HAWAIIAN BEACH COTTAGE

"The town stretches out lazily along the coast like a sleeping hound, a five mile reach of homes, shops, and parks penned between ridges of the cloud-catching Ko'olau Range.

 

Waimanalo is a half hour’s drive from Honolulu, and yet it feels like another planet. The village faces a long, curving 5 & 1/2 mile white-sand beach, one so luscious that it is used as a backdrop for the numerous television shows and movies including; Baywatch, Hawaii Five-0, Magnum PI., and 50 First Dates. 

 

Surrounded by suburbs, Waimanalo residents like to say: “We live in the country.” Behind the village climb acres of farmland, most of it given to raising ornamental plants. People keep horses and chickens. The salty trade winds spice the air even in the foothills.”

​

- National Geographic           

​