Honolulu's light rail system... (sadly, most of the possibilities for offloading all the tourist related traffic into Waikiki is not yet built. (I suspect, but do not know, this is because of lack of available transportation routes)
Anyone here know how the first segment is working out?
@ai6yr Oahu is the most depressing place I've visited in my life, esp a place that _should_ be paradise. There is a 10+ lane highway out of Honolulu but you're ON AN ISLAND.
It's really amazing how the auto and petroleum industries (with a lot of help from the federal gov’t) have completely screwed up a 600 sq mile island
We'll visit the Big Island and Kauai these days but that's it. My brother was robbed in a hotel elevator as a teen and it's turned me off Oahu ever since. He and my dad got an extra trip to testify against the guy but I've never been back except through the airport to another island. Loved Maui the first few times I was there but it was horribly gentrified the last time and I don't think I'l be back again. We spent our honeymoon on Lanai camping pre giant hotel and Ellison.
@darwinwoodka @mkristensson
Kauai does have some pretty spectacular natural features, without the ridiculous excess of tourism on Maui.
Molokai's also great, for the genuine island vibe and minimal impact of tourism.
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