hawaii is amazing!!! i did maui kauai and ohau...maui there is alot to do..the hyatt in kauai is def the place you would want to stay...in ohau we were in waikeiki which was very crowd...very city like but alot of shopping...i also am selling the hawaii guide if your interested
we just got back from 10 nights in hawaii...we did four on oahu and six on maui...honestly maui is GORGEOUS but we liked oahu better, maybe because we like instant gratification and everything was at our fingertips because it really is like a cleaner, smaller, friendlier version of NYC with less skyscrapers and better weather and a beach. maui was beautiful but it took too long to get anywhere and we were disppointed with our resort, which was a westin. on oahu we stayed at the outrigger reef on the beach, and it was phenomenal. we went to the aquarium and zoo, hiked diamondhead crater (which i recommend, the view was beautiful), went to the international marketplace, and of course pearl harbor which is very sad and very historic...one regret is that we did not have an extra day to rent a car, go tour the north shore and visit the polynesian cultural center, or at least take a circle island tour. please make sure you do that if you visit oahu. on maui we did the road to hana but we drove ourselves, and i think thats better than a tour because we were on our own timetable. we tried to do the sunrise at haleakala but i had a panic attack at 8000 feet and couldnt drive any further, and it was really ruined for us, so if you go i would definitely do the bike tour because someone else drives you up there. we should have done that, and its my biggest regret about hawaii. we rented a jeep so when we did the road to hana, we were able to do a complete circle around the island past hana on a pretty desolate and bumpy road, which was definitely interesting but i cant imagine doing it in a lower car. we also saw the 7 sacred pools at oheo gulch but ran out of daylight, another regret. there is a resident of hawaii who wrote these awesome books, i think his name is andrew doughty, and the one i picked up was maui revealed, which told us every single interesting and fascinating thing to do on maui from a residents point of view, and we found so many little nooks and crannies on maui to explore that arent universally known. i think he also wrote about the other islands, because i think i saw an oahu revealed book in the bookstore, so definitely look into that and i think it will really help you plan your trip. i wish i had bought those books BEFORE the trip to plan for it. any questions, please feel free to ask, and good luck!
