Hawaii
Wow!
Hawaii's Private Island - Lanai
Want to knock the old pineapple around? You'll need plenty of balls for losing in the ocean on the Challenge at Manele course on Lanai. Three holes span ocean cliffs.
Some say it's one of the three most difficult courses in the world. - Hawaii Tourism Japan (HTJ)
Some say it's one of the three most difficult courses in the world. - Hawaii Tourism Japan (HTJ)
Once upon a time, you weren't wanted on the Hawaiian island of Lanai unless you were a pineapple.
You see, the Dole company was running the biggest pineapple plantation in the world in Hawaii. And they owned the whole island. So, you had to be buddies with them to get an invite to what was called Pineapple Island.
And Lanai wasn't touristy. But that was okay if a person didn't care about doing much except eating pineapple. (What's on the menu, Bubba? Well, we got pineapple gumbo, pineapple etouffe, pineapple crab boil, chicken-fried pineapple, pineapple fricassee ...)
But those days are gone, because Asia started growing pineapples cheaper than Hawaii could.
Guess what? Dole sold out, and now you can go to Lanai. Mr. Murdock, the Daddy Warbucks billionaire who bought 97 percent of Lanai, has put in a couple of oolala fancy hotels and two golf courses because he wants you to stay and play. (Kind of like Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island.) And if Bill Gates could afford to get married there, so can you.
Still, the hotels and golf courses are somewhat secluded, so Lanai is now pitched as Private Island. ("Hi, Billy Mays here for Private Island.")
You see, the Dole company was running the biggest pineapple plantation in the world in Hawaii. And they owned the whole island. So, you had to be buddies with them to get an invite to what was called Pineapple Island.
And Lanai wasn't touristy. But that was okay if a person didn't care about doing much except eating pineapple. (What's on the menu, Bubba? Well, we got pineapple gumbo, pineapple etouffe, pineapple crab boil, chicken-fried pineapple, pineapple fricassee ...)
But those days are gone, because Asia started growing pineapples cheaper than Hawaii could.
Guess what? Dole sold out, and now you can go to Lanai. Mr. Murdock, the Daddy Warbucks billionaire who bought 97 percent of Lanai, has put in a couple of oolala fancy hotels and two golf courses because he wants you to stay and play. (Kind of like Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island.) And if Bill Gates could afford to get married there, so can you.
Still, the hotels and golf courses are somewhat secluded, so Lanai is now pitched as Private Island. ("Hi, Billy Mays here for Private Island.")
