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i like them… they’d match anything, and they seem comfortable– i think you should make sure they’re comfortable though b/c you’ll be walking in them a lot.

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.

However, I don’t believe that Florida residents tickets are any cheaper. The only perk I know of for Sea World being a Florida resident is the Fun Card which lets you in free for the rest of the year after buying admission for one day. If you aren’t buying a Fun Card, I don’t suggest trying to say you are a Florida resident. Also, if you are buying Fun Cards, each adult will need to show proof of residency, not just you.

You can sometimes get discounts for buying online, though.

LL

Just about any time that there isn’t a hurricane threatening (most probable months are August to October). But Cozumel only has a huricane every 2.8 years (see link below).
Belize is a great snorkeling destination–click the second link.

Native Hawaiian sovereignty groups gather peacefully

By Suzanne Roig
Advertiser Staff Writer

Native Hawaiian groups tested the state’s new rules governing ‘Iolani
Palace yesterday during their annual Sovereign Sunday event.

No one was cited and no one was arrested, but more than 20 state
Department of Land and Natural Resources enforcement officers were on hand
to ensure that a group of Hawaiians followed the rules.

The officers stood in a cluster while a variety of Hawaiian groups
occupied the Diamond Head makai corner of the palace near the Pohukaina
burial mound. Most were there to honor their culture and recognize the
start of the January 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.

One of the groups, Sacred Times and Sacred Places, comes to ‘Iolani Palace
each month to care for the burial mound.

Officials removed three canopy tents erected by the groups, but did not
touch the Hawaiian flags, information displays or chairs or tables that
had been erected.

“We tried to be culturally sensitive, but we have our jobs to do,” said
Guy Chink, a DLNR O’ahu Branch manager who led the enforcement team. “We
will issue a citation to the owner of the tents and if no one claims
ownership then the tents are considered found property.”

No one claimed the tents, and no citations were issued. But there was a
lot of tension.

“In the past 11 years no one in that time has stopped us,” said Baron
Chink, a member of the Sacred Times and Sacred Places organization. “We do
the work here, not DLNR. As far as I’m concerned we are the authorized
ones to enter, not the DLNR. We are not the interlopers here.”

The new rules were adopted after two takeover attempts were made last year
by two separate groups. One takeover occurred in April and a second, in
which the group entered the palace and the ‘Iolani Barracks building, led
to arrests in August. Both spurred the state Land Board to pass new rules
governing the 11-acre grounds. The rules bar unauthorized occupation of
the palace.

The rules also spell out other prohibited activities on the palace
grounds, including harassing palace workers or visitors and interfering
with the public’s use of the premises.

Under the new rules, no more than 25 people are allowed to gather, no
banners larger than a specific size can be erected and no tents are
allowed on the grounds without permits. Overnight camping also is not
allowed.

The officers were on hand yesterday because of concern that there would be
a large demonstration on the palace ground, said Kippen de Alba Chu,
Friends of ‘Iolani Palace director.

“They did this earlier last week too for another sovereignty group who
wanted to camp there the whole week,” de Alba Chu said. “They are trying
to be consistent with each group and they are there there to make sure the
rules are adhered to.”

“This is still our place,” said Lynette Cruz, a Hawaiian independence
supporter. “Our job today is to remember who we are. We are not here to
take over the palace, but to honor our heritage.”

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