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AHU
THE FOUR-DAY PARADISE PLAN
BY RITA ARIYOSHI
THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND OF
OAHUIS A PARADISE POWERHOUSE.
It has so much action, so many attitudes, and so much solar soul in the mix that it takes a robust plan
to squeeze the most juice — pineapple juice, that is — out of it.
One of America’s most sophisticated cities, busy and lonely beaches alike, two entire mountain
ranges, plantations, ranches, and small towns are packed into 608 square miles. The dazzling coast-
line, pounded by seasonally awesome surf, runs for 112 miles.
Here’s a vacation blueprint, not written in stone, but sketched in sand, subject to tides, the pull of
the moon, the swing of a mood.