by Andrew Doughty | Aug 1, 2026 | Blog
Every guidebook has a mosquito section, and every mosquito section says roughly the same thing: wear repellent, cover your skin, avoid dawn and dusk. All true. And all useless if you actually want to enjoy your evening instead of spending it swatting at your ankles...
by Andrew Doughty | Jul 11, 2026 | Blog, Maui
We DO NOT recommend hitchhiking—Just had to get that piece of advice out of the way. Thumbing a ride is a mode of transportation that has slipped into legend for most places in the U.S. While we know plenty of people that successfully got around without much incident...
by Andrew Doughty | Jun 20, 2026 | Blog
Hawai‘i’s reefs cover hundreds of square miles and are still growing. (Some colonies have been growing for thousands of years). But facts don’t prepare you for your first face-down encounter with a healthy Hawaiian reef. What prepares you is knowing what...
by Andrew Doughty | Jun 13, 2026 | Blog
There’s a moment every visitor experiences on Maui, the Big Island, or Oʻahu — a rustle in the undergrowth, a flash of brown fur, and a quick, low-slung animal darting across the road before vanishing into the grass. Your first instinct might be to feel charmed....
by Andrew Doughty | Jun 6, 2026 | Blog, Hawaii
If you’re driving the road to Haleakala summit at dawn — which you should be, at least once — and a medium-sized goose steps calmly into your headlights and refuses to move, congratulations. You’ve just met the nēnē, Hawaii’s state bird. Don’t...
by Andrew Doughty | May 30, 2026 | Blog
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Hawaiian cuisine? (Sorry, but Hawaiian pizza doesn’t count.) It’s not just pineapple and teriyaki sauce. Thanks to the rise in foodie culture and shows such as Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,...
