On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 3:02 AM, Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Waikiki is essentially a neighborhood of hotels. More than half the >>> blocks in that area appeared, when I was walking around there, to be >>> made up entirely of hotels plus retail to support the people staying >>> at those hotels. A typical Waikiki hotel is both next door to and >>> across the street from other hotels. So, no freeways, no train >>> tracks, no other obstacles, just hotels everywhere, totally walkable. >> >> So how is a person in, say, an African country who has never been to Hawaii supposed to know that? I had to get a guide book out of the library to know that, and I've been travelling to the USA regularly since 1979. > > The internet is a great tool, where you can find lots of information, including tons of Waikiki hotel maps - you should try it sometime ;) You means something like: https://www.google.com/maps/place/2005+Kalia+Rd,+Honolulu,+HI+96815/@21.283881,-157.835537,3a,75y,52.64h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s5ee49eblXU-e2iqPrwtOrg!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x7c006df59c996f13:0x3c23d4e24bf0e6c5 Complete with a proud bus and a reflection of a mapping car... Or even https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Aston+Waikiki+Beach+Hotel,+2570+Kalakaua+Ave,+Honolulu,+HI+96815/Hilton+Hawaiian+Village+Waikiki+Beach+Resort,+2005+Kalia+Rd,+Honolulu,+HI+96815/@21.281934,-157.830854,3a,75y,333.16h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sj-N4ZtT6Mxit0L6gtUMMZw!2e0!4m18!4m17!1m5!1m1!1s0x7c007270c1a4e7a5:0xaa5eb104ab272c4d!2m2!1d-157.822205!2d21.272258!1m5!1m1!1s0x7c006df50e752837:0xb1524c62f53c4230!2m2!1d-157.836952!2d21.283661!3e2!6m3!1i0!2i0!3i1 The Aston Waikki Beach Hotel claims to have rooms for ~$103 per night, 1.4 miles from the Hilton... W > > Regards, > > Christer > > -- I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad idea in the first place. This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair of pants. ---maf