About: Dianne

My love of travel started in the sixth grade when I visited the ocean for the first time. After that there was no looking back. Over the years I've traveled at every opportunity, and in 2009 I started working for Valley Tours in Stillwater, MN as a tour director. I have much experience traveling myself, leading groups, and travel/tour planning. My desire going forward is to help people to see the world - to travel to places they've only dreamed about!

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Kualoa Ranch and Secret Island Beach

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Yesterday I went to the Kualoa Ranch and Secret Island Beach via many forms of transportation. The morning started with a ride to the ranch on a motor coach. After a short orientation on what I would be doing for the day I hopped on a horse named Sam for a trail ride. This was.
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Waikiki Beach

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The famed Waikiki Beach on Oahu is about two miles long. It’s very popular and crowded, but certainly not the nicest beach I’ve been on. There are no shells, just rocks, it’s not very wide – especially at high tide, and it is actually a man-made beach. The sand was imported from Australia. That must.
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Manoa Valley Rain Forest and Waterfalls

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This morning I went to the Manoa Valley Rainforest and hiked up to the Manoa Falls. This is where the movies Jurassic Park and The Hunger Games were filmed. A side note – it seems like wherever I have gone this past week, I hear that Hawaii Five – O is filming there. I haven’t.
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Luau

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Last night was the luau here at the hotel. The food was fantastic . . . well except for the poi – that was tasteless mush! I always like to at least try new foods because usually they are pretty good, but I didn’t need to have more than one taste of the poi. The.
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Life in Hawaii

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With the exception of getting up early for a couple of tours, my days have started with waking up at around 7:00 am. It’s been nice to slowly wake up to a nice view and not with an alarm while it’s still dark out! After breakfast on the balcony, I go out for my morning.
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