This Oahu gallery and artists cooperative is one of the best places in Hawaii to buy extremely high-quality local crafts and designs. Much of the offerings are either distinctly local (bamboo and ginger patterned gold wedding bands) or Asian (pit-fired raku vases) but the drop-dead best thing in either of the two Nohea Galleries is wood.

Beneath the wind-tossed waves off Maui’s peerless beaches swim happy green turtles. They are curious critters – often so curious they try to nibble the bubbles right off the top of your snorkel or the orbs coming out of your mouth while scuba diving. Don’t touch them! It’s illegal on Maui or anywhere else in Hawaii. Instead, just sit there, watch them gracefully fly through the water, and enjoy the fact…