Definitely! We were at the JW Marriott Ihilani, in Ko Olina, on the southwest corner of Oahu. It's part of a whole set of hotels and such down there; they've built a set of four artificial lagoons (the fourth of which is visible in the distance there), in which you can swim and such. There's also a marina at the far end of the lagoons, from which depart trips for whale-watching, snorkeling, and so on.
The hotel itself was nice, though I wasn't impressed with the quality of the food at most of the restaurants, given the price they charge. Also, that's the extreme leeward corner of the island, meaning it doesn't get a lot of rain, so the natural landscape is much less verdant. However, it's also less windy than the north shore (where all the good surfing is) or the windward side, and if you rent a car, it's very easy to drive all over Oahu. It's a LOT quieter than Waikiki, which was a selling point for us, but may not be as much so for others with different tastes.
Maui is also very nice; when we went about twenty years ago, that's where we stayed. I don't remember much about it, though, other than "sand and sea and sun" and other such obvious things. :-) It's better for whale-watching, is all I know, because it's right alongside what amounts to the major whale highway down from Alaska.
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Date: 2012-01-26 04:17 am (UTC)The hotel itself was nice, though I wasn't impressed with the quality of the food at most of the restaurants, given the price they charge. Also, that's the extreme leeward corner of the island, meaning it doesn't get a lot of rain, so the natural landscape is much less verdant. However, it's also less windy than the north shore (where all the good surfing is) or the windward side, and if you rent a car, it's very easy to drive all over Oahu. It's a LOT quieter than Waikiki, which was a selling point for us, but may not be as much so for others with different tastes.
Maui is also very nice; when we went about twenty years ago, that's where we stayed. I don't remember much about it, though, other than "sand and sea and sun" and other such obvious things. :-) It's better for whale-watching, is all I know, because it's right alongside what amounts to the major whale highway down from Alaska.