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<\/a>You have six beautiful islands to\u00a0explore. Each inhabited island has a different pace and culture, ranging from the city life of Honolulu on Oahu, to the largely native culture on Molokai. Where else in the United States can you both swim in warm water, snow ski and visit a volcano all in one day?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Although Honolulu has no professional sports teams, it does have three venues for spectator sports such as baseball, basketball and volleyball at: Les Murakami Stadium, Neal Blaisdell Center Arena, Stan Sheriff Center and Aloha Stadium.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Help the kids find Nemo at Waikiki Aquarium! Listen for the extremely vocal Common Mynah bird at Foster Botanical garden, Lili\u2019uokalani Botanical Garden, or Walker Estate!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Do you like natural history? The\u00a0Bishop Museum displays the state\u2019s largest collection of natural history specimens and the world\u2019s largest collection of Hawaiian and Pacific culture artifacts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Head to the Ke\u2019anae Arboretum and botanical garden, to see the most colorful and unique trees on the planet. The bark of the Rainbow Eucalyptus tree changes color as it sheds, so no two are ever alike and each is constantly changing. You can drive along\u00a0the Hana Highway west of Maui to see them or visit the arboretum for free.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If shopping is your passion then you are in for a treat! Ala Moana in Honolulu is the largest mall in Hawaii and the 7th largest\u00a0shopping mall in the United States with a total area of 2,100,000 square feet! Make sure you wear your walking shoes!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Diamond Head Theater is dubbed the \u201cBroadway of the Pacific\u201d and is the oldest performing arts center where music lovers go to enjoy live theater.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Want to work on a language? The Hawaii Japanese School \u2013 Rainbow Gakuen holds its classes in Kaimuki Middle School in Honolulu, serving overseas Japanese nationals. In addition, Honolulu has other weekend programs for the Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish languages.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n No matter what you love to do, it\u2019s impossible not to have\u00a0fun here and create life long memories with your new host family! Come see what Honolulu has to offer!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For more information about the GreatAuPair J-1 visa program, visit www.greataupairusa.com<\/a>. Families can call 800-604-2507 to speak with a GreatAuPair representative. \u00a0Au pairs can call 1-512-360-0499, or contact us on skype at greataupair.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you want to live where most Americans only dream they could live? Islands ranging from a tropical climate, to snow skiing on the Big Islands 14 thousand foot peaks, Hawaii is one of the most ecologically diverse places in the world and seems too good to be true! If steady warm weather and only 90 rainy days per year…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37,27,39,38],"tags":[32,40,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1923,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/1923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Honolulu offers a wide range of land and water based activities including sports, swimming, surfing, windsurfing, snorkeling, scuba diving, kayaking, canoeing, sailing, camping, hiking, mountain biking, and even snow skiing or snowboarding. \u00a0A popular magazine named Honolulu the \u201cfittest\u201d city in the United States. The city offers year round activities such as Great Aloha Run, Honolulu Marathon, and Honolulu Triathlon.<\/p>\n<\/a>How\u00a0about a relaxing day at the beach? Waikiki is a beachfront neighborhood of Honolulu, located on the south shore of the island of Oahu. It was once a retreat only for Hawaiian royalty in the 1800\u2019s. Today, the area is filled with large resort hotels and hosts many events each year, including surf competitions, outdoor performances, hula dancing and outrigger canoe races.<\/p>\n<\/a>How about a day with your host family visiting the Honolulu Zoo? There are over 1,230 animals to see! Afterward, take a ride on Waikiki Trolley to see the sites throughout Waikiki, Honolulu and East Oahu; or plan to stay for a Snooze at the Zoo. Yes, they schedule overnight camping with activities \u2013 imagine the sounds of the animals during the night!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Honolulu Museum of Art is the largest of its kind in the state, with over 50,000 works of art and is housed in First Hawaiian Center, the tallest building in Hawaii. You can enjoy two caf\u00e9s, gardens, films and concerts at the theater as well as take a studio art class or workshop. Some events and certain days offer free admission to all.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n