geziYORUM
Hawaiʻi: Aloha, ʻOhana and the Heart of the Pacific – 2025

2 April 2025 – 8 April 2025

Hawaiʻi: Aloha, ʻOhana and the Heart of the Pacific – 2025

A Pacific journey from Waikiki and Pearl Harbor to the legacy of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the waves of Maui.

Route map

The geography of a journey

Day 1HonoluluAloha and our first encounter
Day 2WaikikiSurfing, EO and ʻohana
Day 3Pearl HarborA turning point in Pacific history
Day 4Bishop MuseumThe kingdom and Polynesian culture
Day 5Wailea, MauiOur first day on Maui
Day 6KapaluaGreen valleys and the Pacific
Day 6Kapalua BayA journey along Maui’s coast
Day 7Māʻalaea HarborFishing in the Pacific
Day 7South MauiFarewell to Hawaiʻi

Day by day

Travel journal

1DAY
2025-04-02Public

Arrival in Hawaiʻi

Aloha! We are in the Hawaiian Islands, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, roughly 13,365 kilometres from Turkey and thirteen hours behind home. No one knows exactly when people first reached Hawaiʻi, although current research suggests that Polynesians settled the islands between AD 1000 and 1200. Empires had risen, wars had been fought, and art and literature had flourished elsewhere in the world, yet Hawaiʻi was so remote that people reached it only centuries later.

Read the full entry →
2DAY
2025-04-03Public

Waikiki, Aloha and ʻOhana

We are on famous Waikiki Beach, where shallow, sandy, warm water meets golden sand. Ocean swells rise as they approach the shallower seabed and reefs, making Waikiki an exceptional place for beginner surfers. I would certainly recommend the ocean-view rooms at the Sheraton Waikiki. Coming to the shore at sunrise, watching the surfers, and drinking Hawaiian coffee over an açaí bowl is wonderful.

Read the full entry →
3DAY
2025-04-04Public

Pearl Harbor

One of the first places that comes to mind in Honolulu is Pearl Harbor. The harbour really does sit inside a pearl-like bay. This is where Japan’s attack on the United States Pacific Fleet on 7 December 1941 changed the course of the Second World War. The United States entered the war after the attack.

Read the full entry →
4DAY
2025-04-05Public

From the Hawaiian Kingdom to America’s Fiftieth State

Sugar cane was one of the crops that shaped the destiny of these islands. The growing plantations of the nineteenth century needed labour, supplied first by indentured workers from China and later by people from Japan, the Philippines, Korea and Portugal. This history helps explain why Hawaiʻi now has the highest proportion of residents of Asian descent of any US state.

Read the full entry →
5DAY
2025-04-06Public

From Honolulu to Maui

We fly from Honolulu to Maui. Our hotel stands on the bay where the first season of *The White Lotus* was filmed. Maui is greener, with a fertile valley stretching between two great volcanic mountains. The mountains shape winds and rainfall, so it is usually possible to find a calmer bay on another side of the island.

Read the full entry →
6DAY
2025-04-07Public

Waves, Whales and Maui

We explore the island in a rental car. The coast seems to be everywhere; the sea is clean and the water warm. What will remain with me from Maui? Waves, whales and Mai Tais—and the chickens and roosters that wander freely through the streets. Istanbul has its cats; Hawaiʻi has its feral chickens.

Read the full entry →
7DAY
2025-04-08Public

Fishing and the Journey Home

One day we go fishing. Our captain is wonderfully friendly. We troll, yet once again the fish we catch is a bottom-dwelling species. We take it to a nearby restaurant and eat it as fresh as it could possibly be. The sea, clouds and view are magnificent.

Read the full entry →

Album

Our selected moments

Open this trip’s family album

Address book

Places where we ate, stayed and made memories

01
Accommodation

Sheraton Waikiki

Our Waikiki stay, with views of the ocean and Diamond Head.

Public
02
Beach

Waikiki Beach

An iconic surfing beach of warm water, reefs and beginner-friendly waves.

Public
03
Tarihî alan

Pearl Harbor National Memorial

A memorial interpreting the attack of 7 December 1941 and the Pacific War.

Public
04
Museum

Bishop Museum

A Honolulu museum devoted to the culture, nature and history of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.

Public
05
Koy ve konaklama

Wailea

Calm water, whales and a slower rhythm on Maui.

Public
06
Liman ve deneyim

Māʻalaea Harbor

The starting point for our fishing trip off Maui.

Public