Smart Travels - Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa: Maui and Hawaii's Big Island

Smart Travels - Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa

Maui and Hawaii's Big Island (#501)

The cultures of the Pacific converge on the breathtaking islands of Hawaii. This trip Rudy begins on Maui, where he braves the twisting road to Hana with its cascading waterfalls and tropical splendor. Fire-knife dancers light up the night sky, and we sway to the rhythms of hula and slack-key guitar. Later, Rudy hops over to Hawaii's Big Island for ancient petroglyphs and a helicopter tour of the world's most active volcano. Tips on snorkeling and golfing.

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Program Description: From the natural beauty of Kauai's Na Pali Coast to Hong Kong's neon nightlife, Smart Travels--Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa 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.

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- Mon, May 12, 3:30 PM on IPTV-Digital
- Tue, May 13, 3:30 AM on IPTV-Digital
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- Tue, May 13, 3:30 PM on IPTV-Digital
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- Wed, May 14, 3:30 PM on IPTV-Digital
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- Mon, May 19, 3:30 PM on IPTV-Digital
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