Hawaii Tourism

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To have a really interesting experience in Hawaii, you need to hire a car as a means of traveling. Many travelers choose tours by bus to visit the island. You can also go to self-sufficiency by bus, taxi and other public facilities are always ready to serve in the island.

Dress

When deciding to Hawaii, have the right clothes with style and your travel plans. Let's hit the road with a gentle clothes, spacious and comfortable.

Daytime

- Shorts, sandals or some kind of good shoes for walking

- Short sleeve or long sleeve shirts

- Hats and sunglasses

- Swimming trunks (for men), swimsuit or bikini (for women)

Dark

- Clothing and casual shirts for men and women

- Skirts long (or short) and cardigan (or blouse) (for women)

- Bathrobes (if you intend to one of the best restaurants in Hawaii)

- T-shirt or light jacket

In special cases

You will need warm clothes if you plan to visit the Volcanoes National Park or the top of the mountain Mauna Kea, Big Island, or Haleakala National Park in Maui. This also applies in case you spend a lot of holidays at the beach or plan to increase road trip in Hawaii. The weather can be cold if you want to take the time to explore one of the islands so bring a coat or shirt. It should also take into consideration:

- Lightweight bathrobe or windbreaker

- Long pants

- Walking shoes

What should bring?

Fly to Hawaii to fly to other places in the world. Many plants and animals from elsewhere in the world can harm the unique environment, agriculture and communities of Hawaii. Before deciding to fly to Hawaii, you will be required local authorities filled declarations on agricultural safety.

- Passengers to Hawaii to bring fresh fruits and vegetables; flowers and flowers; the plant roots and cuttings, or seaweed; seeds and nuts; crop land, marine animals such as lobsters, clams, oysters; bacteria, fungi cultured; or insects, fish and amphibians ... must be declared with the local authorities and submitted to the Agency Inspection Quarantine of Hawaii at baggage claim area.

- If you travel with live animals, you need to report to local authorities and airlines before you take flight.

- All live animals are transferred to the department Babysitting and Animal Quarantine of airlines and passengers are not accompanied during the flight.

Luggage

- Do not bring luggage to the airport prohibited. If not, chances are you will be prosecuted civil or criminal, or at least you will be back yoke and asked to leave the baggage that offense. A baggage scanner or a staff representative for the law will decide on will depend on the severity of the incident. Bring prohibited items to the security check area, albeit unwittingly, are also illegal.

- From May 8/2007, Administrative Agency of Transportation Security America (TSA) will not prohibit carrying conventional lighters in hand luggage. TSA also amend the laws relating to the carrying amount of milk is more than 3 ounces (80 ml) if they are declared at the security check area.

- Avoid wearing shoes, clothing, jewelry and other accessories that contain metal

- Limit bring gifts were packed. The luggage should be sent packing before. Just bring gifts and wrap them not pack when you arrive. If your luggage packed vibrating alarm, TSA luggage had to open it up to investigate. (How to check luggage when going through the scanner can vary, depending on the facilities at each airport)

- Hand luggage is limited to 01 and 01 handbag luggage comes privacy. Personal luggage can be laptops, purses, small backpacks, small suitcases, camera. Remember that 1 + 1.

- Ensure that no more than two suitcases luggage per person.

- Do not get too wrapped up in each heavy luggage. Each checked baggage can weigh up to 50 pounds (22.68kg) if domestic flights and 70 pounds (31.75kg) if you Intl (For Americans, Hawaii is considered domestic tourism) and not costs you nothing.

- Please put luggage on the luggage stamp. Do not forget to paste a stamp on the laptop. Computer is one of the things most easily overlooked in the security check area.

Shopping

In Hawaii , you will discover a whole world of shopping malls, department stores selling luxury brand, the agency introduced a product of the plant, the fashion clothing store, jewelry shop and sell products made ​​in Hawaii. Many shopping areas in Hawaii also provide free delivery service to major hotels.

- Decide what products you are interested in, then view a map to know where you can find them and how best to get there.

- Visit the website as www.gohawaii.com, introducing unique plans for the trip includes plans for a shopping trip.

- Bring the lightweight luggage and one to three empty pockets to store items while back.

- Can freight when returning by ship. Some businesses and hotels will guide you through the procedures for transport by ship.

Personal Safety

No matter where you travel, it is necessary to pay attention to what happens around him. Many visitors are very excited to Hawaii , and was attracted by the beautiful scenery and even hospitality here, they tend to be not too wary to anything and do not follow the usual routine.

Disaster Warning

Center National Weather Service storm warning and the Pacific in Honolulu (National Weather Service Central Pacific Hurricane Center) will help you keep track of the weather and give warnings weather and natural disasters (if available) before to a certain island in Hawaii.

Tsunamis

Hawaii has developed a system for tsunami warnings to residents and visitors.

- Listing in Hawaii has outlined the key coastal areas are of flash floods in the event of a tsunami. Defense Agency in Hawaii early warning program Forecasting and Warning statewide by sirens.

- A forecast is issued in case a tsunami is likely to rise.

- A warning is issued when a tsunami devastated the risk is approaching the island of Hawaii. With the tsunami was accumulating outside Hawaii, but closer to the island of Hawaii, the alarm will emit at least 3 hours before the first wave struck.

- If a warning is issued when you're in Waikiki Beach, Oahu, you need to find a place of concrete or steel nearest and climb on the floor height of 6 or higher.

- If you are in coastal areas on the island of Maui, Kauai, Molokai and Lanai, you have to move inland to higher ground tissue.

- Do not order the evacuation of the predicted tsunami was not generated. Listen to instructions emanating from the speakers alarm. Let's move away from the danger zone until the signal "Safe" official broadcast.

- A strong earthquake in the island of Hawaii can be the cause of the tsunami. If you feel the ground shake, move to the mainland in the areas of higher ground water.

Hurricanes and typhoons shock level 8

Tropical storm and hurricane 8 rarely landed in Hawaii, but Hawaii's hurricane season occurs from June to about the end of November with high winds, heavy rains, flooding and rising sea waves.

- Defense Agency Hawaii early warning program "Forecasting and Warning" statewide by sirens.

- A forecast is issued when hurricane or tropical storm 8 is likely to happen in a particular area, usually within 36 hours.

A warning is issued for an eighth hurricane / tropical storm at high risk occurs in a specific area, usually within 24 hours.

Cuisine

In Hawaii, the most popular fast food is rustic but you may encounter anywhere on the street. Ask any natives in Hawaii where they like to eat lunch, you will get the answer as rice plate (plates lunch) traditional Hawaii consists of rice, meat, vegetables or salad.

Hawaii is also known for bento (a popular bento in Japan consists of rice, fish, meat, vegetables or pickles), spam musubiss (salted rice ball with a slice of raw or cooked ham and dried seaweed on top roll around) - dishes can be found in any store any disk rice, and snacks like furikake (dry milled mixture of fish, sesame, seaweed, sugar, salt and spices) or mochi ( type of dumpling made from rice flour in Japan and China) mixed with corn.

In Hawaii, even the McDonald's fast food restaurants also serve breakfast Hawaii style with rice, eggs and Portuguese sausage.

Go to Hawaii, you can not ignore the rich seafood dishes. One of the seafood dishes are lighter favorite ahi (appetizer made with raw tuna) or tako poke (Korean appetizers made from raw fish member states).

Two famous Japanese cuisine and sushi shashimi seafood dishes are more popular fish dishes prepared in the usual way at Hawaii. If you do not like seafood, you can enjoy fish do not like sushi sushi sushi vegetables and meat. Although Japanese cuisine, but in Hawaii you will find sushi is wrapped and presented in a unique style of the island of Hawaii.

Haupia (coconut cake), luaus (chocolate covered cake) dessert dish is popular in Hawaii. You will also be attracted by li hing mui dish (salted dried plums) are sold in the shops selling snacks. Here you will also be able to purchase seeded and seedless plum, or you can buy candy powder embedded worms and bear form.

In particular, in Hawaii you have the opportunity to taste poi made from taro plant was invented by those who first arrived in Hawaii in about 400 years BC. This dish exists today and become a favorite food of the locals.

Cake poi for a few days can be eaten with salted fish or fish eggs. Locals can also use sour poi bread.Although the local delicacies as poi are but a number of tourists to Hawaii is not my dish.

Completion of the US delegation at the Polynesian DL, Hawaii

Yacht

There are many sailboats from around the world flock to Hawaii, Tahiti, Bora Bora annually.

Cruise Holidays (sailing vacation) between the islands of Hawaii has the advantage of a small boat team, and go along with the feeling of being challenged with the waves, you will be participating in activities such as sea scuba diving , snorkel, swim ... Captain of the yacht will lead you to visit numerous reefs, explore life under the sea creatures and visit scenic spots on the island.

A boat tour lasts from 3 days to 1 week at the island's birthday as Kauai, Oahu, Maui and the Big Island(another name for the island of Hawaii), depending on the starting point of the cruise. Currently there are hundreds of tour is designed to Hanolulu and beaches of Waikiki , is the most popular boat tour to Oahu from Waikiki where you can snorkel, scuba.

Tour boat to the sea in Hawaii with dolphins frolic in the water is also very popular. You can also catch whales and green sea turtles are swimming distance. The cruise combined with watching whales, dolphins, sea turtles this type usually serves breakfast, lunch, and snacks.

There are also boat tours through Volcanoes National Park; sunset boat tour with a dinner at the restaurant depart from Waikiki beach, go around Diamond Head volcano and the beautiful coastline wonderful.

Golf

As an archipelago favored by beautiful natural scenery, Hawaii is the gathering place of the 101 golf courses - the place where many golf tournaments dramatic and exciting golf tournaments. Hawaii every year attracts millions of people around the world to play golf, golf tours and golf tournaments.

The golf course was built in Hawaii in the lush tropical forest, with lava flows of dry black licorice root, is the distinction with any golf course in the United States.

The design of the golf course is very unique, from the blue hole and sometimes appear to roughen the volcanic hole to the devilish looks gorgeous coast. The golf course at present most of the island of Hawaii 6, but the focus of many top 10 golf courses in Hawaii is Honolulu, Kailua Kona, and Ewa Beach.

Surf

Hawaii is known as one of the most famous surf spots in the world. The Resort in Oahu, Big Island, and Maui hotels and many other hotels in the island are teachers teaching professional surfer popular these exercises to groups or individual students. The surf spots in Hawaii vary depending on the season and the wind direction changes.

Some beaches north of the island of Oahu has very suitable for surfing in winter, so in winter the beach here is packed surf traveler. The storm on the island creating big waves full of challenges.

From May to October is the best time of the summer to professional surfers flock to the south coast where the Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head.

Kauai Island also focus some of the best surf spots in Hawaii, including Poipu Beach, Bay Halalei, Tunnels Beach and Nawiliwili harbor. Surfing in Hanalei Bay are foreigners and locals the most popular. From May to October, surfing beaches on the southern Kioho is most interesting because waves can rise from 3 to 15 feet, creating a spectacular unforgettable experience.

Volcano

Much of the area of ​​Hawaii is made up of five volcanoes, each volcano shape the differences, the majority just round knob shaped cosh term, small slope. The eruption was one of the most spectacular sights in Hawaii.

Volcanoes National Park is home to guide visitors learn the history of the volcano, volcanic activity calendar, and Toe officials welcomed visitors volcano resting in hotels and resorts areas near the volcano. National Park covers an area of ​​1348 km2, with varied environments from sea level to the summit of the mountain Mauna Loa is the largest at 13,677 feet coordinates.

Kilauea, one of the most active mountain to see the way in which Hawaii is constructed and give visitors vivid spectacle of volcanic eruptions.