(Don’t say #4 Wrong or You’ll Probably end up in Jail) If you think Aloha is the online phrase you need to know on the islands, you might be an a-hole tourist. Why not grab your Hawaiian shirt and streak your nose in zinc, while you’re at it?! The...
Someone once said that happiness is no white bits. Nudists get a bad rap – but they aren’t all overweight weirdos with shaved scrotums, playing bat and ball on the beach and speaking in a German accent. The truth is that nudists are actually human…only sans clothes....
Poi – a life sustaining source of edible goodness? Or, a grey blob with the texture of spooning wallpaper paste into your puckered mouth? Like it or loathe it, there is no denying that poi is as Hawaiian as the Duke himself. Coming from an island where magma...
Hawaii’s diverse cultural landscape serves as an incubator for regional dishes that you’re unlikely to find anywhere else in the world. You probably assume that many of these are Hawaiian foods. Lomi Lomi Salmon, a popular side dish made of salt-cured salmon, green...
Visiting Hawaii isn’t all about paradise and rainbows. Long before contact with the outside world, ancient Hawaiian chiefs fought bloody battles at what are today popular tourist destinations. Mercurial gods and goddesses, like Pele, still guard sacred sites and...
How Not to Look Ridiculous When Learning to Surf in Hawaii The sun bleached tousled hair, the sun kissed skin, the lithe and limber body dancing on water. Throw into the mix dawn awakenings, beers at sunset and forever being around others who are young and beautiful –...