Recommendations: Hawaii

[sauergeek]

Work is sending me and a coworker to Hawaii (for work, alas). However, I'll have two free days (6/24 and 6/30) as well as one free evening (6/23) to have a look around the place. I'm staying in Honolulu, and will be on Oahu the entire time I'm there. The hotel is one of the Honolulu International Airport hotels -- a Best Western, I think. There is a car available, but it's in my coworker's name, so I will likely not have ready access to it.

Questions for the assembled folk who know Hawaii:
* Does Honolulu have decent public transit? How about the rest of Oahu? If so, is there a website for trip planning?
* Do you have any tour books you particularly like?
* What do you recommend I do in my spare time?

I like trying out new food, new beer, and I suppose I should make at least one beach stop that involves fru-fru drinks with umbrellas in them. I also think I'd like to stop by Pearl Harbor and see the WW2 memorials there.

Thoughts?

Comments

Kaneohe - sweet

[snolan.livejournal.com]

When I was there in the 80s, even active duty USAF folks could not get on to Kaneohe - so though I heard the base had nice beaches and surfing, I never got to see it.

Though thinking about it - I bet some of that stuff is more open than ever. Is Kaneohe still a base? I'll bet it's closed now and open to public (Hawaii has Democratic representatives).

For that matter, what used to be Bellows AFS in Waimanalo (sp?) is probably open to the public now too! That was a gorgeous beach and very quiet - familiar to anyone who watched Magnum P.I. as the setting for the "Robin Masters private beach" scenes.