Oahu on a budget

Visit a beach. Take a hike. There are plenty of low-cost ways to experience often-pricey Hawaii. This is the scene on Oahu’s North Shore.

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Oct. 15, 2017 6 AM PT

Honolulu Cookie Company. A pineapple-shaped shortbread cookie is just 75 cents.

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Waimea, on Oahu.

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Fireworks light the water each Friday evening beside the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Waikiki Beach.

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Leonard’s bakery is a fixture in Honolulu. Try a malasada, a Portuguese doughnut, for a bit more than a buck.

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A view of Honolulu from Diamond Head.

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Honolulu’s Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon.

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