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- Experience Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico May 29, 2019
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- Tinkertown Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 15, 2019
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Category Archives: Oahu
Best of Oahu Activities: Pearl Harbor Memorial
Top Picks: Pearl Harbor Memorial (Historical, Leeward) If you ask me, no trip to Oahu is complete without a visit to the Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial site (1 Arizona Memorial Place Honolulu, HI 96818). The National Park … Continue reading
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Tagged boat ride, bowfin, december 7th, documentary, film, free, hawaii, historical, history, honolulu, infamy, leeward, memorial, military history, museum, national park service, oahu, pearl harbor, pearl harbor memorial, tour, uss arizona, uss bowfin, uss missouri, ww2, wwII
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Best of Oahu Off the Beaten Path: An Arch, a Blowhole, and a Shrine
The Arch (Natural Attraction, Windward) If you park at the Halona Blowhole parking lot (Kalanianaole Highway heading east in Honolulu) and walk across the highway, head west past where the rail ends, you’ll be heading in the right direction. You … Continue reading
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Tagged blowhole, buddhist, buddhist guardian, cacti, cactus, cultural, fishing shrine, flower, free, geyser, halona, halona blowhole, hawaii, hike, hiking glove, honolulu, japanese, jizo, koko crater botanical garden, koko head, lava, maui, natural attraction, nature, oahu, off the beaten path, offering, religious, religious site, shrine, star flower, starflower, the arch, trail, wildflower, windward
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Best of Oahu Off the Beaten Path: Spitting Caves
Spitting Caves (Natural Attraction, Windward) This was a little tricky to find, but I love a good natural attraction (Intersection of Popipu and Lumahai in Honolulu. Take Lumahai down to the end and park, nice residential area). We followed the … Continue reading
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Tagged blow hole, blowhole, blue, cave, deep blue, free, Fun, hawaii, honolulu, natural attraction, oahu, ocean, spitting cave, spitting caves, star gazing, stargazing, windward
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Best of Oahu Off the Beaten Path: Pu’u O’Mahuka Heiau
Pu’u O’Mahuka Heiau (History, Northshore) This is a tiny park full of history is tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the northshore on a great hill overlooking the ocean (Pupukea Homestead Road from Kamehameha Highway [across from Pupukea … Continue reading
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Tagged free, Fun, hawaii, Heiau, hike, history, kamehameha, nature, northshore, oahu, ocean, ocean view, offerings, Pu'u O'Mahuka, Pu'u O'Mahuka Heiau, Pupukea, PuuOMahuka, temple, trail
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Best of Oahu Off the Beaten Path: Makua Cave
Makua Cave (Natural Attraction, Leeward) A quick stop on the way to or from Ka’ena Point you can find the entrance to this cave at Farrington Highway mile marker 17. There is a dirt parking lot directly across the street … Continue reading
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Tagged cave, eerie, farrington highway, free, hawaii, Ka’ena Point, leeward, makua cave, natural attraction, nature, oahu, spelunking, spooky
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Best of Oahu Off the Beaten Path: Chinatown Cultural Plaza
Chinatown Cultural Plaza (Cheap Eats, Culture, Honolulu) On the first day we visited this place seemed so mysterious (100 North Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96817). It was drizzling and foggy, the scent of incense cloaked the air. Few people, none … Continue reading
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Tagged cheap eats, china town, china town cultural plaza, chinatown, Chinatown Cultural Plaza, chinese, chinese culture, cultural plaza, culture, donuts, dumplings, guava, hawaii, honolulu, incense, lunch, manapua, mochi, mysterious, oahu, off the beaten path, picnic, regal bakery, royal kitchen, shopping, snack
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Best of Oahu Off the Beaten Path: Aloha Stadium Swap Meet
Top Picks: Aloha Stadium Swap Meet (Shopping, Leeward) It’s always nice to return to the mainland with gifts from Hawaii for your Ohana. Staying in Waikiki, all of the shops had ridiculously overpriced tags. I looked for gifts everywhere I … Continue reading
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Tagged aeia, affordable, aloha stadium, aloha stadium swap, aloha stadium swap meet, cheap finds, Fun, haggle, hawaii, jewelry, leeward, mac nuts, oahu, off the beaten path, sea glass, seashells, shopping, silver, souvenirs, swap, swap meet
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Best of Oahu Botanical Gardens: Wahiawa
Wahiawa Botanical Garden (Educational, Northshore) This is the garden we visited on our way to the northshore one day. It is located close to the Dole Plantation and opens a half an hour earlier, so we were there right as … Continue reading
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Tagged act of kindness, botanical garden, candle tree, colorful, dole plantation, eucalyptus, explore, flora, flower, free, Fun, garden, hawaii, mape, maui, northshore, oahu, rain, rainbow eucalyptus, rainbow eucalyptus tree, tree, umbrella, wahiawa, wahiawa botanical garden
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Best of Oahu Botanical Gardens: Koko Crater
Koko Crater Botanical Gardens (Educational, Windward) This was the first botanical garden we went to on the island. We hiked Koko Head earlier in the morning, then checked out some oddball spots such as: the spitting cave, the arch, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 mile, birding, blowhole, botanical gardens, cacti, cactus, cattle egret, equestrian center, flowers, garden, Gokoku Kaiseki, hanola blowhole, hawaii, he arch, hike, horses, japenese cuisine, koko crater, koko crater botanical gardens, koko head, loop trail, mind blowing, nature, oahu, pacific golden plovers, plovers, plumeria, spitting cavet, trail, trees, windward
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