Jordan Independent - The perfect getaway - Comments

My wife and I are going to

KONK4463 — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:35:47 -0500

My wife and I are going to be going on a 7 day cruise to Hawaii soon. I hope its as good as it sounds in your comments!

I love Jamaica and would go

shawn hogendorf — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:21:33 -0500

I love Jamaica and would go back to Negril in a heartbeat. But for the perfect vacation, I would choose to go to Peru, Ecuador or Italy.

I had a good experience,

Mathias Baden — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:39:26 -0500

I had a good experience, too. The weather was horrible, though, in March. Our rainy, week-long trip back in 1989 was sandwiched between two weeks of perfect 80- to 90-degree, blue-sky, cloudless weather.

We stayed in Honolulu, but we saw the whole big island. Surfers, snorkeling, the jungle, downtown, we even toured a nut factory.

And I brought home a neon green baseball hat with "Hawaii" written on it. I took it to school and someone stole it. (I sure you're thinking, Who would steal anything that's neon green? Keep in mind that this was in 1989, when I was in fifth grade.)

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

That sounds pretty great.

Brandon — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:25:28 -0500

That sounds pretty great. The more I hear about people’s visits to the Aloha State, the more I want to visit it myself.

Cruise around the Hawaiian

J-Town Knitter — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:54:25 -0500

Cruise around the Hawaiian Islands! My husband and I flew to Oahu and cruised around four of the islands (Maui, Oahu, Kauai and Hawaii-the big island). The cruise ship sailed at night and we explored the islands during the day. We were in port overnight on Maui and Kauai during the seven-day cruise, and we rented cars on those days. The sightseeing was amazing, the weather wonderful, and we enjoyed the luxuries of our floating hotel. We went on a whale-watching trip off the coast of Maui and saw many humpback mother/calf pairs breeching and playing in the tropical blue water. February's a great time for whale watching. We ate delicious Hawaiian cuisine and enjoyed the wonderful, relaxed pace of the islands. Nothing like it. Some day we'll go back to explore and snorkel some more. Best of all, we did it, airfare and all, for right around $3,000 (yes, that's for both of us!). Look for those "fire sale" opportunties by booking your trip through a travel agent close to the sailing date.

The perfect getaway

Brandon — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:15:27 -0500

Where would you go for your perfect vacation? Or where did you go that was a perfect vacation?