Hawaii for dummies - Cheryl Farr Leas

Travel smart at www.dummies.com Get in the aloha spirit the easy, breezy way From rainforests to volcano craters, whale watching to scuba diving, marine life to nightlife, Hawaii has it all. Whether you want to sip a mai tai and catch some rays or take up surfboarding and catch some waves, this guide gets you going. Discover Down–to–earthtrip–planning advice What you shouldn't miss —and what you can skip The best hotels andrestaurants for every budget Handy Post–it Flags to mark your favorite pages

Cheryl Farr Leas may live on the mainland, but she’s a Hawaii girl at heart. She fell in love with Diamond Head, aloha wear, and mai tais in 1994 and has had trouble staying away ever since. Whenever she’s not in the islands, she and her husband, Rob, make their home in Phoenix, Arizona, where they love to hike the desert mountains with their German Shepherd, Caleb. Before embarking on a writing career, Cheryl served as senior editor at Macmillan Travel (now Wiley), where she edited the Frommer’s Hawaii travel guides for the better part of the 1990s. Now happy to be a globe–trotting author and destination branding consultant, Cheryl also writes Maui For Dummies.