AT#184 - Travel to Oahu, Hawaii

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2009

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Robin who is an expert on Hawaii about the island of Oahu. More specifically Robin is a Conde Naste "Top Travel Specialist" for Hawaii. We talk about populous and bustling downtown Honolulu and the see and be seen beach at Waikiki. We also talk about quieter beaches like Ala Moana Beach Park, Magic Island, and Haleiwa, snorkeling at Hanauma Bay, kayaking, swimming with wild spinner dolphins and scuba diving out of Haleiwa. Robin gives us tips for visiting Pearl Harbor's USS Arizona memorial, the "Mighty Mo" battleship Missouri (and the Explorer's Tour) and the Pacific Aviation Museum. We talk about the differences between the windward and the leeward parts of Oahu. We hike the extinct volcano at Diamond Head (bring a flashlight). We discuss loco moco, a plate lunch and the upscale Alan Wong's restaurant Honolulu. We talk about nightlife from Kani Ka Pila to more trendy spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of The Amateur Traveler is brought to you by Audible.
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0:17.0	Amateur Traveler episode 184.
0:26.0	Today the amateur traveler talks about beaches, diamond head and nightlife as we go to O amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.
0:48.0	Before we get into this week's interview I do have some news stories for you. The first one is you probably heard
0:54.4	that Queensland Australia's best job in the world contest did finish. A
0:59.4	bloke from the United Kingdom will be getting paid $100,000 to promote Queensland over the next six months.
1:06.5	But since you missed out on that, there is another opportunity for not the best job in
1:10.8	the world, but what is being quoted is a really good job
1:14.0	which is an offer to work for a winery as a blogger in Napa for six months with housing
1:20.2	included at ten thousand,000 a month.
1:23.1	And then speaking of good opportunities,
1:24.6	Rail Europe is wanting to you to party like its 1959
1:28.3	to promote their 50th anniversary.
1:31.7	On May 12th, they'll be offering a your rail ticket at the 1959 rate of
1:37.4	$125 for a five-day three-country rail pass. And then another interesting opportunity,
1:44.0	if you're going on a cruise and you want to do some good while you're there,
1:48.0	then there is a cruise to Alaska that might be able to help you.
1:51.0	Juno has a tour operator called Gasano Guiding that is doing a deal with Holland
1:57.5	America where as part of a shore excursion you would help out the Alaska Marine Conservation Alliance by documenting
2:05.2	individual humpback and orca whales. If any of those sound interesting
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