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Hawaii - the Aloha State - welcomes and seduces visitors with its frangipani-scented sea breezes and tropical warmth. This is where East merges with West in a blur of hula and disco, soap operas and creation myths, junk food and Japanese tea ceremonies, Shinto shrines and surf clubs.

Mark Twain declared Hawaii to be 'the loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean', and not even thirty years of mass tourism have managed to prove him wrong. Whether your thing is volcano spotting, surfing or just lying back and smelling the orchids, this is the place to indulge yourself.

 		  
     
  Maui's scenery is superb and its landscapes serene. The island's sunny western coast is lined with gorgeous white-sand beaches, and in winter the warm oceans are alive with humpback whales. You can explore jungles and waterfalls, windsurf with the pros or enjoy a drink at Lahaina's historic taverns. Maui is known as 'The Valley Island' because of its two large extinct volcanoes divided by a tropical central valley. It's the second-largest of the Hawaiian islands and the most developed of the Neighbour Islands. Its windsurfing and surf spots are some of the best in the world.

Sparsely populated, with a handful of small towns, Molokai is a last surviving piece of the old rural Hawaii. It exists in a kind of time warp: no packaged Hawaiian, no high-rises, and more farmers than tourists. It is home to a greater proportion of Hawaiian people than any of the main islands.

Oahu is home to Honolulu, the biggest city in Hawaii; Waikiki, the Pacific's leisure-and-pleasure capital; some of the world's biggest surf; evocative WWII memorials at Pearl Harbour, and a relaxed multicultural mix that gives a memorable flavour to its streetscapes and restaurants.