This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Culture and Societal Notes Just by spending a week in Hawaii mostly on touristy areas in Oahu it’s difficult to really get a good feel for Hawaii’s culture.… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Waikiki Notes I’ve already written about a few places in Waikiki we visited, but I wanted to spend a little more time discussing Waikiki as a whole. My… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Bishop Museum We stopped by the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, more formally called The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum after hearing a recommendation from a Taxi driver about it.… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Linguistic Notes If you’ve read the other articles in this series, you can probably tell I was thinking about language fairly often in the back of my mind… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Transportation in Hawaii We used Lyft Taxis for a majority of our travel within Waikiki and the surrounding areas, and buses a few times as well. We stayed… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Lala Land There is one shopping plaza we found in Waikiki that, for some reason, seemed to be packed with offices and stores managed by Japanese people. It’s… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Pepper the Robot I’ve been into robotics for quite for some time, and that has started to rub off on my son. He really enjoys watching videos of… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Oahu Coast Drive Although travelling on foot/taxi/bus has its perks, we decided to rent a car for one day and drive to the Polynesian Cultural Center, near the… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Izumo Shrine and Chinatown Each culture has their own associated religions and belief systems, and two of Japan’s predominant ones are Buddhism and Shintoism. Because of the large… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Celebrity Tour To take a break from our self-guided adventures we decided to hire someone to give us a personal chartered tour of the West part of Oahu… Read More »