Hawaii Visit in Mid-October...

[bobolinko]

Whatever you do, stay out of waiki, or if you drive through (and you should) stay in the car. The Tourist trap there is easily gonna catch you by the short hairs. You might want to park at the zoo (cheap) and walk back toward the north and walk around the International Marketplace. You might get a few cheap souvenirs. If you do buy anything.. Bargain and dicker for a lower price, they most likely will bargain with you. Also, look around BEFORE you buy. Many vendors carry the same thing at different prices. Tell them you saw it cheaper at another vendor's stall. Don't shop anywhere else in Waikiki. DO NOT EAT THERE AS WELL. Even the McArches are high priced!
Aloha and have a great trip!

[bkrownd]

An unfortunate choice so far, but there's plenty of time to book an interisland flight to a more interesting island and fix those little errors. :)

If you re-read my posts you'll see that the post I originally replied to was specifically about the island of Hawai'i. The second post I replied to specifically mentions "the volcano" and there ain't nothing remotely volcanic happening on O'ahu. So...start checking into those interisland flights!

[Kioshi]

Update:

Most of the activities have been planned if not booked using the Go Oahu Card.

On Sunday, our plan is to ride motorcycles.
Does anyone know a legit place where they rent out sport motorcycles ie: Suzuki GSX, CBR, etc?

I have only encountered places thast rent out cruisers and motoercycles likle the Ducati Monster and Bonnieville.....

Thank You

By any chance will any of you guys be free? Maybe i can meet some of the local Yaris people

[yarisugi]

Hey Kioshi. Regarding motorcycle rentals - most rentals here on Oahu are either mopeds or Harleys. Not too many sportbikes. There is only one that I know chasehawaiirentals.com. You can see their bikes on the website. Problem is that it requires a huge deposit (refunded after you return the bike) probably because of liability. I can't think of any other sports bike rental place.

[Kioshi]

Originally Posted by yarisugi

Hey Kioshi. Regarding motorcycle rentals - most rentals here on Oahu are either mopeds or Harleys. Not too many sportbikes. There is only one that I know chasehawaiirentals.com. You can see their bikes on the website. Problem is that it requires a huge deposit (refunded after you return the bike) probably because of liability. I can't think of any other sports bike rental place.

$1000 DEPOSIT?!!! And to think I was complaining about $350 deposit~

I think....I'll suck it up and go w/ the Ducati Monster.

Thank you for the link yarisugi

[Kioshi]

Oahu was nice, pretty busy in fact. Did not get much relaxing done, but enjoyable nonetheless.

We rode motorcycles on half of the island in one night, thanks to the confusing highways that don't tell you which highway to take to get to another highway

We tried our best to go to the Polynesian Center, but the lines didnt' justify our time.

Food was expensive, we went to Da Kitchen (good portions!) and few others.
Did a a not so famous hike that only natives know about~

Lots of Japanese people, have not had real okonomiyaki since coming back from Japan, and Oahu did it just right for me.

P.S. Lots of bug bites from one of the muddy hikes and wrist with a big cut across from slipping on rocks.

THANK YOU EVERYONE for your feedback/suggestions for the trip :)

[yarisugi]

Dodge Chargers = rental cars

The next time you visit, don't be "nanpa-ing" every girl that walks by!

[Kioshi]

LOL
なんぱしないけど、喋りたいだけ。

I payed zero attention to the ones around our hotel