Eye-opening drasma and locations almost too beautiful to be real unfold at all points of its coast and core: from the South Shore's retro-swinging Waikiki Beach to the East Shore's pristine beaches and dense jungles to the North Shore's Waimea Beach, feared and loved for its tsunami-like surf.

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With another week or more on Kauai, spend a couple of nights camping and hiking at Koke'e State Park and Waimea Canyon State Park, then boogie up to the North Shore, mixing some camping at Anini Beach or Haena Beach with lodgings in Hanalei.

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Instead many sail or swim or kayak, eat barbequed suppers on the beach, hit the nearby north shore hiking trails, listen to buskers on waterfront terraces, or simply lounge with a beer or two - fully clothed or otherwise - and watch the sun slip quietly into the sea.

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Spotlighting the current restaurant trend, Italian, Pilu at Freshwater is a new restaurant a half-hour ferry ride away from downtown on Sydney's north shore, featuring Sardinian cuisine and views onto Freshwater Beach.

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At Wednesday's trade show, New Jersey entities from Point Pleasant Beach along the Jersey Shore to rural Sussex County in North Jersey pitched their amenities.

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