Archive for July, 2009

Daily Dose of Aloha: Revelations Found in the Clouds

July 23rd, 2009
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Be sure to look up at the sky often throughout each day and night.  Hawai’i’s ever changing landscape is matched by the kaleidoscope of colors in the heavens, from the morning sun to the clear days, and then the afternoon showers rolling in.  As the islands are positioned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, each island has a wet…

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Kauai Beaches: Polihale Beach Park

July 22nd, 2009
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Polihale Beach Park: From the time you leave the paved road behind to jolt north through a maze of sugar cane fields, you know you’re in for something special. Gradually, beyond the tall sugar cane rustling in the breeze, a dark ridge of jagged peaks appears on the right. As you get closer, these giant cliffs reveal splendid colors –…

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Daily Dose of Aloha: Island Time

July 17th, 2009
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“On Hawaiian Time: I had a term I called Polynesian Paraylsis.  It is the ability to simply be still and listen to your heartbeat, to stop and observe a beautiful rainbow or to watch the dolphins dance with the ocean.  I would make this a priority over getting to a destination on time–the ability of observation, appreciation and relaxation.  When…

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Kauai Beaches: Shipwreck’s Beach Poipu

July 3rd, 2009
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Kauai’s Shipwreck Beach along Keoniloa Bay and in front of the Grand Hyatt Kauai was never much of a beach -until the hurricane blasted the south shore of Kauai and created a new coastline. What was once a thin curve of sand is now a long, golden crescent divided by lava rocks. It’s called Shipwreck Beach with good reason; the…

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