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I think that was the intended effect, that you visit once so they can get your money but not too often and don’t even think about moving here. I got the message and I won’t be back. Just wondered if people were any friendlier on any of the bigger islands.

You have a real combination of folks on all the islands. But some of them, like Maui, are more oriented towards tourism. They’ve been trained to greet you with a smile, whether they feel the aloha in their heart or not, just like the kids at McDonald’s anywhere else.

You understand the attitude a bit better if you understand the history of the island over the past couple hundred years and current economic trends.

For example, people who work full-time or even a couple of different jobs may never be able to afford to buy a home in Hawaii. This is partly because a handful of missionary families came to own most of the land in Hawaii more than a hundred years ago. It’s partly because jobs in the hospitality industry don’t pay a whole heck of a lot.

And it’s partly because people who live in a places with more vital economies, more opportunities and a lower cost of living like to buy houses in Hawaii they’re not going to live in full-time. Sometimes it’s a vacation home. Sometimes they’re snowbirds. Sometimes they know they can sit on a house or condo, sell it a year later, and make more money than if they’d been working in Hawaii for a year.

I have a friend who is 6′2" and has curly blonde hair. On the Molokai ferry, some local braddahs cornered him and wanted to know the answer to one question.

"Are you coming to Molokai to buy up land?"

My friend laughed at this question. "I can’t afford to buy land on Molokai!"

They gave him a beer.

I’m living on my third Hawaiian island, but still haven’t visited Kauai. Always either too broke or too busy to go visiting. Reckon I’ll hafta just move there one day.

2007 Hawaii news report
Kite For Sail technology provides a direct towing force and offers the best possible renewable energy system for modern marine vessels. Furthermore, the Hawaiian Islands offer ideal wind conditions and a maritime industry that can effectively utilize the kite sail for fuel, emissions and cost reduction.

During optimal conditions the kite sail can reduce fuel use by up to 50 percent. From tug & barge, freighter and container ships—kite sails can be used to retain millions of dollars in the local economy, reduce greenhouse emissions and global warming and create new green jobs in the state of Hawaii.

The kite sail is deployed in favorable conditions with wind above 10 knots. After deployment is initiated the kite sail unfurls and ascends to higher altitude where stronger and more consistent winds prevail.

Retrieval is preformed in reverse order of deployment. A specialized winch winds up the control lines and the kite sail is stowed away.

During low wind and unfavorable conditions the kite sail remains in a compact storage compartment. The Kite For Sail system now offers shipping companies a competitive advantage to reduce fuel costs and emissions. Systems can pay for themselves after 2 to 5 years depending on the cost of fuel, wind conditions and operable courses.

Hawaiis history is inextricably linked to maritime exploration and innovation. Hawaiian legend even tells of the great demi-god Maui using a giant kite to pull his double hulled canoe on voyages throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Sometimes, in order to move forward, we must return to the ideas of the past. Present day economic and environmental factors justify the adoption of Kite For Sail technology for worldwide maritime transportation.

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We are going to be visiting Maui for honeymoon and was wondering how easy it is to do day trips to the other islands. The flights seem really cheap. Is it possible just to turn up at the airport and book a flight there and then?

yes maam! i have been there. ant it only takes 30- 45 mins to get to each island!

My fiance and I are planning a July 08 honeymoon and would like to travel to Hawaii. We want a relaxed, laid back trip. Maybe some sightseeing but mostly hanging out on the beach and relaxing. Any ideas or websites would be greatly appreciated!

if you want to be relaxed and have not a lot of people around go to Maui or Kauai
If you want more sightseeing places go to Oahu-it has a lot of beaches -if you drive up north there is a beach where you park across from the beach and there are a lot of sea turtles,and if you go to Oahu, and you want like a tropical drink and listen to a live hawaiian music band with some hula dancing I recommend "The Royal Hawaiian" It is the pink building and it is also a hotel.
Or you can go to Kona and hike around the volcano and hike inside the lava tube.
My favorite island is Oahu because it is a lot of fun and you will have a memory that will last a lifetime.

Lindsay Lohan in hawaii the 28 and 29 April 2009 with friends and ali .

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How far do just the 8 major islands extend?
Explain how US acquired Hawaii and in what year did it become state?
What Distance in mile is Hawaii for San Francisco?
Square Mile area of Alaska?
Alaska Texas Ratio?
Alaska Illinois Ratio?
Largest City in Alaska?
Miles Alaska from Russia?
Three Alaskan Climates?

1. the islands extend 1,523-miles

2. First settled by Polynesians sailing from other Pacific islands between A.D. 300 and 600, Hawaii was visited in 1778 by British captain James Cook, who called the group the Sandwich Islands.

Hawaii was a native kingdom throughout most of the 19th century, when the expansion of the sugar industry (pineapple came after 1898) meant increasing U.S. business and political involvement. In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani was deposed, and a year later the Republic of Hawaii was established with Sanford B. Dole as president. Following annexation (1898), Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1900. The state was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959, making it the 50th state.

3. Hawaii is 2,397 mi west-southwest of San Francisco

4. Alaska is 656,425 sq mi

5. Alaska to Texas (1:2)
656,425 : 268,601

6. Alaska to Illinois (11:3)
656,425 : 57,918

7. Largest city is Anchorage

8. The shortest distance from the USA and Siberia is 55 miles across Bering Strait from Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska to Cape Dezhnev in Russia

9. In the South there is a mid-latitude oceanic climate; the climate in the western part of the State is a subarctic oceanic climate; and in the nort there is a continental subarctic climate

Oceanographers were predicting a major tidal surge to hit the Hawaiian islands. And government officials took the threat of a potentially killer wave seriously.

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i am 14 i have made it to almost the top of almost every swimming chart and even into the record book, but before i quit for personal reasons i would like to leave with a bang. i would like to know if anyone has ever swam in between all of the hawaiian islands, if so how old were they and how fast did they go.

Well my uncle liuves in Hawaii, Kaui and he told me about this guy who tried to swim from Oahu to Kaui while just paddling on his surfboard. He couldn’t make it and ended up quiting when he was about halfway. It was the whole swiming in the unknown ocean in the middle of the night that was too hard for him.
I don’t think it’s possible to do.

I live in Oceanside CA about 2200 miles from the islands.
Is that too far? I can pick up radio stations from Albuquerque NM 650 miles away at night.

Considering Hawaii is very remote, you’d probably need to be on a boat to pick it up. The AM radio waves bounce off the ionosphere at night, allowing transmissions to be picked up from very far away. My guess is that if the Hawaii AM broadcasters tried, you could pick it up at night. Another problem is that when it reflects, it can miss some areas.
However, broadcasters do reduce the power at night so they don’t bounce signals as well to other areas.

Honolulu mayor issues ’stern warnings’ to evacuate coastal areas

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