Hurricane Season: What You Need to Know

Here are some basics tips to make sure your beach trips, especially to the Caribbean and Mexico, go smoothly through November. The 2011 season has begun and NOAA, part of the National Weather Service, is expecting an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season and a below-normal East Pacific hurricane season.

The Atlantic hurricane season lasts from June 1 through November 30,…

Hawaii and GM plan ahead for hydrogen cars

Watch out, Hawaii Five-O, here comes H2I-the Hawaii Hydrogen Initiative, a plan aimed at integrating hydrogen as an essential building block for Hawaii’s sustainable energy future.

The plan is involves ten companies, agencies and universities that have joined an initiative between The Gas Company (TGC), one of Hawaii’s major utilities,and General Motors to make hydrogen-powered vehicles and a…

Honolulu and Oahu

Honolulu and Oahu Travel Guide

Traveling to Hawaii is as close as an American can get to visiting another country while staying within the United States. O’ahu—where Honolulu and Waikiki are—is the third largest Hawaiian island and has 75% of the state’s population. Honolulu is the perfect place to experience the state’s indigenous culture, the hundred years of…

Molokai

Molokai Travel Guide

Molokai is generally thought of as the last bit of “real” Hawaii. Tourism has been held at bay by the island’s unique history and the deep pride of the island’s predominantly native Hawaiian population, despite the fact that the longest white-sand beach in Hawaii can be found along…

Lanai

Lanai Travel Guide

With no traffic or traffic lights and miles of open space, Lanai seems lost in time, and that can be a good thing. Small (141 square mi) and sparsely populated, it is the smallest inhabited Hawaiian Island and has just 3,500 residents, most of them living Upcountry.

Though it may seem a world away, Lanai is separated from…

Big Island

Big Island Travel Guide

You could fit all of the other Hawaiian Islands onto the Big Island and still have a little room left over—hence the clever name. Locals refer to the island by side: Kona side to the west and Hilo side to the east. Most of the resorts, condos, and restaurants are crammed into 30 mi of…

Maui

Maui Travel Guide

When you experience Maui firsthand, it’s hard not to gush about the long, perfect beaches, dramatic cliffs, greener-than-green rain forests, and the fragrance of plumeria that hangs over it all. Add to that the amazing marine life and the culture and history of the Hawaiian people, and it’s easy to see why Maui is so popular. Today…