Well Hawaii, What can I say? Looking around this magnificent land I am quite simply overwhelmed! On one side the well documented, booming, tourist trade - bubbly, extreme, ALL American tropical paradise and on the other, a georgeous polynesian culture fighting and fighting well to keep from completely assimilating into the mega power that is americanisation... I suppose it is probably appropriate to mention that this trip was specifcially an O'ahu experience, apologies for the genralisations to anybody who has delved somewhat deeper into the other islands and accompanying culture. Shamelessly enough though, I certainly soaked up my fair quota of tourist life while here, how couldn't you?! As luck would have it however, I did also have the absolute pleasure of being given a little snippet of inside island life due to my wonderful island
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