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VacationFest travel expo arrives at SM Civic Sunday, March 7th BY ROB WASSERMAN The independently-owned TravelStore is hosting the fifth annual VacationFest consumer travel show and sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 7th, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, located at 1855 Main St. in Santa Monica. The six-hour event is free and open to the public.

From Here to There: Maui ... the world's best island
Fly to the Kahului Airport from Fort Myers with a change or two of planes and you will find yourself on the island of Maui. This island is part of the Hawaiian islands and has been voted the best island in the world by travelers. You will be able to visit the second highest waterfall in the United States, see the largest dormant volcano in the world and swim on beaches that have white, gold, black, salt and pepper, green or garnet sand. Get ready to relax, enjoy fine dining, golf, water sports, hiking and beautiful beaches. This is a vacation that will satisfy everyone.

The Daily News Online
Large crowd? Please. On Molokai, a half-dozen isn't a crowd. It's a mob scene. My wife and I had been traversing the Hawaiian island, plunked between Maui and Oahu and within view of both, for four days. Now, just moments before our return to Maui, we were in the company of more camera-toters than just about anywhere else we'd stopped on the "Friendly Isle." After a primer on how to liberate a macadamia with a mallet ("Whatever you do, watch your fingers"), Purdy made a few sales and the horde dispersed. Rush hour was over. At 38 miles long and 10 miles wide, Molokai is compact but dizzyingly diverse.