That Traveling Couple

North Shore Oahu And The $160 Cab Ride

After our time in places like Malaysia and the Philippines, I thought Elysia and I had seen every taxi scam in the book.
The broken meter… The missing meter… The excess surcharges… The longest route… The “Sure, I know where that is” lie… The negotiate-a-fare scams… The “I have no change” guy…
Just to name a few [...]

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Review: The Polynesian Cultural Center Oahu

“I’m better than a tour guide… who knows what I am?”… “YES! A REAL Hawaian!”
That’s what he said. And then:

“Best Luaus on the island, who wants to know what they are?”… “Hands down, the best Luau on Oahu is at the Polynesian Cultural Center on the North Shore.”

That’s what he said.
Having been and returned, we [...]

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Wailana Coffee House: An Old School Waikiki Gem

We had a driver on our shuttle bus from the Honolulu airport make us some, what turned out to be horrible recommendations for what to do and where to go while staying in Waikiki. The Wailana Coffee House being one of them, it was actually with some trepidation that we approached this popular Waikiki 24 [...]

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