KAUAI
"The Garden Island" - it is a beautiful island, without a doubt. It is only 20% inhabited, and has a rural feeling to it. That's not to say it doesn't have it's towns with all the conveniences, because it certainly does. We saw a lot of the island, but not all of it. We left there feeling like we hadn't seen enough.
OAHU
"The Gathering Place" - it is also beautiful, but in a different way. It has a major city and crowded beach area (Honolulu and Waikiki), which are fine to see once, but we have no desire to go back to those places. However, we thoroughly enjoyed the North Shore and its beaches and surf. We didn't have time to see the rest of the island, which we would love to do some day.
HAWAII
"The Big Island" - also another beautiful place. Comparable to Kauai in terms of it being more rural. Our focus was on seeing the Kilauea volcano, and we didn't have much time to see the rest of the island. In fact, we would probably go back to the volcano because we couldn't see some of the things due to the changes it underwent just before we arrived. The island is quite large. So we will have to spend more time there in the future.
MAUI
"The Valley Isle" - it was downright beautiful in spots, especially the less inhabited areas around West Maui and the Hana Highway. And certainly it's wildlife (whales) were an attraction to me. They only hang around until May. Parts of it were crowded though - reminded me of Florida with all the condos and hotels. I would never turn down a trip back there, but I'd go back to the other 3 islands to see things first.
To sum it up...we'd go back to Hawaii any time. Maybe in 2-3 years for a couple of weeks, and we'd focus on 1 or 2 islands only. We also now have a pretty good idea of where we'd stay on each island which helps in the planning as well.
It was a wonderful 25th anniversary trip!
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