There's no place on earth quite like this handful of sun-drenched, mid-Pacific islands. The Hawaii of South Seas literature and Hollywood films really does exist. Here you'll find palm-fringed blue lagoons, lush rainforests, hidden gardens, cascading waterfalls, wild rivers running through rugged canyons, and volcanoes soaring 2 miles into the sky. And oh, those beaches -- gold, red, black, and even green sands...
Think Naked Open Secrets in the Great Outdoors Source: Outside
Bone Fishing The supernatural tour of Hawaii, where spirits live and enemies become fishhooks. Source: Outside
Connecting the Bumps Racing the Wind in a Modern-Day Outrigger Canoe Source: Outside
Soaked It sounded like a good idea at the time: Journey to the sopping epicenter of the wettest place on earth, bag the peak, and get back in time for supper. But that was before the clouds clamped down on Mount Waialeale. Before the jungle closed in and the map became irrelevant. Before the machete-wielding, pig-hunting swamp guide said, "Would be so easy to get lost back there, brah." Source: Outside
Life's Swell The 1998 article that inspired the Hollywood hit, Blue Crush.To be a surfer girl in Maui is to be the luckiest of creatures. It means you're beautiful and tan and ready to rip. It means you've caught the perfect dappled wave and are on a ride that can't possibly end. Source: Outside
Hawaii: A Diver's Paradise It's a place where the chaos of evolution has taken bold steps to enthrall and surprise even the most well-traveled bubble-blower.
