Do the hula!My trip to Hawaii was not only relaxing, but I also learned new facts about the 50th state to join the union. Here is just a sample:
- In the Hawaiian language, Hawaii is actually pronounced as if the 'w' sounded like a 'v', kinda like in German.
- The way that America took over Hawaii is quite dubious. Based on what I've read and heard, it sounds like powerful plantation owners and business people led by a guy with the last name of Dole (as in the big pineapple producer) underhandedly usurped the power of the queen of Hawaii.
- Most people mistake Tahitian dances for Hawaiian dances. Tahitians wear elaborate and very high headdresses shaped like a pope's mitre, whereas Hawaiians tend to wear crowns of greenery as in the picture above.
- There are many many Japanese tourists on the island of O'ahu
- Hawaii's public transportation system (aka The Bus) is not very reliable or timely, especially on Sundays and holidays. For example, my sister and I wanted to visit Lyon Arboretum on New Years Day, but the darn bus No. 5 did not arrive.
- It's quite common around Waikiki for people to walk barefoot and just wear a bikini on the public streets
- One of Hawaii's king's called King Kalakaua came to San Francisco around 1890 to find a cure for an illness, but the chill in San Francisco worsened his condition so much that he died in San Francisco
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