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visitor center which educates visitors                QUEEN EMMA SUMMER PALACE
            about reef life. Closed Tuesdays.                     Formerly a summer retreat for Hawaiian
                                                                  royalty in the cool, rainy hills of Nu'uanu
            AERIAL  TOUR Thrilling and beautiful                  Valley.     The      palace      has     King
            tours via HELICOPTER, BIPLANE, and                    Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma's
            SEAPLANE are available. Contact:                      family belongings. Managed by the
            Makani  Kai Helicopters at 834-5813;                  daughters of Hawaii. For info. call: 595-
            Stearman Biplanes Rides at 637-4461;                  3167.
            Island Seaplane Service at 836-6273. Or
            ask a tour coordinator at any activity                BISHOP        MUSEUM          The     premier
            center.                                               exhibitor and guardian over the natural
                                                                  and cultural history of Hawaii and the
            WATER SPORTS Jet skiing, parasailing,                 Pacific Islands. Artifacts of Hawaiian
            waterskiing, wakeboarding, banana boats               culture on display include royal clothing,
            and bumper tubes, glass bottom & scuba                weapons, and much more. There is also a
            dive boats are  all available at Koko                 Planetarium. A "Must See" for museum
            Marina.                                               buffs. For information call: 847-3511.

            LYON  ARBORETUM  At the end of                        ALOHA STADIUM Home of  the
            Manoa Road above Waikiki, on 194 acres                University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors,
            is a world-famous collection of over 5000             the annual NFL Pro Bowl, and Oahu's
            species of tropical plants. This academic             largest swap meet (6a.m.  -  3p.m. Wed.,
            resource conducts regular classes.                    Sat., Sun.).

            UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII The Manoa                        PEARL  HARBOR, a naturally formed
            Campus is the flagship of the UH System.              safe haven, is the home of the U.S. Navy
            It is the home of the Rainbow Warriors                in  Hawaii.  The  USS  ARIZONA
            and the East-West Center, and is famous               MEMORIAL honors the more than 1100
            for marine biology.                                   men  who died aboard the ship in the
                                                                  infamous  attack  on  Pearl  Harbor  on
            PUNCHBOWL CRATER The  National                        December 7, 1941. This attack drew the
            Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific is the               United States into the conflict of World
            resting place for over 38,000 casualties              War II. The memorial spans like a bridge
            from WWII, the Korean and Vietnam                     across the mid-section of the sunken
            Wars. A shrine  commemorates the                      battleship. For info  call: 422-2771. The
            missing-in-action. The rim of this crater             battleship  USS MISSOURI,  also known
            provides an incredible view of the city of            as "THE MIGHTY MO", is now a
            Honolulu. For further information call:               museum and memorial berthed at Ford
            532-3720.                                             Island. It was right here upon the decks of
                                                                  the Mighty Mo that the WWII surrender
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