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Hawaii Travel & Accommodation - Pacific Travel Guides Hawaii Travel Guide & Accommodation Planner South Pacific Resorts Hawaii Resorts Travel Guide Resorts Site Map South Pacific Travel Guides - South Pacific Islands Review Fiji Travel - Samoa Travel - Tonga Travel - Cook Islands Travel - Tahiti Travel Hawaii - Micronesia - Niue - Tuvalu - Tokelau - Easter Island - New Zealand Solomon Islands - Vanuatu - New Caledonia - Australia Hawaii Travel Guide: Comprehensive hawaii travel guide with pictures and maps. Includes hawaii accommodation reviews, scuba diving and surfing vacations, honeymoon and wedding venues, backpacking and adventure travel and history, nature and culture. hawaii map Overview The Hawaii Islands is one of the most sought after tourist destinations in the world. One of the 50 States of the USA, it is a mix of tradition and modern living, of large beach resorts and tropical adventure. Waikiki rules the tourist brochures, but the absolutely stunning landscape around the group should be more than enough to tempt most tourists to these shores. Hawaii Travel Guide Hawaii Accommodation Guide waikiki beach kauai maui big island Tourist Information Holiday Planner Activities & Water Sports Top Sightseeing Tours Or select from the options on the right: Quick Guide Highlights Facts Glamour destination of Maui Shopping and Waikiki Beach Scenic golf courses and surfing Aerial sightseeing tours Active volcanoes and hiking beach resorts and guesthouses land mass: 11,000 sq. mi population: 1.2 million tourists: 4.5 million total islands: 10 (+100) # of hotels: 200 language: English temp 0 C : Jan 26 ; Jun 30 money: US$ Oahu , in particular the tourist icon of Waikiki Beach, is visited by more than 4 million tourists each year, mostly Americans and Japanese. Waikiki beach, the shopping malls of Honolulu, Pearl Harbour, magnificent golf courses and the surf on the North Shore are its main attractions. The Big Island is by far the largest island in the far south of the group, but only 140,000 people live there. But, over a million tourists visit each year, drawn by the stunning tropical scenery, laid back lifestyle, snow capped mountains and lava flowing volcanoes. Scuba diving and game fishing are at its best here and there is a growing colony of large beach hotels and golf courses. Maui , by contrast, is the glamour beach destination with lots of large international hotels and condominium complexes alongside sweeping swimming beaches and manicured golf courses. The rural charm of the upper valleys and the historical port of Lahaina give the island a classical feel. Maui is also renowned for its excellent whale watching. Kauai , the garden island, is much quieter than Maui with equally good beaches and the most breathtaking mountain and coastal scenery with great hiking and kayaking opportunities. Those who love the outdoors will find Kauai to be the most compelling destination. Only on Molokai and Lanai will you truly escape commercialism - tourist infrastructure is limited, the scenery and beaches are not picture postcard, but a certain charm prevails where elsewhere in Hawaii it has been lost. Hawaii beach locations are renowned for their long stretches of white sand and great surfing conditions. If you like to just lie on the beach then the beaches throughout Hawaii will charm you. However, if you like to swim, you'll find some beaches to be fantastic fun, whilst others to be too dangerous to venture into. Winter months herald high surf to the northern shores of all islands and make swimming dangerous. In general, the best activity beaches are on Oahu, the most secluded beaches on the Big Island, the most scenic beaches on Kauai, and the best swimming beaches on Maui. Hawaii's isolation from the world has created a unique and thriving natural environment with stunning and diverse scenery from mist filler tropical rinforests to barren mountain scape volcanoes. Hawaii boasts numerous championship golf courses on Kauai, Maui and the Big Island which are generally part of a mega resort complex. Most resort courses are overtly manicured and lack the rough edge of European golf courses. The most breath-taking and challenging courses are found on the main island of Oahu. Hawaii is one of the most popular honeymoon and wedding destinations in the world, with Waikiki Beach a particular favourite amongst Japanese and the ostentatious resorts of Wailua on Maui and Princeville on Kauai with Americans. These large International resorts offer exceptional pampering along with fine dining to add to the naturally romantic scene of a tropical beach paradise. 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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

ModernBride.com - Travel: Beaches: Hawaii: Volcano Country Drive top 50 destinations beaches adventure culture pampering Find all your wedding vendors near you Select Region Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas CA - Central CA - Northern CA - Southern Canada, Ontario Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida GA - Atlanta GA - Other Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota NY - Hamptons NY - Metro NY - Upstate Ohio Oklahoma Oregon PA - Central/West PA - Philly Area Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee TX - Austin TX - Dallas area TX - Houston TX - Other Utah Vermont Virginia Washington DC Washington State West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming In this issue Subscribe: save 67% Special Offer: Click here and get your complete bridal magazine library Customer Care Prizes & Offers Our Newsletter Our Booklets Beaches Driving Hawaii's Volcano Drive The second of three delightful car trips on the Big Island, starting in Kailua-Kona All rested up after a day on the beach, and I'm raring to hit Hawaii's road. My drive today takes me from one season into another. I start the day in the endless summer that is Kailua-Kona-temperature a perfect, breezy 80 degrees F, but by afternoon I'm in the eternal 55-degree autumn of volcano country. Only in Hawaii. Break for the Coffee Belt I go from Kona to volcano country on Highway 11 or 180 via the Kona Coffee Belt, home of the famed, expensive bean. It's a world in miniature-tiny shops and houses tilting over the edge of lush green slopes with views of the misty blue Pacific 1,500 feet below. Make sure Driver Guy keeps his eye on the narrow, winding road as it passes through the scenic coffee villages of Holualoa, Honalo, Kainaliu, Kealakekua and Captain Cook. In the village of Holualoa, I always park in front of the rickety Kona Inn Hotel and run in to use its novel men's room. The restrooms are perched on a green cliff, with open-air views of the Pacific. Guaranteed your guy will get a huge kick out of this one. Treat this part of the drive as a coffee-tasting experience. Greenwell Farms, family-owned since 1873, lets you tour its orchards, which are white as snow in the spring when the first coffee blossoms pop out. Be sure to take home a pound or two of beans. They make a cup of joe that's wonderfully rich and strong-and redolent of the Big Island. Entering cattle country Volcano country a-waits, so head south on Highway 11. Road signs indicate the dates of the volcanic eruptions (1950, 1919, 1907) that sent lava bubbling down the slopes from the 13,680-foot Mauna Loa, which looms in the clouds somewhere above you. You'll pass in and out of thickets of eucalyptus. The smell of ripening mangoes makes the air seem-and almost taste-sticky sweet. (I always carry a plastic bag and a pocket knife on Hawaii drives. You never know when you might want to stop and pluck something tasty off a tree.) Just beyond Milolii, a quaint fishing village, follow a sign to South Point. Now you'll rumble through hot, arid cattle country. At South Point, you'll stand on a sheer and lonely bluff above the misty Pacific, the southernmost point in the U.S., the spot where the Polynesians, up from the South Pacific in outrigger canoes, first landed on these shores a thousand years ago. The first time I saw this killer view I vowed to myself, "You won't come back here alone." And I was right. When I next returned some years later, I brought my wife, who loved the whole area. However, she reminded me that she wasn't too keen on heights. We drove a short distance through the sagebrush and mesquite wilds to another end-of-the-world bay. Here she felt a little better. We gazed at some giant logs that lined the shore like lawn furniture, which had drifted all the way here from the Pacific Northwest. And you know, one made a perfect backrest for two. Hitting Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Now get set for the big climate change. You pass from summer to fall as you drive the last miles to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The park, 340 square miles, is all rain forest, dripping ferns and steaming fissures. Take the Crater Rim Drive, an 11-mile loop of the vast Kilauea caldera, at the center of which lies the always-steaming Halemaumau fire pit. The road dips through fern jungles, lava desert and plumes of sulphurous smoke. It's enough to give you the shivers. So warm your bones in the Volcano House, a venerable inn with tall windows looking onto the steaming caldera. The inn has a big lava-stone fireplace where a log fire has burned nonstop for 60-plus years-yes, they actually keep it stoked night and day. You can sit by the fireplace and take a nap (no one will disturb you). For dinner try Surt's, a cool cafe in the old Volcano Store. Then point the car downhill toward summer. 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Waikoloa - Hawaii Rentals - Vacation Condo rental in Waikoloa - Hawaii Hawaii Waikoloa Beach Resort USA Vacation Rentals = Hawaii Vacation Rentals = Waikoloa - Hawaii Vacation Rentals = Listing #215 Waikoloa - Hawaii Waikoloa Beach Resort OceanView Unit Location: Waikoloa - Hawaii, Hawaii Accommodation: 2 Bedrooms 2 Full Bathrooms Condo Sleeps up to 6 Waikoloa - Hawaii Hawaii Vacation Rentals Waikoloa - Hawaii Rental Description: This is a Two bedroom, two-bath, Non-Smoking villa. It can sleep six with a king-size bed, two singles, and a queen-size sleeper sofa. The ocean and mountain views from the lanai. There is private parking and a security gate on the property. This unit is located across from the Hilton Waikoloa Village and the Marriott Hotel next to the Beach Course and a three minute drive to the Kings Course. There are the finest and more casual eating establishments at the resort. As our guest you will receive golf discounts at the beach and Kings Courses. An adventure awaits you on the Big Island. Waikoloa - Hawaii Rental Amenities: Air Conditioning, Cable TV, VCR, Stereo, DVD Player. Fully equiped kitchen with Microwave, Dishwasher, Side by Side Refrigerator, Ice Maker, Coffee Maker, Blender, Cooking Utensils, Service for Eight. Linens provided, Beach Chairs, Beach Towels, Infants Crib, Washer and Dryer, Lap Pool, two Heated Spas and many more amenities. Waikoloa - Hawaii Rental Activities (on site or nearby): Viewed from the lanai and a short walking distance is (ABAY) Anaehoomalu Bay. The Bay lends itself for the best in water sports. Within walking distance are the King Shops offering the best in shopping and a variety of fine restaurants for your dining pleasure. Waikoloa - Hawaii Rental Pricing (in USA Dollars): Rate Range (Weekly):$1050 - $1050 Detail: Jan/02-Apr/14--------- $175/daily Apr/15-May/15---------- $150/daily May/16-Jun/10---------- $165/daily Jun/11-Sep/14---------- $175/daily Sep/15-Oct/15---------- $150/daily Oct/16-Dec/18---------- $165/daily Dec/19-Jan/01---------- $225/daily Weekly Rate does not apply to Christmas and New Years Weeks. Contact Owner for Weekly Rates for these Holidays. Waikoloa - Hawaii Rental Contact Information: Email Waikoloa - Hawaii owner By Phone: 562-833-0575 562-698-1919 562-692-9908 Additional Pictures Waikoloa - Hawaii Hawaii Vacation Rentals Waikoloa - Hawaii Hawaii Vacation Rentals USA Vacation Rentals = Hawaii Vacation Rentals = Waikoloa - Hawaii Vacation Rentals = Listing #215 2148 counter hits since 2004-07-15. This listing was last updated on 2005-06-04

HAWAIIAN BARBECUE FRANCHISE IN,

L&L Franchise, Inc. NOTICE: THE COMMUNICATIONS MADE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS AN OFFER TO SELL A L&L HAWAIIAN BARBECUE FRANCHISE IN, NOR THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTED TO, THE RESIDENTS OF ANY JURISDICTION REQUIRING REGISTRATION OF THE FRANCHISE BEFORE IT IS OFFERED AND SOLD IN THAT JURISDICTION. THIS OFFER IS NOT BEING DIRECTED TO ANY RESIDENT OF THE FOLLOWING STATES, OR ANY STATE, PROVINCE, COUNTRY OR JURISDICTION WHERE L&L HAWAIIAN BARBECUE IS NOT CURRENTLY REGISTERED TO OFFER OR SELL, UNLESS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED OR EXEMPT. L&L HAWAIIAN BARBECUE FRANCHISES WILL NOT BE SOLD TO ANY RESIDENT OF ANY JURISDICTION UNTIL THE OFFERING HAS BEEN EXEMPTED FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF, OR DULY REGISTERED IN AND DECLARED EFFECTIVE BY, SUCH JURISDICTION AND THE REQUIRED UNIFORM FRANCHISE OFFERING CIRCULAR (UFOC) HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO THE PROSPECTIVE FRANCHISEE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW. UPON INQUIRY YOU WILL BE INFORMED IF A FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN YOUR STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. AN OFFER OF A FRANCHISE IS MADE ONLY BY THE MEANS OF THE L&L FRANCHISE, INC. UFOC. PROSPECTIVE FRANCHISEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO OBTAIN AND CAREFULLY READ THE L&L FRANCHISE, INC. UFOC AND THOROUGHLY EVALUATE ANY FRANCHISE OFFERING WITH A QUALIFIED FRANCHISE ATTORNEY BEFORE DECIDING TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT OR SPENDING ANY MONEY. 1. What is the initial franchise fee? $35,000 2. What is the monthly royalty fee? 3% of gross sales 3. What is the monthly advertising and promotion fee? 1% of gross sales 4. What is the estimated initial investment for a turnkey L& L Hawaiian Barbecue? The estimated initial investment for a turnkey L&L ranges from $225,150 to $470,400. It depends on the location, size, and existing facility. 5. What about selecting the site for L&L? A franchisee/operator is responsible to find and acquire a site. We will approve or disapprove the site after an analysis of the location, taking into consideration the proposed rental, population mixture, geographic area, including vehicular traffic, business hours, and any other facet of particular location that would affect the possibilities of success or failure. If you need help in finding a site, we can recommend a real estate broker in your area. 6. What is the typical size of an L&L? A typical L&L restaurant is approximately 1,200 to 1,500 square feet space. However, the store may vary from 1,000 to 2,500 square feet. 7. Do you provide financing? We do not offer direct or indirect financing nor will we guarantee your note, lease or other obligations. 8. How many L&L do you have? As of October 31, 2004, there are 52 L&L Drive-Inn restaurants in Hawaii, 46 L&L Hawaiian Barbecue restaurants in California, 4 L&L Hawaiian Barbecue restaurants in Nevada, 1 L&L Hawaiian Barbecue restaurant in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Washington, and Illinois. Soon, we will be opening up L&L Hawaiian Barbecue restaurants in Michigan and New York. 9. What do you provide to assist a franchisee before the opening? • We will provide guidance and suggestions for locating an approved location. • We will lend a copy of our operation manual that contains mandatory and suggested specifications, standards, and procedures. This manual is confidential and remains our property. • We will provide standard décor and layout plans to you to modify and to conform to our approved location by architect or contractor. You must pay the cost of the construction and remodeling. • We will train you and your manager. We do not charge for the training but you must pay for transportation, accommodation, and food costs for you or your manager. Training is held in Honolulu or location designated by us. • We are not obligated to provide any other supervision, assistance or service before the opening of your L & L restaurant. 10. What is the length of time before opening? The typical length of time after you signed the franchise agreement and opening an L & L ranges from 3 to 9 months. • Design: 1 to 2 months • Permits: 1 to 2 months • Construction: 2 to 3 months • Preparation: 1/2 to 1 month 11. Where do I get more information on L&L franchise? Please print and fill out the application form. Mail it to 931 University Avenue, Suite 202, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826 along with a non-refundable processing fee of $100. Please make your check payable to: L & L Franchise, Inc. Upon receipt and review of your completed application, someone from our franchise department will contact you. Should you need further questions, please feel free to contact us at (808) 951-9888 or e-mail franchising@hawaiianbarbecue.com . • L&L Franchise Application (48.7 kb)

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Hawaii's Public Schools (K-12) -- • • • from Dept of Health ... Hawaii's Public Schools Hawai'i Department of Education On the DOE News Stand ... Board of Education Alters Meeting Schedules ... see Board of Education web site's " Meeting Notices " for agenda (1/24/06) Statement by BOE Chairperson Randall Yee Relating to Governor Lingle's Initiatives on Education ... anticipates working closely with the administration and legislature to address these and other pressing needs of Hawaii's public schools.. (1/23/06) -- Board of Education Approves 2006 Committee Assignments ... for regular education (K-12), special programs, support services, budget & fiscal accountability, public libraries, new century charter schools, and collective bargaining. (1/6/06) -- Education Week Survey Shortchanges Hawaii . .. If Hawaii had received its "A" for equity, the state's overall average would have been a solid "B." (1/4/06) BOE Will Ask Legislature to Consider Full Budget Request . .. with 2/3 of request left out of the governor's executive budget proposal. (12/20/05) Statement By Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto Regarding Today’s Ruling On Back Pay For Substitute Teachers (12/16/05) Holomua Elementary Launches 'Safe Driving Campaign . .. "Slow down," "Watch for Our Students," and "Drive Safe" are a few of the themes. (12/8/05) BOE Highlights Dec, 2005 Supt's Update Jan 19, 2006 Supt's Highlights Jan, 2006 Na Lono Kula Nov, 2005 Jan, 2005 -- (Policy) (School news for BOE meetings) (Progress report on initiatives for BOE meetings) (News for schools) Other Publications Search for: www DOE -- What is REACH? • • • • • • New ... • Stds Benchmark maps for Lang Arts, Math, Sci. • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Byrd scholarship app • Accreditation • SCC Training (simple registration req'd) • ViewPoints Live • Calendar 2006-07 • Family Support Services • Strategic Plan • SCC handbook • Readings in Education • Legislative Reports • Office of Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs • Presentation Slides • Webstats • Alumni • Learning Catalog ... ... © Hawaii State Department of Education, P.O. Box 2360, Honolulu, HI 96804; Physical address: 1390 Miller St, Honolulu, HI 96813 All rights reserved. For problems/questions concerning this web site, please email the webmaster . Links to other web sites should not be considered an endorsement. DOE is not responsible for the content of external web sites.