I have not had an opportunity to visit Hawaii, or Tahiti, or the Virgin Islands, but I did finally get a chance to visit Kish Island and just as it is described on the departure monitors of Tehran's Mehrabad airport, it truly is "Kish: Beauteous Island."   A coral island in the Persian Gulf, pristine and clean and utterly delightful...a sort of resort paradise far removed from the unpleasantness of the rest of Iran: no pollution, no traffic (or even traffic lights), beautiful beaches and balmy short-sleeve shirt weather...certainly a winter "go to" place for those who cherish warm weather and quiet solitude.