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Show “An olA saying goes, there is a right way, a wrong way, and a Hawaiian way. More and more I'm beginning to understand the Hawaiian way” | Jack Lord: “Let Me Show Yo The other day I got a letter addressed to “Jack Lord, Hawaii.” No fan letter I’ve received in the past 10 years could have pleased me more. Not because of the success of the show, and whateverit might have done for my morale and my ego, but because it identified me other professions all over the U.S. The stores responsible for this are like the old general stores of the early West, stores that seil everything. The famous Hawaiian song, “Hasagawa General Store,” immortalized one of them. breath-taking drive through the Pali, resort now being developed by C the pass that divides the windward and the leeward sides of Oahu, through the lush banana groves over to Kailua and Kaneohe. Then drive through the miles of pineapple fields up to the northern Ho, There is a marvelous section near the tip to watch the huge waves we show with this place that I now consider home—the “loveliest fleet of islands center of Honolulu, usually missed by you every week on the opening of “Hawaii Five-O.” On the way, stop at the that lies anchored in any ocean.” And as an actor, artist anc former seaman significance. There’s the Iolani Palace where Queen Liliuokalani wrote “Aloha Oe.” She was a captive in the room we Polynesian Cultural Center, run by the now use as McGarrett’s office in the “Hawaii Five-O”series. Nearby is the oldest church in Hawaii, built in the early 1800's, made of coral rock taken Waimea Falls and Makaha. Makaha Inn is a new beach who has dropped a few anchors in the harbors of the world, I think I can write with some authority. To me, Hawaii is not just visual; it is the sounds, the fantastically clear air that smells of Pikake, night blooming Cereus, Plumeria. Most of all, Hawaii tourists, that is charged with historical from the reef on the nearby coast. Any tourist can get a “Promenade Pam- phlet,” published by the State of Ha- is its people—the beautiful golden people—andits relaxed way of life. These waii, that he can use for a walking tour. have all helped to change my own outlok and attitude as a human being. But the easiest way to explore Oahu or any of By Hawaii I certainly don’t mean the overpublicized and crassly commercial the islands—is to rent acar and simply Waikiki Beach, where thousands of hotel rooms are jammed into less than drive around. one square mile, filled with beach boys and bikinis, and where the beaches are crowded and the living space is more expensive than in any city in the world. Tourists who see Waikiki get a very distorted view of the islands. Yet, even on Oahu—of which Wai- kiki is the best-known landmark—there are fascinating things to see and do. For me,one of the most marvelous experiences is to get aboard a- Honolulu Rapid Transit bus, which takes you from one end of the island to the other. When you sce something interesting, get off. Every neighborhood seems different. Chinatown, downtown, Hotel and Maunakea Streets—which James Jones wrote about. The incredible open fish markets where you can get fresh Ahi, which means “fire” in Hawaiian and refers to a big and powerful tuna. | love to browse in the Mama and Papa stores that are owned by Japanese or Chinese and are scattered through the poorer sections of town. A lot of the old-timers who own them had written to their homeland in the 1920's and °30’s and brought back “mail-order brides.” They often saved enough moneyselling seed, fish hooks, nets, flowers, food stuffs or drygoods, to send their children to Ivy League Colleges. These are young men and women who today practice medicine, law and Jack Lord, known to millions of viewers as Five-O's “McGarret”, with his wife Marie: “Many tourists make the mistake of wanting to see too much atone time.” 6 Famiiy Weekly, June 20, 1971 Try the good and industrious Mormons. Then head south, stop at our leading Chinese financi ‘vhich some day might rival Waikiki a tourist attraction. if you don’t want to drive, you c go on hiking trip, free of charge, co ducted every Sunday by a local cli that meets downtown, uses the rag transit bus into the mountains, th follows one of the trails. They oft stop at private estates and parks pi fuse with hundreds of varieties of GF chids anc otherexotic flowers. By nOw)” you mayrealize that I’m a flower fi You can fir out about these exe sions, as well as any other free att tions, by calling the Hawaiian Visitag Bureau or checking the Beach Premee given free at yourhotel. 4 Manytourists who come here ma the mistake of wanting to see too mummy at one time. If I were visiting h for the first time. I think I'd pi the big island of Hawaii for mj first stay. You can fly dire from the mag land to |