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Travel ‘N Tourism NewsHawaii ®  –   October, 2003
Aloha and welcome to TNT NewsHawaii®!
TNT NewsHawaii® is an ongoing monthly newsletter we send to people like you who visit our website and request information about Hawaii. The newsletter is just one way we hope to keep you connected with Hawaii before and after your visits to the islands.

 

 

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For readers of this newsletter only – find great discounts and other cost saving packages from major travel providers. Just look for the words “TNT Special.”

* Coming Events (see below)
Discover exciting upcoming events on Kauai, Maui, the Big Island, and Oahu.

* Best (Hidden) Places Hawaii (see below)
Find your way to the special places in Hawaii that other visitors may miss.

* Taste of Hawaii Recipe (see below)
Try a mouthwatering Hawaiian recipe from one of the most-renowned chefs in the islands.

* Travel Tips (see below)
Hawaii is so unique that it even has its own time zone. Enjoy the latest pointers from our collection of travel ideas to enhance your Hawaiian vacation.

* Ask the Big Kahuna (see below)
Find answers to questions from travelers. Submit a question for the Big Kahuna to answer in a future issue.

Kauai
November 23, 2003
11TH ANNUAL HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR FESTIVAL “KAUAI STYLE”
The Kauai Slack Key Guitar Festival is held at Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club in Lihue, 12 noon to 6 p.m. The festival is free to the public. Many of the island’s top slack key guitar artists will be featured.

Maui
November 8 & 9, 2003
OLD HAWAII WOODEN SURFBOARD SERIES
The Hawaiian Longboard Federation presents this event where surfers compete on wooden surfboards with no fins. This will be the first competition in modern times with these solid wood boards that weigh in at 50+ lbs.

Big Island of Hawaii
November 7 – November 16, 2003
33RD ANNUAL KONA COFFEE CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Cultural foods, farms tours, coffee competitions, parades, colorful dances, music, art and crafts, and world famous Kona coffee. More than 30 events take visitors from the sandy shores of Kailua Bay to the verdant coffee fields along the slopes of Mount Hualalai.

Oahu/Waikiki
November 6-8, 2003
12TH ANNUAL WORLD INVITATIONAL HULA FESTIVAL
Halau hula from California, Mexico and Japan return to the source to join with halau hula from Hawaii and share their love of hula, Hawaiian culture and language. Participants perform both ancient and modern hula. Waikiki Shell, Waikiki.

For contact details and a complete annual calendar of events by month for each of the Hawaiian Islands, visit our online Events Calendar.


 

Pleasant Holidays

TNT SPECIAL: Pleasant Holidays has terrific rates on Hawaii packages, at some of your favorite hotels & resorts. Below are five night prices from all over the US at the OHANA Waikiki Surf, or upgrade and stay right on the beach at the Outrigger Reef. Packages include air, five nights hotel accommodations, airport transfers, flower lei greetings, all hotel taxes & more! Please mention this Best Places Hawaii Newsletter when you make your reservation for any of the mentioned specials.

Newark – $699 / $879, Chicago – $699 / $879, Seattle – $569/739, Los Angeles – $479/659, San Francisco – $479/659

Rates shown are per person, based on double occupancy for select travel through 12/10/03. Call for other travel dates! Rates & inclusions are subject to: change, holiday/seasonal supplements, blackout dates, availability and any restrictions.
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Pleasant Holidays offers low rates on travel to Hawaii. Get price quotes and confirm your trip online fast at PleasantHolidays.com. We have great airfare, car and hotel packages at your favorite hotels with air only on scheduled carriers from all over the United States!

Contact: Todd Castor
Toll Free: 1-800-742-9244
Pleasant Holidays Website: https://www.pleasantholidays.com

 


 

Activity Warehouse – Hawaii

TNT SPECIAL: Visit our Premier Online Booking Company web site to reserve quality activities with the best recreational providers at great discounts. We can help you realize the perfect vacation. We wish you a warm Aloha from Paradise. Be sure to mention Best Places Hawaii to take advantage of any unadvertised specials.
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There are over 500 activities in Hawaii, so let a knowledgeable and experienced Activity Coordinator help chart your course for fun and adventure! If you are planning to make reservations for one or more of the exciting activities Hawaii has to offer, the Activity Warehouse can save you time and money!

Contact: Reservations
Toll Free: 1-877-349-5514
Activity Warehouse – Hawaii Website: https://www.travelhawaii.com

 


 

KAILUA BEACH PARK, OAHU

Kailua Beach Park on Oahu¹s East Shore (450 Kawailoa Road) is your classically gorgeous Hawaiian beach, with long stretches of fine, white sand, graceful ironwood trees, clear, aqua water and little islands off in the distance. Lots of body surfing, swimming, surfing and wind-surfing goes on here. Wind-surfing equipment can be rented in nearby Kailua town.

This spot is often missed because it’s hidden on the other side of Waikiki, over the Ko’olau Mountain Range. There are three driving routes to discover Kailua Beach Park: The H3 Freeway, the Likelike Highway (Route 63), and/or the Pali Highway (Route 61). The H3 Freeway provides the highest drama as this new roadway floats on the side of the mountains, hovering and winding its way down to Kailua, providing an angel’s view of this heavenly destination.

The Hawaiian Lifeguard Association reports that you can find the following at Kailua Beach and its park areas: LIFEGUARDS, SAND, PICNIC AREAS, PHONES, SHOWERS, RESTROOMS. Since, in our opinion, no beach should be without sand, we are glad to learn of the lifeguards’ report.

With a protective coral reef providing safe swimming and consistent water temperatures of 75 degrees, Kailua Beach is, naturally, a popular spot. Kailua has recently been named as one of the best beaches in the world by various publications, so it won’t be ³hidden² for long. Still, due to its excellent and numerous beach attributes (including sand!), Kailua Beach Park should be included on any not-to-be-missed list.


 

Kauai Fruit and Flower Company

TNT SPECIAL: Mention Best Places Hawaii when you visit us on Kauai and get a Fresh Fruit Smoothie — Yumm! Also when you mention Best Places Hawaii, you’ll receive a 10% discount off your Product Purchase on line or in our store. For the Holidays, place your orders by 12/5/03 and receive a total of 15% off your purchase on line or in our store. You must mention Best Places Hawaii to receive any discounts!
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We specialize in Packaging the “Sweetest” Dole & Del Monte Grown Pineapples, Kauai Papaya’s, Island Flowers, and Gift Baskets, all ready to take home, or have shipped via Federal Express.

Contact: Our Friendly Staff!
Toll Free: 1-800-943-3108
Kauai Fruit and Flower Company Website: https://www.kauaifruit.com

 


 

HotelonSale.com

TNT SPECIAL: Best Places Hawaii customer receive a 10% discount on “Featured Properties”! Please call us for more details. You must mention this TNT Special from Best Places Hawaii. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Hotelonsale.com is a 25 years experienced major hotel wholesaler located in Honolulu, provides best online hotel reservation service that enables consumers by using the easiest and most economic way to take advantage of huge savings.

Contact: Elly
Toll Free: 1-888-368-6892
HotelonSale.com Website: https://www.hotelonsale.com

 


TRIPLE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CAKE

Courtesy of Frank Sweeney
Keoki’s Paradise

5 oz salad oil
8 oz water
5 oz tex val (frozen egg yolks)
10 lbs sugar
9 oz cake flour
2 1/2/ oz cocoa
2 1/2 oz baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
8 1/2 oz egg white
5 oz granulated sugar
1/2 tsp cream of tartar

Mix first four ingredients together in machine bowl and whip for 1 to 2 minutes. Add next five dry ingredients and whip on one-third speed till smooth. Remove to a new container and clean bowl and whip thoroughly. Add egg whites and cream of tartar to bowl and whip to very soft peaks. Gradually add sugar and whip to firm peaks, but not dry. Gently fold cake batter into egg whites until color is uniform. Divide between two 12″x14″ sheet pans with liner. Bake at 350 degrees for 18 minutes. Run 7 miles on a treadmill to burn off the fat.

Courtesy of Taste of Hawaii®, the Ultimate Sunday Brunch.

 


 

Embassy Vacation Resort, Kaanapli Beach

TNT SPECIAL: Best Places Hawaii visitors, call us now and book your mini vacation! 5 Days / 4 Nights, $295 per person, Plus $100 Gift Certificate for shopping and dining.
Call us or visit our website for details! You must mention Best Places Hawaii when you make your reservation!
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Embassy Vacation Resort, Maui is located beachfront on Maui’s magnificent north Kaanapali Beach, overlooking the crystal blue Pacific and the lush green mountains of West Maui. The grounds are alive with lush tropical gardens and interlocking waterways and waterfalls.

Contact: Reservations
Toll Free: 1-866-283-9174
Embassy Vacation Resort, Kaanapli Beach Website: https://www.mauiembassy.com

 


 

Schaub-Mangan Rentals

TNT SPECIAL: Best Places Hawaii customers only! Book this Amazing Kauai Vacation Beach Rental from January 1st, 2004 through April 30th, 2004 and receive 10% off your total booking for either the Beach House, or the Surf Shack! If you decide to book both the Beach House and the Surf Shack, you will receive 15% off your total booking! You MUST mention Best Places Hawaii to receive either of these discounts. Contact us with any questions regarding this special or our accommodations.
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House and Cottage in Anahola, 150 feet to a beautiful, isolated, white sand beach, are charming and affordable. This is one of Kauai’s most affordable beach accommodations with some of the very best amenities included. Please visit our website!

Contact: Lynne Mangan
Toll Free: 1-800-995-2401
Schaub-Mangan Rentals Website: https://www.kauaidreaming.com

 


 

 

Win a Free Romantic Hawaiian Vacation!
 

 

 

  • Round trip air travel from the continental U.S.
  • Flower lei greeting
  • 8 days/7 nights stay
  • Use of a rental car
  • Candlelight dinner
  • Package of romantic tropical isle specials!

It’s free and easy to enter and win – just click “Love Stories of Hawaii” Contest! Sponsored by Pleasant Holidays & Idea Travel.

 


 

Classic Resorts

TNT SPECIAL: Forget the hotel room!
Enjoy the privacy of oceanfront luxury vacation homes with all the services and amenities of a resort hotel. Maui and the Big Island. Reserve 4 nights at regular published rates and receive the 5th night free when you mention Best Places Hawaii. For reservations call your travel agent or 1-800-642-6284. Valid through 3/31/04. Some restrictions may apply.
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“Top 10 World¹s Best,” Travel & Leisure magazine.

Contact: Classic Resorts Reservations
Toll Free: 1-800-642-6284
Classic Resorts Website: https://www.classicresorts.com

 


 

Kauai Weddings

TNT SPECIAL: Best Places Hawaii customers only! When you book one of our Wedding Packages, mention Best Places Hawaii and you will receive 10% off your total package.
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Planning on renewing your vows or saying the words “I DO” with that special someone? Kauai Weddings works with many of Poipu’s beautiful wedding sites such as gardens, beaches, or the Old Historic Koloa Church. Marriage license, flowers, photography and other wedding arrangements are provided.

Contact: Chantel Kilborn
Phone: 808-742-8984
Kauai Weddings Website: https://www.hawaiian.net/~zx/Southshore

 


EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT RIP CURRENTS, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
What is a “rip current”? It is a narrow, powerful current of water running perpendicular to the beach, out into the ocean. These currents may extend 200 to 2,500 feet lengthwise, but are typically less than 30 feet wide. Rip currents can move fast, often 5 miles per hour or faster. Rip currents are caused by the shape of the shoreline and often occur suddenly. They are scary because they catch you off guard. One minute you’re floating or splashing happily in the surf, the next you’re being dragged out to sea at top speed. They occur in all sorts of weather and on many of Hawaii¹s beaches. Unlike violent, crashing waves, you probably won’t notice a rip current until you’re being whisked away.

A rip current occurs when the receding flow of the ocean becomes concentrated in a particular area. The most common cause of this is a break in a sandbar where the water rushes through at a low point. Rip currents can last for several minutes or hours

Is a “rip tide” the same thing? No. There really is no such thing as a rip tide. Tides are the rising and falling of water levels in the ocean caused mostly by the moon¹s gravitational pull. Tides change gradually and predictably every day.

Is “undertow” the same as a rip current? Rip currents are also not undertow. Undertow is a current of water that pulls you down to the ocean bottom. Rip currents move along the surface of the water, pulling you straight out into the ocean, but not underneath the water’s surface. If you are in shallow water, a rip current could knock you down, and if you thrash around and get disoriented, you may end up being pulled along the ocean bottom. The key is to relax your body and let the current keep you near the surface.

What do you do if you find yourself in a rip current? If you get caught up in a rip current‹don¹t panic. Your first instinct may be to swim against the current back to shallow waters because it¹s the shortest distance. Even a strong swimmer cannot do this will become exhausted. The current is too strong to fight head-on.

Instead, swim sideways, parallel to the beach. This will get you out of the narrow outward current, so you can swim back to shore with the waves helping you. If it’s too hard to swim sideways while you’re being dragged through the water, just wait until the current carries you past the sandbar. The water will become calmer and you can then swim clear of the rip current before heading back in.

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Kapalua Villas

TNT SPECIAL: Call us now and book our VILLA, VIEW VEHICLE Package. Package includes: Seven (7) nights Villa accommodations, Air-conditioned Hertz rental car for seven (7) days, $100 merchandise certificate, Maui Pineapple Plantation Tour and Exclusive value added premier guest certificates. Packages start from $799 per person, double occupancy, plus tax, for a one bedroom fairway view Villa. (Upgrades and Two-Bedroom units available for additional price.)
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The Kapalua Villas Maui -One and Two-bedroom villas and luxury homes set amidst the world-renowned 1,850-acre Kapalua resort. Three championship golf courses, Two full-service Tennis facilities, three white sand beaches and a myriad of watersports and recreation!

Contact: Reservations
Toll Free: 1-800-545-0018
Kapalua Villas Website: https://www.kapaluavillas.com

 


 

BookHawaiiHotels.com

TNT SPECIAL: Best Places Hawaii visitors call us now and ask for our “RSVP Hawaii Special”! This offer is valid through November 1, 2003 to December 20, 2004.
Last minute Christmas bookings welcome!
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Bargains, selection and information for 200 hotels, resorts and vacation rentals updated daily. Specials for seniors, military, corporate, honeymooners, government, golfers and more. Staff gives excellent in-depth knowledge with 32 years travel experience booking Hawaii.

Contact: Kalena
Toll Free: 1-800-663-1118
BookHawaiiHotels.com Website: https://www.bookhawaiihotels.com

 


 

Dear Big Kahuna,

We would like to island hop from our base in Honolulu to Maui, the Big Island and Kauai. Are there any companies that provide flights to and tours of the various islands?
Thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. Spoout
Bethesda, Maryland

Aloha Mr. and Mrs. Spoout,

That’s a very good question. In fact, there is a company that can provide all the services you seek. Their pleasant enough name is Pleasant Island Holidays. They can help with air/hotel/car packages between the islands and the day-trip arrangements as well.

There are dozens of activities to choose from on each island, including helicopter tours, snorkeling, scuba diving, and on the Big Island, volcano tours. If you’re looking for something a little less enervating, try a submarine ride, a boating tour, sailing or fishing. You can call in advance to make reservations, or wait until you have arrived in Hawaii.

Pleasant Island Holidays is local in Hawaii and you can reach them toll-free at (800) 654-4386 or get a bit more info at: https://www.pleasantislandholidays.com

Have a great time island hopping and mahalo (thank you) for writing,
Big Kahuna


 

Do you have a question for the Big Kahuna?
Just email your questions to the Big Kahuna.
Due to the great number of questions asked, the Big Kahuna is unable to answer all personally. Questions of general interest will be answered in future issues of this newsletter, usually one per issue. In the meantime, we invite you to explore www.bestplaceshawaii.com.


 

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