Spirit of Aloha | Features | November/December 2007

Daytripping




IN THE ISLANDS, YOU CAN GET TO ANYWHERE FAST

PHOTO: STACY POPE,TOM CHAPMAN, BRETT UPRICHARD, GRADY TIMMONS, BISHOP MUSEUM, HAWAII VISITOR AND CONVENTION CENTER, USS MISSOURI MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, CORY LUM, 'ULALENA

There is nothing on record that John Lennon and Paul McCartney had Hawai‘i in mind when, in 1965, they wrote their famous song “Daytripping” (Lennon claimed he wrote most of the lyrics), but we can guess that they would have liked the possibilities here. Hawai‘i, a pocket-size destination with a limited landmass on a handful of islands in the middle of the world’s largest ocean, is a daytripping kind of place, and you can revel in it.

Hawai‘i’s modest dimensions mean that almost every spirit-awakening adventure is within easy reach and should fit perfectly into every traveler’s timetable. In the course of a day, you can hike, you can snorkel, you can bike, you can golf—and still make it back in time to change for dinner. You can fly from one island to another in 30 or so minutes (that’s going “abroad,” Hawai‘i-style). You can change your mind, you can reinvent yourself, you can go until you drop, and imagine that your whole world has been captured in a glass bottle and washed up on your own private beach.

“In this special issue we celebrate 14 classic and lesser-known day trips around the Islands, as seen through the eyes of writers who have lived and loved to tell the tale. Let their experiences inspire you to follow in their footsteps, day by day by day.

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