After all the details of airfares, hotels, tours, and shopping, even people on vacation need to break, and the best way to relax and enjoy Hawaii is to wander. Choose a low-impact activity, check it out in your guide, and you'll be surprised at what else you wander into as you go.

• Take the glass elevators up to the top at Sheraton Waikiki or Ilikai Hotel Nikko Waikiki for some spectacular views of the beach and city.

• See the moon rise at Lanikai Beach over on the Windward side.

• Drive up to the top of Tantalus and watch the sunset.

• See if you can play. Take some ukulele lessons at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center.

• Sit back and enjoy the Royal Hawaiian Band at Iolani Palace on Friday or at Kapiolani Park on Sunday.

• Get up early and go down to the Honolulu Fish Auction at Kewalo Basin. Talk with the local fishermen as the catch is auctioned off to the island's chefs and merchants daily at five AM.

• Hike to the top of Diamond Head, the most famous place in all Hawaii, and try to imagine the world 100 years ago.

• Check out Duke's Canoe Club in Waikiki for suppa Hawaiian entertainers at sunset.

• Go down to the International Marketplace and stroll through the the bazaar of clothes, jewelry, and souvenirs.

• Window shop at ALA Moana Shopping Center and enjoy the live entertainment from Centerstage.

• Go to the Historical Room of the Sheraton Moana Surfrider for a treat.

• Visit Fort DeRussy Beach and find the Battery Randolph Museum on the military grounds.

• Discover the history of Kalaupapa, Molokai, at the Father Damien Museum. He set up a colony for suffers of Hansen's disease.

• Sit back and relax in the Moanalua Gardens.

• Remember December 7, 1941 and Pearl Harbor. Visit the Arizona Memorial that honor's the men lost in WWII USS Arizona.

• Visit Punchbowl, and walk through the Memorial of the Pacific National Memorial Cemetery, honoring soldiers from the Spanish American War to Vietnam.

• Take a quick hike into St. Louis Heights (Waahila State) Park.

• Drive back into Manoa Valley and explore the trails of the Lyon Arboretum.

• Treat yourself to the Hanohano Room at the Sheraton Waikiki and the spectacular views of Waikiki at night.

• Try to outplay the local chess masters at Kuhio Beach.

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