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dxboon
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MW, try the Big Island sometime.

Last year I went to Maui, Oahu, and Hawaii.  On Hawaii, we rented a vacation house slightly south of Hilo near the thermal hot springs (about 20 minutes from historic downtown Hilo).  The east side of the Big Island is a little sleepier than the western side where Kona is, but from our rental house we traveled all over the island: snorkeled and shopped in Kona; visited the volcanoes on the southern end of the island (Did you know there is a winery on Hawaii?); saw the Hawaiian cowboys in the northern part of the island...and so many other great day trips.  

I highly recommend a trip to the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden as well as hikes to see the waterfalls on the island.  If you like lychees -- I am a HUGE fan, but only of the truly decadent, large, ruby-red varieties (not the yellowish-brown ones that are often sold in SoCal), and happen to be on Hawaii during lychee season (I was there late June/early July last year, perfect timing.) you owe yourself a trip to buy some at the Hilo Farmer's Market in their downtown.  The fruit was so unbelievable, at the end of the trip my traveling companions and I counted the pounds of lychee we bought and consumed in 5 days...the grand total: 13 lbs!

Here are some more pictures if you need convincing.  Enjoy!