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rugbymatt
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Joined: Jun 03, 2005
Posts: 1201
From: Sacramento
|  Posted: 2012-01-11 12:41 pm Permalink
Heading to Hawai'i on Friday, staying at the Royal Kona resort as well. If any of the local's want to meet up for a cocktail just let me know. Definitely hooking up with the Ginardis at Okolemaluna and staying where DtB is located. First vist to the Islands so I am hela-psyched!
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Hibiscus
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Joined: Sep 22, 2008
Posts: 201
From: Boston-ish
| Posted: 2012-01-11 1:46 pm Permalink
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On 2012-01-11 12:41, rugbymatt wrote:
Heading to Hawai'i on Friday, staying at the Royal Kona resort as well. If any of the local's want to meet up for a cocktail just let me know. Definitely hooking up with the Ginardis at Okolemaluna and staying where DtB is located. First vist to the Islands so I am hela-psyched!
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Matt, you are gonna have SO. MUCH. FUN! I'll bet you're excited! Baz and I are hoping to take our second stay on the Big Island in the fall - also staying at the Royal Kona, probably.
Enjoy! Hopefully you'll be able to post some pics when you get back!
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Mongoloid
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Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Posts: 555
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2012-01-12 09:58 am Permalink
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On 2012-01-11 12:41, rugbymatt wrote:
Heading to Hawai'i on Friday, staying at the Royal Kona resort as well. If any of the local's want to meet up for a cocktail just let me know. Definitely hooking up with the Ginardis at Okolemaluna and staying where DtB is located. First vist to the Islands so I am hela-psyched!
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Heading to Kona on Saturday January 14th for a week and plan on visiting Okolemaluna a few times while we are there, definately on the 19th because that's wifeys birthday. See you there!
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Alii Tiki
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Joined: Apr 24, 2008
Posts: 148
From: Kona, Hawaii & Palm Springs, California
| Posted: 2012-01-13 4:11 pm Permalink
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On 2012-01-11 12:41, rugbymatt wrote:
Heading to Hawai'i on Friday, staying at the Royal Kona resort as well. If any of the local's want to meet up for a cocktail just let me know. Definitely hooking up with the Ginardis at Okolemaluna and staying where DtB is located. First vist to the Islands so I am hela-psyched!
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rugbymatt & mongoloid
I would love to meet up for a few at Okolemaluna or even Don's Mai Tai bar there at the Royal Kona, tonight (Friday the 13th) I'm headed up to the Kahilu Theatre in Waimea to catch Maceo Parker flowing some funk upon the island, Saturday has been confirmed for an Ohana gathering, Sunday downtown Alii Drive is closed down for the monthly Village Stroll which will include live Hawaiian music and Hula performances on the lawn at Hulihee Palace directly downtown Kona> Perhaps afterwards or even early next week, you're on vacation so kick back and enjoy the island, if you surf - there has been consistent swell for almost a week straight.
Hope we can get a chance to hang at some point.
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BigToe
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Joined: Nov 07, 2006
Posts: 715
From: Southern California
| Posted: 2012-01-16 10:38 am Permalink
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On 2010-01-27 17:01, Mongoloid wrote:
These are called Mini Coupes and are a great way to get around Waikiki, to go by Baileys get a Hawaiian shirt, stop at Leonards and get some malasadas, swing by Ono Hawaiian and get some lau lau and poi. Cant go on the highway with these but you can go over to Kailua and cruise around town exploring. Easy to park! They rent em at the Hawaiian Monarch. Shoots i think the phone # is on the picture (808) area code.
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where u put da surfboard, brah?!?!?
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1496
From: OAHU, Hawaii.
| Posted: 2012-01-16 9:00 pm Permalink
Aloha,
Doing a Waikiki Tiki Walking Tour this Wednesday (1/18/12) at Noon... If anyone is in town, happy to meet up. Banyan Tree, Moana hotel. Be there by 12:05 at latest. Takes an hour and is free, plus you'll hear the VOICE of Don the Beachcomber.
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SouthPacificTodd
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Joined: Sep 09, 2012
Posts: 2 | Posted: 2012-11-02 10:54 am Permalink
I want to recommend this tour. It is by far the best Pearl Harbor experience possible. It makes "pick-ups" at the major hotels, gets into secret areas on all bases active 12/07/1941, breaks for lunch at an officer’s club and has excellent prices in the Tiki bar/ museum. Here is a link to the tour details and one to their new brewing company.
http://www.pearlharborhq.com/pearl_harbor_tour.html
http://www.hotbbc.com/
Mahalo!
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bamalamalu
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Joined: Mar 20, 2006
Posts: 389 | Posted: 2012-11-26 7:40 pm Permalink
Just spent a week and a half on Oahu and the Big Island. Most of the places we visited have already been discussed here, so I won't duplicate, but there is one Kona location didn't see mentioned. Rays on the Bay at the Sheraton in Keauhou actually had one of the best Mai Tais we found. We're not convinced they followed their advertised recipe exactly (they were missing the mint, at least), these are a lime/rum mix with no OJ or pineapple juice. Just behind the bar/area, the hotel has spotlights that shine into the water at night, attracting plankton & Manta Rays. It's an easy way to see them without even having to get wet!
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Alii Tiki
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Joined: Apr 24, 2008
Posts: 148
From: Kona, Hawaii & Palm Springs, California
| Posted: 2012-11-28 5:05 pm Permalink
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On 2012-11-26 19:40, bamalamalu wrote:
there is one Kona location didn't see mentioned. Rays on the Bay at the Sheraton in Keauhou actually had one of the best Mai Tais we found.
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Aloha bamalamalu,
Rays on the Bay is very new, opened just last month I believe, you're the third person I've heard mention that the drinks are worth trying. I'll be letting you know what my experience is like.
Here's a link to the drink menu.
http://www.raysonthebay.com/menus/signature-cocktails-2/
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christiki295
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2012-12-19 11:16 pm Permalink
Summary of Tiki in Hawaii:
http://sueelliot.com/2012/11/11/tiki-a-day
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tikilongbeach
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Posts: 741
From: LBC via DFW
| Posted: 2012-12-28 08:46 am Permalink
Sunset Magazine always has a lot of Hawaii travel tips.
Top 29 dining spots of Hawaii
www.sunset.com/travel/hawaii-mexico/food-hawaii-00418000075199/
The January 2013 issue has a big article on Hawaii.
www.sunset.com/travel/hawaii-mexico/aloha-secrets-00418000080534/
Beginner's guide to Kauai
www.sunset.com/travel/hawaii-mexico/beginners-guide-to-kauai-hawaii-00418000071642/
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TikiTina
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Joined: Jan 22, 2004
Posts: 9
From: Claremont, CA
| Posted: 2013-02-28 1:05 pm Permalink
Going to Oahu at the end of April. SO excited! This will be the last of our big vacations for my husband and I. I am now 7 weeks pregnant with our first child 
Aside from Leonard's, Chuck's, Rainbow Drive-In, and International Marketplace... what are some good suggestions for a vivacious appetite?
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Mongoloid
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Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Posts: 555
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2013-05-09 2:12 pm Permalink
Next time your on the Big Island reserve an excursion with my old high school buddy Jeff Dickinson to get up and close with Pele and the lava flow. He has alot of knowledge of Kilauea and the islands and will make sure you are safe while you get to experience mother nature at work.
http://bigislandlavatour.com/
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TikiSpeer
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 29, 2013
Posts: 30
From: Sydney Australia
| Posted: 2013-05-11 04:12 am Permalink
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On 2012-01-16 21:00, Phillip Roberts wrote:
Aloha,
Doing a Waikiki Tiki Walking Tour this Wednesday (1/18/12) at Noon... If anyone is in town, happy to meet up. Banyan Tree, Moana hotel. Be there by 12:05 at latest. Takes an hour and is free, plus you'll hear the VOICE of Don the Beachcomber.
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Hi We will be at Waikiki in 9 weeks, could you please tell me about this Waikiki Tiki Walking Tour.
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Kiwi Steve
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Joined: Mar 22, 2012
Posts: 124
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2013-05-11 1:24 pm Permalink
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On 2010-01-27 17:01, Mongoloid wrote:
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LOOK OUT FOR THAT VAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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