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Halemaumau: Where the Earth Smokes & Glows

March 9, 2010
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Halemaumau: Where the Earth Smokes & Glows

How do you describe watching a crater billow with smoke and glow from a lava lake that’s hundreds of feet below the surface? Somehow the words amazing and incredible just don’t do enough to adequately describe this sight. As you are making your vacation plans for the Big Island of Hawaii, I hope...
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Go Visit Hawaii Facebook Community

March 8, 2010
By Island Tips
Go Visit Hawaii Facebook Community

I’m excited to announce that we’ve launched a Facebook Community for Go Visit Hawaii. If you are on Facebook, please join the Go Visit Hawaii community . The goal of the community is to provide a fun new way for readers to interact, share photos, memories, and suggestions. It will also be a...
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Aloha Friday Photo & Story Via Italy

March 5, 2010
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Aloha Friday Photo & Story Via Italy

Laura and Marco Dinaro are two very delightful, longtime readers of Go Visit Hawaii all the way from Milano, Italy. They recently wrote me to share a couple of their vacation photos from the Big Island of Hawaii. Laura and Marco’s photos relate to their experience touring a Kona coffee farm where they...
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What’s the Weather Like on Maui?

March 3, 2010
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What’s the Weather Like on Maui?

Today, we’re going to revisit a blast from the past post – Maui Weather Forecast Resources For Your Vacation -  originally posted in August, 2008. Though this post is an oldie, it’s still packed full of useful Maui weather forecast resources.
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Hawaii – There’s an App for That

March 2, 2010
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Hawaii – There’s an App for That

We’ve discovered that many folks access Go Visit Hawaii via their iPhone when they are in Hawaii. So, when my friend Dave passed along this list of Hawaii- themed iPhone applications , I thought you would want to know about them. In that app list, there’s some very useful free apps like: Hawaii...
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Visiting Thurston Lava Tube

March 1, 2010
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Visiting Thurston Lava Tube

Did you know that on the Big Island of Hawaii. you can  walk underground where lava flowed hundreds of years ago? You can do just that at Thurston Lava Tube inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park , just off Crater Rim Drive.
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Hawaii Tourism Authority’s Post-Tsunami Statement

February 28, 2010
By Island Tips
Hawaii Tourism Authority’s Post-Tsunami Statement

I know many of us were saying prayers and holding our breath today when we learned of the tsunami warning in Hawaii today. Thankfully, there was no reported  damage. The  Hawaii Tourism Authority issued the following statement following the tsunami.: “At approximately 1:40 p.m., the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center cancelled the tsunami warning...
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Aloha Friday Photo: A Match Made in Heaven…er Hawaii

February 26, 2010
By Island Tips
Aloha Friday Photo: A Match Made in Heaven…er Hawaii

I found today’s Aloha Friday Photo submission to be very, very amusing. Only in Hawaii would this combination of SPAM and macadamia nuts come together. I wouldn’t mind trying this nutty concoction, but I’m quite fond of the milk chocolate, toffee covered macadamia nuts. So, what do you think of this flavor combination
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Hawaii Vacation Deals & News Roundup: February 24, 2010

February 24, 2010
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Hawaii Vacation Deals & News Roundup: February 24, 2010

Hawaii continues to be on sale! Check out these deals that I think are especially good offers. * I rarely see deals for the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort in the Ko’Olina resort area of Oahu. So, when I saw this deal for $199 per night , I had to let you know. That’s...
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Oahu’s Top 3 LOST Scenes Where LOST Is Filmed

February 23, 2010
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Oahu’s Top 3 LOST Scenes Where LOST Is Filmed

As a fans of the hit television show LOST , we had a blast finding the filming locations from some of our favorite scenes around Oahu . Finding some of the locations was a bit of a treasure hunt and we made some mistakes along the way. Through our experiences, I am able...
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