NBWM2 Vacation Destination
Guess where we vacationed this year! 12 wonderful days in Paradise :) Instead of writing one really long journal, I'm going to write about the daily experiences of each day as a blog post.
This month is going to be a lot of (drum roll please.....)
~~~ Hawaii ~~~~
How about some Hawaii Fun Facts to start off....
It's the most isolated population center on Earth - 2,390 miles from California, 3,850 from Japan and 4,900 from China.
Hawaii consists of 8 larger islands, but in total of 124 small, unihabited islands. When measured from east to west, Hawaii is the widest state in the US.
Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee. (One of my favorites was the coconut coffee - yum!)
Hawaii produces about 320,000 tons of pineapple each year (and my gosh - if you like pineapple - you HAVE to try it in Hawaii - incredibly fresh and sweet).
Hawaii has its own time zone. (This was actually a topic for us when we arrived in Hawaii.) It's called Hawaiian Standard Time. There is no daylight savings time in Hawaii.
Ok, this is important..... the Hawaiian alphabet consists of only TWELVE letters. The five vowels are A,E,I,O.U and the seven consonants are H,K,L,M,N,P,W. Now you know why some of the street names get so difficult to pronounce. They have to be creative with limited letters!
Hawaii is the only US state where land area is increasing (from volcanic eruptions).
The state motto is "Ua Ma ke Ea o Ka Aina I ka Pono" (the life of the island is perpetuated in righteousness).
Hawaii has a state fish... here's the name: Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (no, I'm not making that up!) The name means "fish with a pig's nose" The natives nicknamed it "Triggerfish" for short. This fish sleeps on its side at night.
"Aloha" is a greeting which means "Hello", "Goodbye" or "Love"
"Mahalo" - means "Thank you" and is possibly the second most common phrase you'll hear in Hawaii (the first being Aloha)
"Ono" - means delicious, which you'll see on restaurant menus. (Our tour guide, Ema, said the natives will say something is "onolicious")
Shaka Sign or "Hang Loose" consists of extending the thumb and pinky finger while keeping the 3 middle fingers curled. Hawaiians use it as a gesture of friendship and understanding between various ethnic cultures. One origin of local lore credits the gesture to Hamana Kalili, who lost the three middle fingers of his right hand while working at the Kahuku Sugar Mill. Kalili was then shifted to guarding the sugar train and his all-clear wave of thumb and pinky is said to have evolved over the years into the shaka as children would imitate his unique hand "wave."
How about some Hawaii Fun Facts to start off....
It's the most isolated population center on Earth - 2,390 miles from California, 3,850 from Japan and 4,900 from China.
Hawaii consists of 8 larger islands, but in total of 124 small, unihabited islands. When measured from east to west, Hawaii is the widest state in the US.
Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee. (One of my favorites was the coconut coffee - yum!)
Hawaii produces about 320,000 tons of pineapple each year (and my gosh - if you like pineapple - you HAVE to try it in Hawaii - incredibly fresh and sweet).
Hawaii has its own time zone. (This was actually a topic for us when we arrived in Hawaii.) It's called Hawaiian Standard Time. There is no daylight savings time in Hawaii.
Ok, this is important..... the Hawaiian alphabet consists of only TWELVE letters. The five vowels are A,E,I,O.U and the seven consonants are H,K,L,M,N,P,W. Now you know why some of the street names get so difficult to pronounce. They have to be creative with limited letters!
Hawaii is the only US state where land area is increasing (from volcanic eruptions).
The state motto is "Ua Ma ke Ea o Ka Aina I ka Pono" (the life of the island is perpetuated in righteousness).
Hawaii has a state fish... here's the name: Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (no, I'm not making that up!) The name means "fish with a pig's nose" The natives nicknamed it "Triggerfish" for short. This fish sleeps on its side at night.
"Aloha" is a greeting which means "Hello", "Goodbye" or "Love"
"Mahalo" - means "Thank you" and is possibly the second most common phrase you'll hear in Hawaii (the first being Aloha)
"Ono" - means delicious, which you'll see on restaurant menus. (Our tour guide, Ema, said the natives will say something is "onolicious")
Shaka Sign or "Hang Loose" consists of extending the thumb and pinky finger while keeping the 3 middle fingers curled. Hawaiians use it as a gesture of friendship and understanding between various ethnic cultures. One origin of local lore credits the gesture to Hamana Kalili, who lost the three middle fingers of his right hand while working at the Kahuku Sugar Mill. Kalili was then shifted to guarding the sugar train and his all-clear wave of thumb and pinky is said to have evolved over the years into the shaka as children would imitate his unique hand "wave."
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