Fair enough!

First, If you haven't been to Niihau, you must go.  Yes, the boat ride will
be a trip to remember but the diving will be the best you have ever known in
Hawaii.

Second, Lanai used to be the "Pineapple Isle" but all pineapple production
ceased completely and suddenly in 1995.  Dole Pineapple then sold the island
(or the 95% of it that it owned) to a private company.  That private company
has built two very fine resorts and a couple of dozen multi-million $
mansions.  Otherwise it has left the island undeveloped.  There are 350
hotel rooms and 3000 locals, almost all of whom work for Castle&Cook.  They
went from being a plantation island that farmed pineapples to a plant ion
island that farms the rich and famous.  It is the kind of place you go to
get away from hoi polloi, but you must pay for that privilege.

That said, Molokai could be similar except the locals DO NOT WANT YOU THERE!
The "Friendly Isle" my a.s.  They won't let you do anything unless you hire
a guide.  As far as the diving goes, I've heard mixed reviews but the place
remains pretty much unexplored.  If you are going to dive it, you'll have to
find your own local charter.  The difference between Molokai and Lanai is
that on Lanai almost everyone works for a single employer whose job is
catering to the rich: if you aren't nice to the tourists, you are voted off
the island.  On Molokai, most of the residents are unemployed or
underemployed in the nescient tourist industry and very bitter about it.

You know all about Maui and there really isn't much to say about diving off
the Big Island so I won't go there.

Just give me plenty or warning when you are coming out next.  At this point
in my life the kids come first.

kula