Smart Travels - Pacific Rim With Rudy Maxa
Maui and Hawaii's Big Island (#501)
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Explores cascading waterfalls and takes a helicopter tour to the world's most active volcano. [26 minutes]
Series Description: From the natural beauty of Kauai's Na Pali Coast to Hong Kong's neon nightlife, SMART TRAVELS--PACIFIC RIM WITH RUDY MAXA V delivers the best of this exotic and ancient region. Award-winning journalist and travel expert Rudy Maxa models hassle-free ways of plotting a memorable, independent trip to intriguing destinations around the Pacific Rim. To bring the Pacific Rim's history alive, Maxa travels to tourist-savvy sites, rambling through ancient ruins, temples and cobbled streets to highlight the region's past. Along the way, Maxa motorbikes in Australia, navigates up river in New Zealand and samples Chinese haute cuisine in Hong Kong. Throughout his travels, Maxa offers tips on travel philosophy, reservations, overcoming the language barrier, adapting to different surroundings, changing money, pacing travels and meeting people. Maxa also ferrets out lesser-known sites and shares these pristine off-the-beaten-path surprises with viewers.
All Upcoming Episodes
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Maui and Hawaii's Big Island (#501)
Explores cascading waterfalls and takes a helicopter tour to the world's most active volcano. [26 minutes]
- Sat, June 8, 6:00 PM on IPTV Learns
- Thu, June 20, 8:00 AM on IPTV Learns
- Thu, June 20, 2:00 PM on IPTV Learns
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Oahu and Kauai (#502)
Explore the state's Polynesian roots at the Bishop Museum and remember WWII history at Pearl Harbor. [26 minutes]
- Tue, June 25, 8:00 AM on IPTV Learns
- Tue, June 25, 2:00 PM on IPTV Learns
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San Francisco (#503)
The port city revels in art, diversity and food. Visit the Haight neighborhood and the Golden Gate. [26 minutes]
- Thu, June 27, 8:00 AM on IPTV Learns
- Thu, June 27, 2:00 PM on IPTV Learns
Past Episodes
These episodes of Smart Travels - Pacific Rim With Rudy Maxa aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- San Francisco (#503)
- Oahu and Kauai (#502)
- Maui and Hawaii's Big Island (#501)
- Seattle (#504)
- Vancouver & Victoria, British Columbia (#505)
- Guadalajara & Puerto Vallarta (#512)
- Hong Kong (#507)
- Shanghai (#506)
- New Zealand's North Island (#511)
- New Zealand's South Island (#510)
- Queensland, Australia (#509)
- Sydney (#508)
- Mexico City and Ixtapa (#513)