Many destinations have many sites covering details on vacationing there and Hawaii is no exception. In fact, Hawaii, as a travel destination, is covered by numerous websites covering everything from activities to mountain biking, and snorkeling to luaus. So many sites and so little time.

Thought there are many activities, hotels and ways to get to Hawaii, they are limited and after a while you'll discover that many sites on various topics cover same ground. This is both good and bad: Good, in that you have numerous choices to choose from for look and feel and price. Let's face it, some sites are easier to navigate than others, while some also have better privacy statements and ease of contact. Also, competition generally keeps prices lower. The bad: Well, there's just so many choices and one can easily become overwhelmed.

My suggestion here is not to try and visit every Hawaii travel website on planet, but to check out a few and stick with those you feel at ease with regarding navigation, product, pricing and privacy. There are many excellent Hawaii travel sites out there, so first thing to do is to target how you want to get there, where you want to stay and what you actually plan to do once you are there. If you're like most visitors to Islands these days, you'll arrive by air.

If you have frequent flyer accounts, you'll likely choose one of those airlines, otherwise, leave this open until you have completed some rudimentary pricing. The quickest, but not always cheapest, is to book a non-stop flight. Cruises from Mainland are available, but are quite expensive and are generally round trip, round-island cruises, with little time actually on Islands.

The legends of Easter Island have been recounted many times. What's less known is that island's assorted wonders are easily accessible on foot from comfort of only settlement, Hanga Roa. Before setting out see sights, however, visit excellent archaeological museum next to Ahu Tahai on north side of town (the term "ahu" refers to an ancient stone platform). Aside from exhibits, museum has maps which can help you plan your trip. On online map is available at http://www.mapsouthpacific.com/easter_island/

The first morning after arrival, I suggest you climb Easter Island's most spectacular volcano, Rano Kau, where Orongo, a major archaeological site, sits on crater's rim. But rather than marching straight up main road to crater, look for unmarked shortcut trail off a driveway to right just past forestry station south of town. It takes under two hours to cover six km from Hanga Roa to Orongo, but bring along a picnic lunch and make a day of it. (If climbing a 316-meter hill sounds daunting, you can take a taxi to summit for around US$6 and easily walk back later in day.) Once on top, you'll find hiking down into colourful crater presents no difficulty. It may also look easy to go right around crater rim, but only do so if you're a very experienced hiker and have a companion along as shear 250-meter cliffs drop into sea from ridge.