was going to Hawaii for a vacation. I grabbed my suitcase and headed to the airport. The security checks took such a long time I stood for hours waiting and waiting. Later everybody was finally let onto the plane. The plane soon started taking off. I was sitting on the side of a window. As soon as the plane took off I was looking through my window everything was starting to get smaller and smaller. It was finally time finally the plane started to take off. I was on my way to Hawaii. In a few minutes
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I chose Hawaii for the area that needs improvements on the culture of the vacation. Hawaii is one of the last states to be added to the United States. Hawaii is entirely made up of islands. Hawaii is located in the Pacific Ocean. The islands were formed form the volcanoes located in the ocean. The capital is Honolulu and it is located on the island of O’ahu. The population is just a little bit over one million people. (Wikipedia‚ 2009) I chose Hawaii because it is one of
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Hawaii was the state that I was given. It was interesting to come upon on because it’s surrounded by water‚ it has so many volcanoes‚ and it is an exotic island. I have never been there myself‚ but I wish to go there. It is a special place because there are so many that I’ve never seen and it is a wonderful place for retirement. Hawaii is a place where everyone can have fun relax and enjoy having fun. This is why Hawaii is known as paradise to many people. Honolulu Hawaii is located
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of control; I was going Mach three on the fast track to being burnt out. Over the last two years I have learned that it is necessary to have balance my life. I decided to reward myself for achieving and maintaining this balance with a vacation to Hawaii. While there I enjoyed the beach‚ visited a volcano‚ explored a tropical rain forest‚ and slept outdoors. Immediately upon arrival I headed to the beach and buried my feet in the gleaming hot white sand. I stood on the edge of this breathtaking
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Hawaiian Sovereignty Something That Can Be Afforded? "If all of this seems long ago and far away‚ it is worth remembering that the past is never past." (Faulkner cited in Ellison‚ P.274) Many different groups today are seeking the sovereignty of Hawaii. The reason being that these mostly Native Hawaiian groups feel that they suffered a severe injustice when they were annexed into the United States against their own free will. They feel that since they were treated like objects rather than human
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food and Hawaiian food is a fusion of many cultures. The islands of Hawaii have been open to different cultures for hundreds of years. What do you see when you think of Hawaiian food? If you ’re like me‚ (born and raised on the (“mainland”) I think of fresh fruits (mostly pineapple)‚ seafood (Hawaii is‚ after all‚ in the middle of the Pacific ocean)‚ and exotic luau dishes like steamed taro leaves and roast pig. In reality‚ Hawaii ’s cuisine is both much more and much less than what the stereotypical
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event called the “Mahele” changed the traditional Hawaiian system of land tenure from communal use to private ownership (Kameeleihiwa 3). Events in the past of Hawaii‚ like the Mahele of 1848‚ left a devastating mark in Hawaii’s history; It helped eventually lead to the overthrow of the monarch and still affects today’s problems in Hawaii. To understand the native Hawaiian’s perspective of the Mahele‚ one must first learn the Hawaiian mentality. In Hawaiian culture it is believed that Wakea (sky-father)
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new things to the Hawaiians. Foreign influence brought trade to Hawaii‚ which gave Hawaiians metal and guns. Even though foreign influence had some positive effects on Hawaii‚ I believe that foreign influence had a negative impact on Hawaii because trade brought not only guns and metal‚ but it also led to famine‚ disease‚ debt‚ and the deaths and lessening of the Hawaiian population. In 1778‚ Captain Cook and his men stopped in Hawaii during the Hawaiians season of Harvest. The Hawaiians believed
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good was because Hawaii started to become multi-cultural . Being multi-cultural can be looked upon as good if you see it as a way to diversify our cultures. Not to many states are as diversified as Hawaii which is special‚ some people are only one race like me but a lot of people here are a combination of many different ethnicities like Japanese‚ Chinese‚ Hawaiian‚ Samoan‚ black‚ and white this combination of all the ethnicities is what makes the people here that live in Hawaii unique. Another
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The introduction of foreign species to Hawaii has greatly affected the populations of the islands’ native species. In many cases‚ the introduction of foreign species has wiped out the entire population of certain species‚ rendering them extinct. This is especially devastating because many of these species are endemic‚ meaning they are found only in one particular location and nowhere else in the world. The majority of species living in Hawaii are the result of thousands of years of island biodiversity
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