I arrived at the start of Hawai’i’s Kalalau Trail to a packed parking lot at Ke’e Beach on the north end of the island. Without a permit, you can only hike the first 2 miles, plus an extra spur up to ...

As we drove past Pierce Brosnan's oceanfront villa on Kauai, our taxi driver turned to look at my boyfriend and me. "Kalalau Trail," he said, "is trippin'. Man, that's the real Hawaii." He gave us the ...

Writer’s Note: A few weeks ago, as the votes were being tallied for our readers’ poll of America’s best hiking trails, I was coincidentally trekking my way along the Na Pali Coast of Kauai along the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As we drove past Pierce Brosnan’s oceanfront villa on Kauai, our taxi driver turned to look at my boyfriend and me. “Kalalau Trail,” he said, “is trippin’.

When the first hippies arrived on Kauai in 1967 from the Mainland United States, they went to Kalalau Valley, but left a short time later, 15 men and women in all, after being warned by Warren ...

As we drove past Pierce Brosnan’s oceanfront villa on Kauai, our taxi driver turned to look at my boyfriend and me. ‘Kalalau Trail,’ he said, ‘is trippin’. Man, that’s the real Hawaii.’ He gave us the ...