The Insider's Guide to Hawaii

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THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO
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Wry, full of insight and helpful hints, The Insider's Guide to Hawaii is a fresh look at that magical archipelago in the mid-Pacific known to land-starved 19th century mariners as Owyhee, a place of salty dreams and fevered visions.
Initially ruled by Polynesian warrior kings, the islands today are populated by people of many races who brought with them their distinct cultures, customs and religions. Hawaii's early prosperity was founded upon the whaling industry, later on sugar and pineapples. Today, tourism keeps the economy pumping.
Perhaps more than any other place in the world, it conjures up a perfumed picture postcard scene of soft trade winds, frangipani blooms, wailing steel guitars, rainbows over lush tropical valleys, the white surf rolling native outriggers to the shore And, of course, the tantalizing sway and wiggle of long haired, brown skinned maidens and the beckoning promise of their hula dances.
It's still there - all of Hawaii's traditional romance. To re-discover it, all one needs is the right guide. And The Insider's Guide to Hawaii is the passport to these still-enchanted isles and the best that they have to offer in beauty, charm and soul.
Carl Myatt is a Sri Lankan born journalist, feature writer and long-time editor of the Hong Kong Sunday Morning Post He has spent the last four years in Hawaii and has reached a point at which, he says, the exotic has not become too commonplace and the urge to guide others to the charms of the Hawaiian islands is at its peak.
Nik Wheeler is a British freelance photographer whose sensitive photographic portrayals have graced no less than seven books and the pages of many of the world's leading magazines.
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The reality of travel is a yearning for discovery, romance and exotica in a world in which adventure has diminished with the speed of jet travel and romance has faded somewhat in the shadow of urban development.
But adventure and romance are certainly there, along with color and cultural vibrancy — all of it just a little harder to find without the aid of a knowledgeable, honest and no-nonsense travel guide. And if there's one thing that today's informed, sophisticated travelers are increasingly demanding, it is a guide that leads and doesn't fall back on promises.
This is exactly why THE INSIDER'S GUIDE SERIES is the most exciting range of guidebooks to be published this decade. They not only tell you where to go to find color, fascination and cultural insight, they also distill ~ they tell you where not to go. And they are definitive, covering just about everything you'll want to know about a country or destination. They are also entertaining and packed with top quality color photography - a combination that provides the reader with beautifully illustrated blueprints to travel enjoyment and satisfaction. Vissza