My Top Picks for Your Trip to Hawaii Review

There is more to Hawaii that the said white sand beaches. Which in my experince aren't so white. I was very turned off by the Waikiki beaches, which were milky white water with residues of sunscreen instead of clear blue water. I found three beaches that are worth a day of your time, and figures they are no where close to each other. Lani Kai beach park, on the southeast end of the island, Waimea bay on the north shore, and Ko'Olina lagoons on the west side of O'ahu. I found my time was better spent on hikes. On O'ahu there are  hikes for beginners to the experienced. For a short family fun hike there is Mauna Willi falls, near Kaneohe, O'ahu. These falls you can jump off off and into a deep pool. A longer hike that would definitly require a good pair of shoes is the crouching lion hike, behind Crouching Lion Inn, on Kamehameha Hwy. This hike is in the shape of a horseshoe and has portions that are on the tops of the Ko'olau mountain range. This gives a great un-obscurred view of the island. A more experienced hike would be Summit trail that starts at the North shore and goes to Kaneohe. For more hike's that aren't in your Foder's book go to www(dot)merman(dot)us.This has hikes, how long they are and how to get to them from Laie,Hi.