"Your Ideal Hawaii Home: Avoiding Disaster when Buying or Building in Hawaii" has what you need to know about the climate, laws, and culture of Hawaii before buying your home. The book details the variety of climate zones on the islands, rainfall differences, issues with bugs and mold, unique property laws, costs of ownership, and cultural differences that challenge people from the mainland US and other countries moving to Hawaii. Your Ideal Hawaii Home describes the large variety of residential housing choices in Hawaii with the authors personal experiences of living in a high-rise in...

People relocating to Hawaii Island often learn how different a move to Hawaii is at great expense and aggravation. This book was written to describe the choices available when planning a move to Hawaii and how these choices later affect cost of living and lifestyle in Hawaii. This book is a guide for planning a move to Hawaii Island and getting set up on the island with hundreds of photographs and resources. It includes personal stories of what worked and did not work for the authors and others who moved to the island. The book answers common questions that hundreds of people have asked us in...

Your Ideal Hawaii Island Vacation is a travel guide that describes over 150 spectacular locations on the island of Hawaii. Over 200 photographs (black and white) accompanied by descriptions give you an impression of the island's unique places. Detailed driving directions make it clear how to get to each site. Every site is accessible by a regular car and most are only a short walk or can be seen from the car. The travel guide covers the entire island of Hawaii with maps of each area. Many areas in East Hawaii, barely mentioned in other guides, are covered in great detail from the authors'...

After moving to Hawaii, we had fantastic improvement in our health and fitness. Yet it was a mystery to us why so many people living in Hawaii are healthier, happier, and live longer. We wanted to know the secret of health and fitness in Hawaii so we would not change something in our life that would reverse our progress. It did not surprise us that Hawaii is ranked the most healthy and happy in the nation. Our neighbors and friends in Hawaii were incredibly fit and active into their 80's and 90's. We even met people with terminal conditions who moved to Hawaii for their last days of life and...