Can anybody believe that another year has passed since our 1st Hawaii Blog Anniversary in July 2007! Well, time flies by when you are having fun, Keoki likes to say. Well, the full year is not over yet but it's time to reflect and prepare our blog birthday celebration. In this post, we are taking a few moments to recount what we have achieved during the past year of blogging about Hawaii and what we intend to do for celebration.
First of all, we'd like to say 'Mahalo' to all our Best Hawaii Vacation Blog visitors, to those who were dropping in to read up on a certain post, but more so to those who visited our blog regularly and even left comments when they felt they had something to contribute to our article. We are happy to name a few right here: Bobbie from The Right Blue, Charles from WaveShoppe and Evelyn from HomespunHonolulu. Thanks for having your steady support in our Hawaii MyBloglog family.
We also owe big thanks to our Best Hawaii Vacation guest authors, Hawaii bloggers or visitors, who shared their Hawaii stories. With their article contributions, our Hawaii blog became more entertaining by talking about Hawaii from a different perspective and with a different style. We definitely encourage everybody who is in love with Hawaii to join our guest authors. If you have a nice Hawaii story to tell - no specials skills required! - please, let us know. We will publish it with a short bio and link to your website.
OK let's get to the point celebrating our Hawaii blog birthday with all of you. Last time when celebrating our 1st Blog Birthday we did not ask for presents. On the opposite, we gave everybody, who left a comment, a link to their site with a short description what their Hawaii blog is all about. This time we decided to write our birthday invitation early, so all those busy bloggers or Hawaii site owners or Hawaii visitors have enough time to join the fun.
How can you join our 2nd Best Hawaii Vacation Blog Birthday Bash?
It's very easy. You simply tell us which one of our Hawaii blog articles you like best. Finish the following sentence "My favorite article at Best Hawaii Vacation blog is ..."
What will you get?
Everybody who leaves a comment on this post or provides his vote for best article by email, will get a link on our Birthday Bash Post on July 27, 2008 (sorry no adult sites).
What will we get?
Hopefully we will get some good feedback which Hawaii stories our blog visitors liked best and want to hear more about in future blog posts.
Best way to find an interesting Hawaii blog story
With 165 posts and steadily growing, the best way to find an article you want to vote for, is by cruising the Best Hawaii Vacation Categories towards the bottom of right side bar. Find what Hawaii category is your favorite, click it and choose from a number of choices there. Our Best Hawaii Articles in the top is an option as well.
Vote for your favorite Hawaii Article by leaving a comment
Easiest way to submit your vote is to leave a comment right here on this post. Make sure not to sign in with Google but with name/URL (don't forget http://). With that method you actually double your chances to increase traffic to your blog or site. However, if you don't know how to leave a comment, send us an email and we will add your vote for you. Make sure to include your site or blog URL.
Let the fun begin and choose your favorite Hawaii story at Best Hawaii Vacation blog today. Don't forget to check your link on our Birthday Blog Post 7/27/08!
Mahalo and aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations Summer Deals
p.s.
It was a tough decision this time which of the beautiful Hawaiian girls from WahineStyle
we wanted to have as our special Hawaii birthday girl. We chose Kahiau on the beach. What do you think?
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Mahalo and aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations Summer Deals
p.s.
It was a tough decision this time which of the beautiful Hawaiian girls from WahineStyle
we wanted to have as our special Hawaii birthday girl. We chose Kahiau on the beach. What do you think?
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13 comments:
We received the first responses to our post voting for your 'Favorite Hawaii story' on our blog.
Here are a few recommendations:
There is no need to subscribe to our feed or email!
If you don't know how to comment, this is no problem. Tell us in an email (see our post above) which article you liked best.
We won't publish comments by companies which advertise their business in the comment text.
If those people want to join, tell us the Hawaii article you like best on our blog and sign in with name/URL.
Looking forward to your votes!
Mahalo and aloha, Pua & Keoki
Hey Pua...what a great idea having people comment on their favorite post. Hard to decide on just one however I think your post on horseback riding in Waipio Valley is right up their with your best..
Love reading your blog as it is always informative.
stretchguy
My favorite article at Best Hawaii Vacation blog is http://kohalacoastweb.blogspot.com:80/2008/05/best-beach-big-island.html because we agree with Pua that Mauna Kea beach is the best white sand beach on the Big Island. Aloha, Dean from Waiulaula Villa on the Kohala Coast
My favorite blog post is 'Get a Taste of the Big Island with Big Island photos'. It shows that a Big Island vacation is not just a beach vacation in Kona but offers adventures for everybody.
My favorite Blogs are about the Big Island and the Kohala Coast:
The Big Island is the most multi faceted of them all! - Your Blogger
Joanne from CA captures some of the uniqueness with her two articles
"Big Island Secret Beach" and "Horseback Riding in Hawaii on the
Big Island"...I live here - directly between those two, but -
I have hardly explored it all!
Another amazing "dimension" of the Big Island is the vastness and
sometimes the solitude of the panoramas, which reminds me that
I am an important member within this universe.
It brings me in contact with some quiet introspection.
Sometimes it is reminiscent of Antoine De Saint Exupery's
"The Little Prince"... This is my Planet! This is my Tree,
and this is my Flower - the rose, (growing in Waimea)!
Aloha!
Marie and Heidi
Hi Pua & Keoki - Thanks for the mention in your article. I'm always happy to participate on your very nice blog, either with comments or guest posts. You do a great job of promoting Hawaii, and especially the Big Island, to your readers.
My favorite post on is "Hawaii's Secret Beach." Kiholo is such a unique and unspoiled place - one of a kind.
Congratulations on your two years of blogging. Keep up the good work!
Bobbie
My favorite article on Best Hawaii Vacation is 'Where can I find Hawaiian Music?' http://kohalacoastweb.blogspot.com/2007/03/hawaiian-music.html
Before I had read that article, I did not even know that it's so easy to listen 24/7 to all my favorite Hawaiian songs.
5 Myths About Hawaii (http://kohalacoastweb.blogspot.com/search/label/hawaii%20volcanoes%20national%20park) is my favorite. There are many assumptions by those who haven't been to Hawaii and this helps straighten some out. Also like that others are encouraged to contribute.
It's time to say 'mahalo' to everybody who already joined our Vote for Best Hawaii Story on our blog. Quite an interesting combination of stories got chosen so far. We also received a few submissions by email which will definitely get their link on our 2nd blog birthday celebration on 7/27/08.
We encourage all those who did not tell us yet which Hawaii article they liked best. Please, do so. It helps us to define what to write about when talking about Hawaii vacation.
Once again, if you want to link your comment to your URL, don't sign in with Google but with name/URL...and don't forget the http:// !
Get some extra traffic to your site or blog by telling us which story you like - click blog categories in the bottom of side bar to find your favorite story. It's free and fast. Mahalo and aloha, Pua & Keoki
I vote for horseback riding on the Big Island. Waipio valley is a beautiful place and I love horses.
My favorite article at Best Hawaii Vacation blog is... "Get a Taste of your Big Island vacation with Big Island photos" .. more quality landscape photos please! Great blog and happy birthday
My favorite would be this article:
"How to have a great Big Island Vacation and Save Money"
Mine would be "Secret Beaches In Hawaii". Greets from land.
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