Thanks for the compliment, slippahs, although since I am on the real "Big Island" now, I will concede local authority to you, lavarock, and anyone else lucky enough to still be living there.

You should try and get to both Moloka`i and Lana`i. Moloka`i is full of mana, only seconded to Kaho`olawe, which I have been lucky enough to walk on (briefly). To veer back on topic, Papohaku Beach by the Kaluakoi Resort is also a great beach. If you camp out there on a clear and moonless night, you can look across the Ka`iwi Channel and see the streetlights of the houses by Sandy Beach...

As for Lana`i, I understand why the needed to build the resorts (and I've enjoyed my stays at both) and I am glad the folks there have jobs, but I consider myself lucky that I was able to spend some time there when it was still a pineapple plantation. Ah, the good old days...