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.

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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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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. tre

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