Plans are in motion on our end for mustering a celebration. Your job is to make it to the island if you can...and if you can, find yourself a place to settle in.
oahu's east side - Malaekahana is just up around that far point
Of course April 2nd is the day, but we will be in the house on Malaekahana beach from Wednesday March 30th till Tuesday April 5th. Clay’s parents have a place a few doors up the beach for the same dates.
The houses are exactly halfway between the two campgrounds we mentioned in the last post:
Friends of Malaekahana - http://www.malaekahana.net/default.asp?file=Home
These guys manage a private campground at the north end of the beach, about a 10 minute walk from our houses. They have pretty rustic cabins and a more upscale yurt.
It also appears that Friends of Malaekahana manage cabins for Malaekahana State Beach Park which is at the opposite end of the beach to the south
here’s the link: http://www.alternative-hawaii.com/fom/.
For those interested in pampering yourselves, here are some other options.
Turtle Bay Resort is a four-star hotel and golf resort nearby - its really the only “resort” on the northern half of Oahu. http://www.turtlebayresort.com/
It is a very short drive to where we’ll be at Malaekahana and close to all the famous beaches on the North Shore.
In addition to hotel rooms and suites in the hotel, there are also a number of condominiums in and around the resort. Some of these are rentals managed through the two agencies below:
http://www.turtlebaycondos.com/index.html
http://www.turtlebay-rentals.com/site/Home/PropertyID__15134/sd1__01-01-0001/sd2__01-01-0001/1910/default.aspx
Want more? How about house rentals on the beach? Many of these could work out affordably if families and friends want to share houses.
Here are some websites:
VRBO.com vacation rentals (but listing 43928 we already got for the wedding!)
http://www.vrbo.com/vacation-rentals/usa/hawaii/oahu/north-shore/malaekahana
Private listings:
1 - http://www.privatebeachcottage.com/
2 - http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p194446
3 - http://www.findrentals.com/vacation-rentals/malaekahana-bay-hawaii.html
As for our own travels...we’re here on Oahu until November 1st. Then its back to Tasmania until March 2011. We’ll have a couple busy weeks on island before our we settle in for the wedding. We'll be escaping for a couple days the week after the party to decompress - but no drastic departure/honeymoon plans - we'll already be in hawaii afterall.
