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A World of Memories Hawaii Trip Giveaway 2008

It is Hawaii Sweepstakes Sunday time here at Hawaii Vacation Gifts by Double Brush. Today's find is a really good one.

Enter the NWA WorldVacations A World of Memories 20th Anniversary Giveaway sponsored by Northwest Airlines. You could win a free trip for two to Honolulu, Hawaii or one of these other destinations: Las Vegas, Nevada; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Beijing, China or Paris, France. You could also be the winner of 20,000 Northwest Airlines WorldPerks miles, a $200 NWA gift card, HP Photosmart digital camera and more.

Grand Prize Trip to Honolulu Hawaii includes:

Roundtrip coach airfare for two via Northwest Airlines to Honolulu, HI
Five (5) nights hotel accommodations at an NWA WorldVacations hotel (one room, double occupancy).
Approximate Retail Value is $3,750 USD.

Enter this Hawaii vacation sweepstakes by March 15, 2008 for a chance to win. All you need to do is enter your name and email address, and agree to the office rules and terms and conditions of this sweepstakes.

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Enter to Win the Hilton Grand Vacation Sweepstakes 2008

Enter to Win the Hilton Grand Vacations 2008 Grand Giveaway. The first prize is a Hawaiian Getaway which includes 7 nights and 8 days for two people, round-trip airfare for two, and $5,000 in spending money! (The Grand Prize is a 2009 BMW 750Li)

You have be a legal resident of the United States, D.C. or Japan in order to enter this Hawaii Contest Sweepstakes. No purchase or sales presentation is necessary to participate.

The deadline for entry is January 31, 2009. They want a lot of information but only the very basic name, address, and phone number are required. Click her to enter the Hawaiian Getaway from Hilton Grand Vacations.

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How Bad Do You Want to be in Maui? Photo Contest

For today's Hawaii Sweepstakes contest, it actually involves a little or lot of work. Popular Photography magazine is sponsoring a photography contest called Maui: How Bad Do You Want It?

To enter this Hawaii contest, send them a picture showing how much you want to go to Maui. It must have a Hawaiian tropical theme. This is very loosely interpreted and can be real photos, or manipulated photos using image-editing software. The editors at Popular Photography will pick one winner based on creativity and originality, and relevance to the theme.

Prize Winning Maui Vacation includes:

5 nights at the luxurious Wailea Beach Marriott Resort and Spa
Airfare for 2 from the continental U.S.
Rental car

No purchase is required. One entry per person will be accepted until April 1, 2008 For complete details and information click here: Maui Vacation-How Bad Do You Want It?

I found out about this Maui contest from a post at Go Visit Hawaii, the best Hawaii blog for honest and authoratative information about traveling to Hawaii.

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We are used to Rain in Hilo, but we Hate Floods

We have been offline since Friday due to some severe weather on the Big Island, Hawaii. Hilo experienced some major flooding in areas that previously were not known to have flood conditions, and in places that always floods such as the Bayfront road in Hilo. Roads and schools were closed and many outdoor events were canceled.

We are used to rain on the East side of Hawaii island, with the city of Hilo receiving a annual rainfall of 126 inches. In Keaau where we live, the rainfall total is 120-200 inches per year!

Rain is one thing put constant pouring buckets of rain is another. It was storming so hard at our home in Puna with loud cracks of thunder, that we unplugged the computer and moved it to another room--since we lost our computer to a lightning strike a few years ago.

Luckily we had lots of food and the power didn't go off although we did have a couple of "brown outs". If you live on the Big Island, a brown out is when the electric lights in your home go dim for a second than come back on. For that moment you hold your breath and hope it won't turn into a "black out" meaning no power at all.

The east side of the Big Island has been one big soggy mess with Waiakea Uka (upper mountain area of Hilo) receiving over 20" of rain on Saturday. It feels like we must have received that much also.

Visit my friend Richard Ha's blog for a first hand account of the Hilo Flood 2008 with lots of photographs like the one above.