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 If you must drive, bring a good road map. It’s a good idea to get a road map of Oahu and a street map of Honolulu well in advance of your visit so that you can study them. MapQuest (www.mapquest.com) directions and maps may also be helpful. The maps you get with your rental car are pretty good, although fishing through the advertising to find them is a pain. National automobile clubs may offer free maps to their members. The excellent Full Color Topographic Map of Oahu from the University of Hawaii Press includes street maps of Waikiki, Honolulu, Kailua, and Kaneohe. This map is usually available at travel stores on the mainland and just about everywhere on Oahu.

What to leave in the car

Nothing. Never leave valuables in your car, even in a locked trunk. “Valuables” include not only jewelry, money, checks, and credit cards, but things you can’t readily replace: glasses, prescription medication, identification, keys, snapshots of loved ones, etc.

Hiking

Road maps are useless for hiking trails. For trail maps, I recommend the maps in this book and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) 7½′ series of topographic (“topo”) maps for Oahu. Topos show elevation details as well as roads and trails. However, topos are not updated as often as you’d like.