Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Hospitals
Hospitals offering 24-hour emergency care include
Queens Medical Center,
1301
Punchbowl St. (
&
808/538-9011);
Kuakini Medical Center,
347 Kuakini St. (
&
808/536-2236);
Straub Clinic and Hospital,
888 S. King St. (
&
808/522-4000);
Kaiser Moanalua,
3288
Moanalua Rd. (
&
808/432-0000);
Kapiolani Medical Centerfor Women and Children,
1319 Pu-
nahou St. (
&
808/983-8633); and
Kapiolani Medical Center,
at Pali Momi, 98-1079 Moanalua
Rd. (
&
808/486-6000). Central Oahu has
Wahiawa General Hospital,
128 Lehua St. (
&
808/
621-8411). On the windward side is
Castle Medical Center,
640 Ulukahiki St., Kailua (
&
808/
263-5500).
Insurance
If you think your travel plans may change, you might want to look into travel insurance.
For information on traveler's insurance, trip-cancellation insurance, and medical insurance while
traveling, please visit
www.frommers.com/planning
.
Internet & Wi-Fi
If you do not have your computer with you, find a cybercafe close to where you
are staying: check
www.cybercaptive.com
and
www.cybercafe.com
.
If your hotel doesn't have
Web access, head to
Web Site Story Café,
2555 Cartwright Rd. (in the Hotel Waikiki), Waikiki (
&
808/922-1677
). It's open daily from 7am to 11pm and serves drinks. Or, go to
www.shaka.net
for
locations of their Internet kiosks.
Aside from formal cybercafes, all
public libraries
on Oahu offer free access if you have a library
card, which you can purchase for a $10 fee. The closest library is the
Waikiki-Kapahulu Library,
400 Kapahulu St. (across from the Ala Wai Golf Course;
&
808/733-8488
). Most hotels in Waikiki
have business centers where you can rent computers and get on line access for a fee. If you have
your computer with you most hotels (and even small B&Bs) on Oahu have
in-room Wi-Fi connec-
tion,
but the charges can be exorbitant ($11-$14 per day).
ShakaNet
(
www.shaka.net
)
, Hawaii's largest wireless provider, has completed the first phase of its
free Wireless Waikiki network. Phase I covers a significant portion of Waikiki and includes an es-
timated 1,000 hotel rooms, portions of the Honolulu Zoo, Kapiolani Park, Queens Beach, Kuhio
Beach, and the adjacent shoreline. The boundaries of Phase I are on their website.
Remember to bring a
connection kit
of the right power adapters, or find out whether your hotel
supplies them to guests.
Enjoying the Ocean & Avoiding Mishaps
The Pacific Whale Foundation has a free brochure called Enjoying Maui's Unique Ocean En-
vironment that introduces visitors to Hawaii's ocean, beaches, tide pools, and reefs. Although
written for Maui (with maps showing Maui's beaches), it's a great general resource on how to
stay safe around the ocean, with hints on how to assess weather before you jump into the
water and the best ways to view marine wildlife. To get the brochure, call
&
808/856-8316
or
visit
www.paciicwhale.org
.