{"id":1058,"date":"2016-04-26T20:50:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T18:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journeyman.ch\/wordpress\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2016-04-26T20:50:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T18:50:35","slug":"oahu-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeyman.ch\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/26\/oahu-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Oahu (Hawaii)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know, it\u2019s a long time since my last post. But it is not that easy to do some work if you are in the Hawaiian mood. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The first intention I had as I arrived in Honolulu was that these Islands were totally overrated. I didn\u2019t feel the beauty and the Hawaiian spirit. For me it was expensive, it had too many tourists and a lot of homeless people. Not what you think about \u201cparadise islands\u201d.<\/p>\n

But I heard from many people, that Waikiki on Oahu is not the real Hawaii and I need to go to other islands. That was also my plan. I thought it will be easy to rent a car and camp around the islands. But the problem is that sleeping in a car is totally prohibited and also dangerous in Hawaii and you need to pre-book the campgrounds 30 days in advance. The option to book in to one of the thousands resorts was too expensive for me. Therefore I decided to try it over Airbnb.<\/p>\n

The first 3 days I had an apartment only two blocks from Waikiki Beach with sea view. Apart from my first surf lesson on Waikiki Beach I haven\u2019t done a lot there. I used the time to plan my further steps, to book the flights to the other islands and rent the different cars and accommodations.
\nThe rest of the week I had a room in a shared apartment of a \u201creal surfer guy\u201d (Bobby) on the north shore. It was really nice there because it was directly at the beachfront and Bobby and the other 2 Girls from California were very friendly and cool. With my rental car I drove a little bit around the island and enjoyed different beaches.<\/p>\n

My plan for the Hawaiian Islands was as followed:<\/p>\n

– 1 week Oahu (accommodation in Waikiki and North Shore)
\n– 1 week Big Island (accommodation in Kona and Hilo)
\n– 1 week Maui (accommodation in Kihei)
\n– Back to Honolulu 1 day and Flight to San Francisco<\/p>\n