane fields were built by Japanese immigrants. These…

You Won’t Get a Curse If You Bring These Back From Hawaii

If you’re planning a trip to Hawaii, you should really think about bringing something unique back to remember your trip. In previous posts we’ve discussed…

You’ll See Lots of Tattoos When You Visit Hawaii

More and more people are wearing tattoos these days, all over the world. The social stigma is far less than it’s been over the years,…

Be Sure to Try Dim Sum on Your Hawaii Vacation

Dim sum has become a celebrated culinary tradition in Hawaii, reflecting the state’s multicultural Asian influence. Chinese immigrants brought dim sum to Hawaii in the…

Visit Chinatown on Hawaii Vacation for Diverse Food and Many Things To Do & Buy

Some time back we wrote about Downtown Honolulu’s emerging Arts District, an area where art galleries, theaters and urbane restaurants now are attracting sophisticated residents…

Visit Chinatown on Hawaii Vacation for Diverse Food and Many Things To Do & Buy

Some time back we wrote about Downtown Honolulu’s emerging Arts District, an area where art galleries, theaters and urbane restaurants now are attracting sophisticated residents…

Consider the USS Arizona an Essential Part of Your Hawaii Vacation

Plan on it. It’s Hawaii’s most visited attraction for a reason. The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor on Oahu lures 1,500,000 people a year,…

Oahu traffic – getting around the island

There is a construction staging area for roadwork projects in and around Honolulu below the HAT Blog Home Office, and it’s busy. It’s got us…

Manoa Valley Inn

The Manoa Valley Inn is a small, off-the-beaten-path 7-room bed and breakfast. Its eclectic Victorian architecture is full of Hawaii history, having been owned by…

Bringing Back the Waikiki Natatorium

For the past several decades, a massive concrete structure has been quietly deteriorating on the Diamond Head side of Waikiki. Metal gates rusted by salt…