36 - Sunday, May 27, 1990 - North Shore News

Hawaii offers great sailing, snorkelling, shopping

IF YOU read last week's column on the restaurants in
Honolulu, prepared with the assistance of my daughter and
her fiance, you’ll wonder how they had the time and energy
to do anything else but eat and drink.

But first a comment on the
flight down. To save $100 each on
the airfare, they took Canadian
Airlines to Seattle and transferred
to Northwest to go on to
Honolulu.

“Never again!’ The joke is that
they went to all the trouble of
unholy flight times and a Seattle

delay to save $100 — and then
spent $700 on restaurant meais in
eight days.

And what's worse, they had a

travel
wise
Barbara McCreadie

Ee eee
condo with a kitchen!

Also on the down side comes a
sunburn warning! My kid, who
should know better, got a good
case of sunstroke. ‘Stay out of the
sun between noon and two and
wear a good sunscreen.” Ah,
hindsight!

She recovered soon enough to
spend her share of beach time.
First recommendation:

The Tall Green Sails: On
Waikiki Beach at the Sheraton
Hotel, catamarans depart at 9:30,
H1, 12:30, 2 and 3:30. There is also
a sunset Mai Tai Sail from 5 to
6:30 but reservations are essential
for that one.

Cocktail parties!
Cdn $ at par, fee

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The first daytime cruise costs
you $12 but after that, with a
coupon given to you, only $6.
There’s a bar aboard the 30-foot
boat but I'd suggest you keep to
the soft drinks.

There's no shelter aboard
pure sun, reflected off the ocean.
Take a hat and a shirt. You're also
guaranteed spray, so don’t wear
your good clothes.

The cruise takes you around the
beach and maybe a mile owt. They
enjoyed it so much that they went
three times.

The sunset cruise is more expen-
sive but ideal for those who shun
the direct sun.

Snorkelling: 'f you have your
own gear, bring it. There is
snorkelling at Waikiki, but not
much to see. For really good
snorkelling, go to Hanauma Bay.

If you have a rental car, it’s free
unless you're too fazy to walk
down the cliff. The shuttle bus is
50¢.
If you don’t have your own gear
you can rent.

Otherwise, there are various
tours to the bay -~ too many to list
here but all sorts of combinations,
some even including lunch. If you
want a tour, call Diamond Head
Tours, 922-0544, and they'll pick
you up at your hotel.

On your way to the bay, stop
and pick up a bag of frozen peas
to feed the fish. They swarm for
them.

Golfing: Just a word of advice:
Check prices! For example, if you
take a golf tour from one of the
major hotels you'll get your bus
transportation, clubs, cart and
green fees. But if you rent a car
and get yourself to the course
you'll get all of the above for a lot
less.

For example, the tour to the
Makaha Valley Country Club costs

$110, Dan and his friend drove out -

and paid $50, plus $i6 for clubs.
They saved about $44 each.
Shopping: First, please don’t

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buy matching mumus and aloha
shirts! They are such a joke. Years
ago, we had a family game where
we numbered the couples in this
get-up, ‘‘Mom! There’s number
1o!"’

On this recent visit, the group
was seated at a table at the Ivau
when a pair walked in. Someone
looked at them and asked, in-
nocently, ‘Are you together?’
The whole room cracked up.

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Everyone spends some time in
the Ala Moana Centre, if only for
curiosity. Just one note: Weekdays
it’s open until 9 p.m. but it closes
at six on Saturday and five on
Sunday.

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Eelskin is one of the main
tourist. purchases in Hawaii and
it’s certainly cheaper there than
here.

The girls shopped around a fot,
comparing prices, and they found
the best prices and the widest
selection at Leather of the Seca,
Waikiki Shopping Plaza, 2250

Kalakaua Ave., 4th Floor.

It's open 9 a.m.

Monday to Saturday.
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to 6 p.m.,

If you can afford a
vacation
You can afford a
cruise vacation
For more details call
985-7447 (SHIP)
1823 Capilano Ad.

2383 Marine Drive
West Vancauver, 8.C.

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One stop that the group found
out about too fate to visit is the
Flea Market at the Aloha Stadium.

This isn’t a collection of recycled
garbage but a group of 1,500 local
merchants selling new goods.

It's open Wednesday, Saturday
and Sunday from 7:30 a.m. and
costs 50¢ admission if you find
your own way there. Shuttle buses
icave all the major hotels at 7:30
a.m. and cost $6 round-trip in-
cluding admission.

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The street stafis in Duke’s Lane
are interesting to browse through
and the prices are slightly lower
than at the International Market-

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place.

Look for it directly across the
street from the Waikiki Seafood
and Pasta Co. at 2280 Kuhio Ave.

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The group decided that shopping
was the ideal antidote for sunburn,
sunstroke and heat prostration.
It's one of the few daytime activi-
ties short of dark bars that keeps

you out of the sun.
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