Archive For May, 2009
The 2009 Fire Knife Championships were recently held at the Polynesian Cultural Center. The winner of the this years World Samoan Fire Knife Championships is Mikaele Oloa from Oahu. Congrats to Mikaele, check out his winning performance: History of Fire Knife dancing Knife dancing in Samoan culture goes back several generations. Traditionally, knife dancing was [...]
Big Island Tour – Top 10 Places on the Big Island of Hawaii The Big Island of Hawaii is actually the largest island because it is the youngest island, and has not been eroded by the Pacific Ocean as much as other islands like Maui or Oahu. Legend says that the Island of Hawaii was [...]
Maui is one of the most lush and picturesque islands in Hawaii, thus it is know as either the “Magic Isle” or the “Valley Isle”. The famous Road to Hana, also known as “The World’s Most Beautiful Drive” is the main road that winds along the northern/windward coasts of Maui. Along the Road to Hana [...]
Memorial Day weekend in Hawaii was blessed with great weather and some amazing ways to observe the Holiday. Below is a recap of what happened at Discover Hawaii Tours during our Memorial Day weekend. If you have any pictures or would like to share how you spent your Memorial Day please add them to the [...]
THE ORIGIN OF THE MAI TAI DRINK One evening in the late 1800’s a group of distinguished visitors from England were sitting in a tavern near the Iolani Palace in Honolulu. They were enjoying a delicious rum and pineapple juice concoction when one of the gentlemen accidentally dipped the tip of his neck tie into [...]

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