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Ask HN: Exploring Hawaii with a sleeping bag and a camera. Ideas?
Cousin, brother and I decided to get out of town and go explore O'ahu for 10 days. What are your favorite sights, sounds, tastes, views, hikes, beaches etc?
We love hiking and adventure. Done a bunch of research but what are your personal experiences and recs? Any HNs want to meet up?
- patio11 13y agoThe hike up to Diamondhead was one of the highlights of our honeymoon. It's beautiful, both the views of the Pacific and the city from the top, and the park on the way up. It's modestly strenuous as a hike, probably less so if you're an active hiker. The aquarium near Waikiki Beach was also quite fun. Foodwise there exist lots of options which cater to tourists in the area we were. Those were mostly pretty good, but largely in the fashion that you expect for restaurants catering to tourists. I strongly recommend you get a recommendation or two from somebody local. (We did for a meal or two, but unfortunately I don't remember either of the places well enough to Google or name them.) The single best restaurant we went to was Roy's, which does Asian-fusion among other things. It was good enough to build a trip around, and Ruriko and I will probably do that at some point. There is also a Nobu, which is pricey, but offers really credible sushi. (I've had good sushi in the US, but Nobu is the only sushi which would tempt me to cheat on my local sushi joint in Japan.)
- joshdance 13y agoThanks! Nobu's is on the list now.
- alinajaf 13y agoOT, but if you ever find yourself in London I'd be happy to introduce you to some places where my wife cheats on the whole of her native Iwate prefecture[0][1]. They're pricy, but nowhere near as pricy as the local chapter of Nobu. [0]: Sakana-tei 11 Maddox Street, London W1S 2QF [1]: http://www.tajima-tei.co.uk/ http://www.tajima-tei.co.uk/
- eip 13y agohttp://goo.gl/maps/rGv4F http://goo.gl/maps/rGv4F http://goo.gl/maps/vKuFr http://goo.gl/maps/vKuFr http://goo.gl/maps/w6ISr http://goo.gl/maps/w6ISr http://goo.gl/maps/bPHfh http://goo.gl/maps/bPHfh http://goo.gl/maps/NHbbn http://goo.gl/maps/NHbbn (Try the L&L and the Vietnamese place) Take the bus around the whole island. Watch for centipedes.
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