I just got back from Hawaii yesterday! We stayed in Oahu (Waikiki Beachside Hotel) and Maui (The Hyatt Regency). Waikiki has a BIG nightlife. It's pretty much a city on the beach. Great shopping like Chanel, Gucci, ... as well as places like Billibong and quaint beach shops. Lots of bars and restaurants. I would say the most fast paced place in Hawaii. Hotel was not fancy, but we didn't want to spend a lot there because we knew we weren't going to be in the hotel a lot in Waikiki. Clean hotel, nothing fancy, nice view. The service was great and they were VERY friendly. We went to Pearl Harbor, while not typically a honeymooners activity I really wanted to see it and I'm really glad we went.

Maui is much more laid back. Has like 4 highways on the whole island. The Hyatt was beautiful, very tropical and "Hawaiian". We had no problems finding a good spot by the pool. Service was great. We actually went to look at the Four Seasons just to see what we missed. I originally wanted to stay here, but our travel agent advised us not to. It was beautiful and not nearly as big as the Hyatt, but I'm still happy with our choice to stay at the Hyatt. The Four Season's had an older crowd and I felt a little out of place. It was a little too quiet. And the pool at the Hyatt is much cooler also.

We did the bike ride down Haleakala Mountain. Highly recommend it! It's very cold up there so bring warm clothes, you can take them off on the way down and put them in the van that follows you. It's 38 miles of biking with no peddling. No exercise here girls. We used Maui Downhill, nice guys.

We snorkeled off Lanai'i. That was fun too because we swam with sea turtles (can't touch them) and we saw 100's of dolphins on the way over there. We also saw 3 humpback whales (which I LOVED because I'm a national geographic freak) because January-February is the whale season when all the mother whales come down to Hawaii to have babies, so cute.

We also did the Road to Hana, which I highly recommend. It took us 5 hours to get to Hana and it was raining, but there's a lot to see. We actually saw a sea lion or seal, anyway it was pretty big, hanging out on the shore. I walked right up to it, but I didn't touch it. I'm still not sure if he was sick or just being lazy because he saw me but didn't move. Buy the Hana CD, it helped us a lot.

We also saw a luau. We went to the one at our hotel. Very entertaining, you have to see at least one.

The little town near the Hyatt, Lahaina, has a lot of shopping and restaurants and bars. That is where the night life is, if you want to call it that. Very laid back atmosphere. I brought dress up clothes and didn't wear any of them.

Hawaii is very far, but very worth the trip.