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  Duke's Waikiki Restaurant - Waikiki Restaurant
Duke's Waikiki, named in honor of surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku, is a seafood restaurant where great tasting food and the aura of old Hawaii are the fashion.
Duke's Waikiki is located right on the site of the original Outrigger Canoe Club, overlooking the spot where Duke rode the biggest wave of his life.
The restaurant is reminiscent of a gentler and younger Waikiki, when canoeing and surfing were in their heyday, beachboys ruled, and Duke was the undisputed "king of the ocean".
www.dukeswaikiki.com   (0 words)

  
 Oahu Waikiki Tour
Waikiki is a strip of high-rise hotels set along one of the most famous beaches in the world.
Historically, Waikiki was the playground of Hawaiian ali'i (the nobility).
Waikiki became the most famous strip of beach in the world, ringed with high-rise hotels and accessible to middle class travelers.
www.bestplaceshawaii.com /tours/oahu/waikiki.html   (628 words)

  
 Waikiki, O'ahu
Waikiki is best known for its beaches but it is also host to award winning restaurants, world-class shopping, and top island entertainment.
Waikiki is a 0.7-mile manmade peninsula that encompasses 450 acres of vacation paradise.
At the beginning of the 20th Century, Waikiki was mainly swampland, fishponds, and duck ponds.
www.hawaiiweb.com /html/waikiki.html   (118 words)

  
  SMH - Travel
Waikiki wasn't always like this, with a Legoland of 33,000 hotel rooms overlooking the beach, and its fabled surf a logjam of big mals (longboards), hire boards, canoes and honeymooners.
Waikiki means "spouting water", and in pre-colonial times this area, lush with fishponds and food gardens, was a haven for both royalty and commoners.
The section of Waikiki called Gray's Beach, near the Halekulani and Outrigger Reef hotels, was known to early Hawaiians as a place of healing, of strong mana where the sick and injured came to bathe and be treated by kahuna physicians.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/05/30/1054177720552.html   (2088 words)

  
 Waikiki, Hawaii
Waikiki enjoys endless associations as the world's most famous ideal beach resort - blessed with South Sea magic - as a world of opposites, as Miami with a hint of Japan, as pure pleasure.
Waikiki ("bubbling water") is the 2 mile/3.2km-long and about 2626ft/800m-wide heart of Honolulu, if not of the whole of the Hawaiian islands.
Waikiki has not simply one beach but a series of beaches, almost all ideal for swimming and all types of water sports.
www.planetware.com /hawaii/waikiki-us-hi-ohwk.htm   (800 words)

  
 Surfline | Waikiki
One such area that clung to the ancient ritual was Waikiki, where tourism was sprouting thanks to the proximity of Honolulu and the construction of new hotels.
The gentle sloping waves of Waikiki (which means "spouting water," referring to the freshwater swamps rather than the surf) had long provided the ultimate bunny slope for the primitive planks of ancient Hawaii, and by the turn of the century, the missionary presence was declining.
In Waikiki, the number of beach boys grew in relation to the booming tourist industry, leading to the creation of several clubs.
www.surfline.com /surfaz/waikiki.cfm   (783 words)

  
 Aloha-Hawaii.com: Waikiki
Translated, Waikiki means "spouting water," a reference to the rivers and springs that richly flowed into the area.
Waikiki was the setting for one of Hawaii’s historic battles.
Waikiki is also home to some of Hawaii’s finest restaurants and hottest nightspots.
oahu.aloha-hawaii.com /hawaii/waikiki   (0 words)

  
 Waikiki Accommodation Pictures and Maps
Waikiki accommodation comprises over 100 high rise hotels in the tiny 1 sq mile stretch of Waikiki Beach.
Waikiki Accommodation Pictures takes you on a memorable journey around this stunning south pacific tropical destination so you can plan your perfect holiday...
We also provide a compact Waikiki Travel Guide presenting the basic facts like visa requirements, weather and money and outlining the highlights of each island and how to get around.
www.waikiki.hawaii-accommodation-pictures.com   (0 words)

  
 Hawaii Travel Guide - TheBigDay Travel
Waikiki is the most popular destination on Oahu, with its luxury shopping boutiques, restaurants, and most of Oahu's hotels.
Further south of Waikiki beach, beyond Kapiolani Park, are two luxury hotels we recommend as well: the W Honolulu and the Kahala Mandarin Oriental.
Below is a classic view of Waikiki Beach from one of the hotels at the northwest end of the beach.
www.thebigday.com /Travel/HawaiiGuide/OahuRegionsWaikiki.asp   (461 words)

  
 Honolulu/Waikiki - Wikitravel
Waikiki is a district of the city of Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, in Hawaii, one of the United States of America.
In the case of Waikiki and Honolulu, which are located on the south shore of Oahu, mauka roughly means north, and makai roughly means south.
In Waikiki, the three main streets, from makai to mauka, are Kalakaua Avenue (one way Ewa to Diamond Head, along Waikiki Beach), Kuhio Avenue (two-way), and Ala Wai Boulevard (one way Diamond Head to Ewa, along the Ala Wai Canal).
wikitravel.org /en/Honolulu/Waikiki   (1451 words)

  
 Waikiki MLCD
The Waikiki MLCD is located at the Diamond Head end of Waikiki Beach.
The MLCD extends from the groin at the end of Kapahulu Avenue to the ewa (west) wall of the Natatorium, from the highwater mark seaward a distance of 500 yards or to the edge of the fringing reef, whichever is greater.
A reef flat extends out from the Waikiki Aquarium seawall a distance of about 35 yards to a dredged channel, then continues on the other side of the channel.
www.hawaii.gov /dlnr/dar/mlcd/waikiki.htm   (395 words)

  
 Waikiki pictures - Oceania stock photos, fine art prints by QTL
Waikiki, a district of Honolulu, is where half of the visitors in all the Hawaiian islands stay.
Waikiki's high-rise hotels, packed into an area of less than a square mile, provide more than 60,000 rooms.
The main draw by day is Waikiki Beach, one of the most user-friendly beaches anywhere.
www.terragalleria.com /pacific/oahu/waikiki   (281 words)

  
 Waikiki   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This AAA 3-Diamond condominium resort is located on the Diamond Head side of Waikiki, near the beach and Kapiolani Park and only minutes to all the shopping and dining that Waikiki has to offer.
Waikiki - where daytime sizzles with activity under the Hawaiian sun and nighttime brings another facet of excitement to this jewel in paradise.
And Hyatt Regency Waikiki sits proudly in the center of it all, offering "Camp Hyatt" for the kids, Na Ho'ola Spa to rejuvenate your body, mind and spirit through Hawaiian culture, values and arts, free entertainment for everyone to enjoy, as well as the famous Waikiki Beach.
www.fantastichawaii.com /html/waikiki.html   (2255 words)

  
 Beach Camera Waikiki Honolulu
From a height of thirty stories, watch the parade of colors that is Waikiki by day, or revel in the radiance of Waikiki by night.
View live camera on Waikiki beach in front of
To subscibe to our Waikiki Newsletter which is mailed six time a year.
live.waikikitimes.com   (97 words)

  
 Waikiki Beach, Oahu
Waikiki Beach - Each grain of sand could tell a story for the millions of visitors that walk this beach.
Sea turtles frequent the area fronting the “grand dame” of Waikiki, the Sheraton Moana Surfrider Hotel.
Waikiki has nearly 1.5 miles of beach, really a series of beaches with their own intriguing names.
www.thisweek.com /oahu/tour/tour-waikiki.html   (311 words)

  
 Waikiki   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Waikiki Beach with its gentle surf is the most celebrated beach in paradise, but you will want to venture beyond the beach while vacationing at Royal Aloha Waikiki.
Waikiki is approximately 9 miles from Honolulu International Airport.
Waikiki Skytower is located a few blocks away at 2410 Cleghorn Street.
www.ravc.com /Waikiki.htm   (349 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Travel: Waikiki gets $1 billion update as "urban resort"
WAIKIKI, Hawaii —; This once-run-down visitor destination is in the midst of a $1 billion makeover, and even the tourists are starting to look different.
Along with it is a new price tag, too: At an average of $148 a night, Waikiki's hotel-room rates are now the second-highest in the nation, behind only New York City.
Waikiki merchants then started using a new tax surcharge to maintain facilities and offer safety patrols, hospitality services and daily torch lighting and hula shows near the beach, he says.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/travel/2003455001_waikiki03.html   (775 words)

  
 The Oahu Visitors Bureau - Sample Itinerary (Waikiki)
Prior to the building of the Ala Wai Canal, rain-fed streams from the Ko'olau Range filled fishponds and pools in Waikiki, a wetland area of taro, sweet potato and banana farms whose ocean-side farmers supplied the community with a diet rich in shellfish.
With the arrival of whaling ships and foreign visitors, royal estates were replaced with luxury hotels and Waikiki's way of life was changed forever.
During your first days on O'ahu, journey through Waikiki's story - from past to present - and take a stroll along its white sand beach as you reflect on the island's rich past and modern-day abundance.
www.visit-oahu.com /gd_waikiki.aspx   (150 words)

  
 waikiki pictures and videos on Webshots
Waikiki: Miramar Hotel across from Ohana Waikiki West...
Henryk with view of Waikiki and Diamond Head in the backg...
Bill and Mary Ann share Waikiki gossip and discuss world af...
www.webshots.com /search?new=1&source=&query=waikiki   (363 words)

  
 Waikiki Gateway Hotel: Waikiki Beach   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The beach at Waikiki is a two mile stretch of coast line fronted by hotels and plenty of shopping.
Waikiki Beach is always crowded, but it is a very relaxing beach.
The Diamond Head side of Waikiki Beach are covered in grassy picnic and recreational facilities, including those of Kapiolani Park.
www.waikiki-gateway-hotel.com /waikiki.html   (245 words)

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