Hawaii Travel News 04/21/2011

Check out this guest post we did for Nomadic Foodie. Break out the chopsticks, I'm ready for some sashimi! 

The summer surf season has officially arrived and surfers turned out in force for it! Summer brings big waves to the south shores in Hawaii, while winter brings the big wave surfers to the north shores.

Hawaii is not exempt from April snowfalls, believe it or not.

In the next couple of weeks, Nguyen Le, owner of Momentum Multi-sport, a local triathlon store, and the State Department of Health are rolling out Hawaii’s first bike sharing program to drive motorists from gas power to pedal power.

I've personally never had a taste for it, but those who love uni (sea urchin) and especially uni pasta will LOVE this gallery post by food writer Melissa Chang.

Chefs, farmers, culinary students and food professionals from across the state converged at Leeward Community College Friday for Chefs & Farmers Facing Future, a forum to discuss how Hawaii can foster a sustainable agriculture industry

Waikiki hotel guests apparently have been taking more than just tschotskes back home with them. A Honolulu hotel is one of three in the nation using a new tracking technology for their linens to help protect their inventory of towels, robes and sheets.

Sonia visits Hilo's Panaewa Zoo, the only one in the U.S. located in a rain forest, to check out the "Corpse Flower" and it's progress towards blooming.

A great story of how one Maui man is helping to aid the recovery in Japan from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

This month I'm sharing a guest post about Kona over on the Wanderfly blog.

I love that this was his favorite episode to shoot! Sounds like it will be a fun one to watch as well.