Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
TRAVELER'S
online
TOOLBOX
Veteran travelers usually carry some essential items to make their trips easier. Following is a
selection of handy online tools to bookmark and use.
•
Airplane Food
(
www.airlinemeals.net
)
•
Airplane Seating
(
www.seatguru.com
)
•
Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau
(
www.gohawaii.com
)
•
State of Hawaii
(
www.hawaii.gov
)
•
City and County of Honolulu
(
www.co.honolulu.hi.us
)
•
Helpful Hawaii Websites and Links
(
www.hawaiiradiotv.com
)
•
Honolulu Daily Newspaper
(
www.staradvertiser.com
)
•
Honolulu Weekly Guide to Activities
(
www.honoluluweekly.com
)
•
Foreign Languages for Travelers
(
www.travlang.com
)
•
The Hawaiian Language Website
(
www.olelo.hawaii.edu
)
•
Maps
(
http://maps.google.com
)
•
Oahu Visitors Bureau
(
www.visitoahu.com
)
•
Time and Date
(
www.timeanddate.com
)
•
Universal Currency Converter
(
www.xe.com/ucc
)
•
Visa ATM Locator
(
www.visa.com
)
•
MasterCard ATM Locator
(
www.mastercard.com
)
•
Weather
(
www.weather.gov
)
By Bus
One of the best deals anywhere,
TheBus
(
&
808/848-5555,
or 808/296-1818 for recorded in-
formation;
www.thebus.org
) will take you around the whole island for $2.50. In fact, on a
daily basis, more than 260,000 people use the system's 68 lines and 4,000 bus stops.
TheBus goes almost everywhere almost all the time. The most popular route is no. 8
(Waikiki/Ala Moana), which shuttles people between Waikiki and Ala Moana Center every
10 minutes or so (the ride is 15-20 min.). The no. 19 (Airport/Hickam), no. 20 (Airport/Pearl-
ridge), no. 42 (Ewa Beach), and no. 23 (Waikiki/Ala Moana) cover the same stretch. Waikiki
service begins daily at about 5am and runs until midnight; buses run about every 15 minutes
during the day and every 30 minutes in the evening.
The Circle Island-North Shore route is no. 52 (Wahiawa/Circle Island); it departs Ala
Moana Center every 30 minutes and takes about 4½ hours to circle the island. The Circle Is-
