http://www.directoryofhawaii.com/hawaii_beach_vacation Hawaiian vacation, specials, local tips, travel specials, vacationing tourist maps, and sightseeing specials Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:15:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) has just launched a new ad campaign offering between $200.00 and $400.00 per person savings on your next vacation to the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii often sees a slump in tourism during the summer months, in part to the Mainland temperatures are warmer and folks ... http://www.directoryofhawaii.com/hawaii_beach_vacation/summer-specials-for-hawaiian-beach-vacations/ View Larger Map An archipelago situated some 3,200 km (1,988 mi) southwest of the North American mainland, Hawaii is the southernmost state of the United States and the second westernmost state after Alaska. Only Hawaii and Alaska are outside the contiguous United States and do not share a border with ... http://www.directoryofhawaii.com/hawaii_beach_vacation/map-of-hawaii-for-vacation-planning-and-virtual-sight-seeing/ The climate of Hawaii is typical for a tropical area, although temperatures and humidity tend to be a bit less extreme than other tropical locales due to the constant trade winds blowing from the east. Summer highs are usually in the upper 80s°F, (around 31°C) during the day and mid ... http://www.directoryofhawaii.com/hawaii_beach_vacation/climate-of-the-hawaiian-islands/ When visiting a home, it is considered good manners to bring a small gift (for example, a dessert) for one's host. The offering of food is related to the gift-giving culture. The pidgin phrases "Make Plate" or "Take Plate" are common in gatherings of friends or ... http://www.directoryofhawaii.com/hawaii_beach_vacation/visiting-and-gift-giving-in-hawaii/ The customary way to welcome or congratulate someone is to present him or her with a lei, a garland of flowers (or other decorative items) strung together and worn around the neck. One puts the lei over the recipient´s head and if the relationship is close, gives the recipient a ... http://www.directoryofhawaii.com/hawaii_beach_vacation/general-hawaiian-etiquette/ The aboriginal culture of Hawaii is Polynesian. Hawaii represents the northernmost extension of the vast Polynesian triangle of the south and central Pacific Ocean. While traditional Hawaiian culture remains only as vestiges influencing modern Hawaiian society, there are reenactments of the cultural ceremonies and traditions throughout the islands. Some of ... http://www.directoryofhawaii.com/hawaii_beach_vacation/hawaiian-culture/ By road Hawaii has 4 federal highways: H-1, H-2, H-3, and H-201, all located on Oahu and all part of the Interstate Highway System. With the exception of H-201, which begins and ends on H-1, all the highways have at least one end point at or near a current or former ... http://www.directoryofhawaii.com/hawaii_beach_vacation/transportation-on-the-islands/ "Pidgin" Many residents speak Hawaii Creole English (HCE), often called "pidgin". The lexicon of HCE derives mainly from English but also has words from Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and Portuguese. During the 19th century, there was a great increase in immigration from foreign countries (mainly China, Japan, Portugal—especially from the Azores ... http://www.directoryofhawaii.com/hawaii_beach_vacation/pidgin/