Editor’s note: thanks so much to our adventuring doctor here at The Royal Tour, Dan, for this awesome article to wrap up Hawaii Month in our Facebook group, Travelers Tell All. For more of Dan’s writing, click here for his index page. I first went to the Hawaiian Islands when I was 16 years old.…
Of all the places I’ve been in Hawaii - so far - the Kona coast of the Big Island is probably my favorite. Rocky craggy beaches with great snorkeling (and an easy drive to one of the most unique beaches in the world), a cute downtown core, and the best sunsets the islands have to…
It seems that a luau is the quintessential Hawaii experience. These days, most large hotels in the islands offer them, and most tourists seem to have one on their list. But what is a luau, and is it more than just a way to take tourist dollars? In 1819, King Kamehameha II loosened traditional regions…
2017 has been a pretty good travel year so far, and the year is only half over! Today I am going to take a quick look back at the past six months, and later this week we will do a sneak peak of the exciting travel I have coming up in the second half of…
Summer is almost here. (If you live in LA like I do, it has already been here for a while.) That means beach season is almost here. While most people think of beaches as blue sea and yellow or white sand, this amazing planet gives us all sorts of interesting alternatives, especially when it comes…