Post #787469 by Cammo on Mon, Jun 4, 2018 1:12 PM

Yeah, once you talk to the locals and ask them where the best beaches are for your kids, and the best Kalua Pork, and inquire about inexpensive Japanese food they treat you like Uncle Brah.

Every morning I'd go for a big walk and hit all the front lobbies of the biggest hotels for free coffee & snacks, sit around on their cushy chairs and watch the sun come up. Incredible vacation.

I always bring a book that was written in Hawaii; last time it was the first Charlie Chan book ever written, a vintage edition, I strolled over and read it at the Halekulani & in the lounge chairs at Lewer's - that's where Earl Derr Biggers actually wrote it. The action in the book takes place at the Royal Hawaiian next door, super easy to visit the locations. Incredible experience. Total cost of this part of the trip: $0.