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Hawaiian Culture: Pidgin Phrases You Should Know

Hawaiian Culture: Pidgin Phrases You Should Know

(Don’t say #4 Wrong or You’ll Probably end up in Jail) If you think Aloha is the online phrase you need to know on the islands, you might be an a-hole tourist. Why not grab your Hawaiian shirt and streak your nose in zinc, while you’re at it?! The...

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5 Things You Can Do With Poi in Hawaii

5 Things You Can Do With Poi in Hawaii

Poi – a life sustaining source of edible goodness? Or, a grey blob with the texture of spooning wallpaper paste into your puckered mouth? Like it or loathe it, there is no denying that poi is as Hawaiian as the Duke himself. Coming from an island where magma...

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5 Delicious Hawaiian Foods That Aren’t From Hawaii

5 Delicious Hawaiian Foods That Aren’t From Hawaii

Hawaii’s diverse cultural landscape serves as an incubator for regional dishes that you’re unlikely to find anywhere else in the world.  You probably assume that many of these are Hawaiian foods. Lomi Lomi Salmon, a popular side dish made of salt-cured salmon, green...

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Haunted Hawaii:  5 Spooky Destinations

Haunted Hawaii: 5 Spooky Destinations

Visiting Hawaii isn’t all about paradise and rainbows.  Long before contact with the outside world, ancient Hawaiian chiefs fought bloody battles at what are today popular tourist destinations.   Mercurial gods and goddesses, like Pele, still guard sacred sites and...

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Learn How to Surf in Hawaii Like a Natural

Learn How to Surf in Hawaii Like a Natural

How Not to Look Ridiculous When Learning to Surf in Hawaii The sun bleached tousled hair, the sun kissed skin, the lithe and limber body dancing on water. Throw into the mix dawn awakenings, beers at sunset and forever being around others who are young and beautiful –...

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