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Amanda C Gregg Kaua’i (North Shore & Westside), Ni’ihau
One of Amanda Gregg’s earliest memories is jumping on a Maui hotel bed with her little sister, announcing plans to someday live in Hawaii – and here she is, calling Kaua’i’s Eastside home. Growing up in Massachusetts, Amanda’s first love was the ocean; travel, the second. After studying in Spain, Amanda received degrees in English and fine arts and a Masters in journalism from CU-Boulder. Since then, she’s worked as a beat reporter and editor on the mainland and on Kaua’i. Chasing her newest love, outrigger canoeing, she participated in the 32-mile Na Pali Challenge and 18-mile Queen Lili’uokalani Canoe Race.
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Scott Kennedy O’ahu (North Shore, Central O’ahu & Wai’anae (Leeward) Coast)
Scott Kennedy grew up in the very untropical mountains of Western Canada – perhaps that’s why he’s always been drawn to warm places. A divemaster, amateur mojito connoisseur and, sometimes, surfer, he’s had sand in his surf trunks on beaches from Aitutaki to Zanzibar. A decade ago, Scott first stepped foot on O’ahu and has been maintaining a long-distance relationship with Hawaii ever since. He now lives in Queenstown, New Zealand where he longs for clean waves, golden beaches and raspberry shave ice. Scott’s website is www.adventureskope.com.
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Ryan Ver Berkmoes Moloka’i, Lana’i
Ryan Ver Berkmoes first visited Moloka’i in 1987 and remembers being intoxicated by lush rural scenery on the drive east (or maybe it was the fumes from the heaps of mangos fermenting along the side of the road). He’s been back often, usually renting a beachside house where, between novels, he looks without envy at the busy lights of Maui across the channel. For this edition of Hawaii, Ryan brings his journalistic skills to Lanai’i and Moloka’i, two places that had previously only tested his holiday skills.
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Luci Yamamoto Food & Drink, Kaua’i (Lihu’e, Eastside & South Shore)
A fourth-generation native of Hawai’i, Luci Yamamoto grew up with hula lessons and homegrown bananas, but longed for four seasons and city sidewalks. She got as far as college in Los Angeles and law school in Berkeley, followed by a brief stint practicing law, then a career change toward writing. Over the years, especially after working on several editions of Lonely Planet’s Hawai’i the Big Island and Kaua’i titles, she’s come full circle from her youthful offhandedness about her extraordinary home islands. Currently living in Vancouver, she feels privileged when kama’aina still consider her a ‘local girl.’
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CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
Dr David Goldberg wrote the material from which the Health chapter was adapted. He completed his training at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City and is an infectious diseases specialist and the editor-in-chief of www.mdtravelhealth.com.
Jake Howard wrote the Surfing boxed texts in the Outdoor Activities & Adventures, O’ahu, Hawai’i the Big Island, Maui, Lana’i, Moloka’i and Kaua’i chapters. Jake is a senior writer at Surfer magazine and lives in San Clemente, California. He has traveled and surfed extensively throughout the Hawaiian and Pacific Islands, Indonesia, and Central and South America.
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