"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:45:17 -0800, "Mimi" wrote:
>
>> Traffic gets thick in and around Honolulu. If you want to see the other
>> parts of Oahu, have you considered staying some place other than Waikiki
>> or
>> even Honolulu? Drive in once, not trying to get out several times. I
>> stayed
>> at Waikiki once, will never return, though I might stay on the windward
>> side
>> of Oahu. Waikiki and Honolulu are not what I go to Hawaii for.
>
>
> Although I've visited Hawaii several times, I've never stayed on Oahu
> at all (only the big island, Maui and Kauai). We have an upcoming trip
> to Australia probably flying out of Los Angeles), and I was thinking
> of breaking up the long flight by staying on Oahu, two nights in each
> direction.
>
> Given that we'd be there for only two nights (probably only little
> more than one full day) and won't have time to see very much of the
> island, do you have any recommendations as to where to stay?
>
Well, we liked our stay at Turtle Bay. But we had a rental car. You could
stay up north on the windward side with a car on one pass-through and in
Honolulu without a car on the other. There are buses around the island but
with only a day the schedule might limit you too much.
Marianne
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