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"Hawai'i is not just a beautiful place. The people who live
on these islands must endure just as we all do.
Yet visitors often times have an idealistic view of Hawai'i which contrasts to the values that these citizens actually share. Not all, but most of the family values I observed here are much more conducive to healthy child rearing than what I've observed elsewhere in the U.S."
"Also, after living there for as long as I did, conserving water is second nature to me - I hope I can share that habit with other parts of the world" - mikey
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| along the Na Pali coastline - Kaua'i island |
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| man kicks back in hammock enjoying ocean view - Kaua'i island |
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| New Years's fireworks over Kapahulu area - O'ahu island |
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| local man with his son, son's name tattooed on father's back - O'ahu island |
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| girl enjoys ocean kayaking until daylight runs out - O'ahu island |
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| man fixing fish net for his son - Kaua'i island |
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| small restaurant - Moloka'i island (Moloka'i residents prefer lone traveller's - not tour groups) |
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| Chinatown street scene reflects in charsiu chicken shop window - O'ahu island |
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| hiking around steaming caldera - Hawai'i island |
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| half-time show at annual Hula Bowl football game - O'ahu island |
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| struggles of the Hawaiian peoples go unrecognized and unresolved 100 years after annexation to U.S. |
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| protesting the University of Hawai'i budget cuts of Hawaiian language courses - 1995 |
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| the meanings of Hawaiian petroglyphs are almost entirely lost to history - Hawai'i island |
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| sentiments of teachers and students painted on temporary wall outside capitol, 1994 - O'ahu island |
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| three beds occupy a two-man prison cell - Halawa prison |
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| seed and snack shop window - Hawai'i island |
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| absoloute dependence on importatation of goods - O'ahu island |
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| instructions in the tradition/sport of canoe paddling - O'ahu island |
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| searching for surf - small island just off O'ahu island |
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| beached row boat with Nau Paka plant growing inside - O'ahu island |
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| clowning around on fragile cliff - Hawai'i island |
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| child being carried on lady's back in Chinatown - O'ahu island |
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| young Asian couple (and a cell phone) riding the bus |
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| swirling pattern of hardened lava - Hawai'i island |
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| jumping from cliff into the great ocean - O'ahu island |
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