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pat said:
The only thing I did not like about our days at the Outrigger was dealing with the Honolulu traffic.

The one day we decided to head out for the North Shore to familiarize ourselves with where we were staying for the majority of our trip and to take a look at Turtle Bay in advance of arrival we got stuck in a traffic jam that took hours to clear and not knowing the roads we were somewhat skeptical of getting off the highway at the only chance we had. It was so bad and we were stuck there so long we had to put the top up on the car because of the sun.......DH was not thrilled with my suggestion to drive out there that day... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" /> ....But once off the highway and out in the North Shore area we were thrilled with the rental so he did ultimately forgive me. The scenery is absolutely beautiful and is so worth seeing.


This is why we weren't planning on renting a car. But I guess if something major happens like what you experienced heading to North Shore everyone's going to be tied up in it, even a tour bus, unless the driver knows a way around it. We found a tour online (Oahu Grand Circle Island Tour) that sounds really nice and goes to Pali Lookout and the North Shore. The only problem is they pick up at the hotel between 7-8AM which would conflict with the vow renewal at 7:45AM. That's why I was thinking renting a car might be better as far as doing things on our schedule vs the tour company's schedule.

What we've done in the Caribbean is rent a taxi driver for the whole day and let him take us on a tour of the island. Usually we can do that for about $50. It would nice to be able to do that in Hawaii but I'm sure it wouldn't be $50 <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" />


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