10 Things You See Hawaii That You Would Not See Anywhere Else In America! (living, groceries)

[Sweetbeet]

"Mahalo" imprinted on the trash can flaps in fast food restaurants.

[VanHa]

Originally Posted by Sweetbeet

"Mahalo" imprinted on the trash can flaps in fast food restaurants.

I would have never thought of that...but that is so true!

[tyvin]

Originally Posted by kaohinani

OMG, you guys are making me soooo homesick. I moved to South Dakota 18 months ago, and haven't been home since (but will be going back in May for my sons graduation)... Hamura Saimin, here I come.....The one good thing here is, it is only 3 hours away from the SPAM Museum in Minnesota... Actually met some people there from Hawaii. LOL....

A couple blocks from Hamura's is Ma's Family Restaurant with the best kalua pork and scrambled eggs (they're both one of a kind).

I used to bartend at Club Jetty (it exists no more ), Ma's is where we went after work to eat at 5 in the morning.

Lei's, Aloha shirts and Luau's on every scale (local and tourist).

Celebrating the first birthday luau's (big stuff!).

[Ellwood]

Well behaved dogs and responsible owners on the beaches. Most beaches on mainland aren't pet friendly.

[Summering]

Mahalo on garbage cans.

Rainbows all over the sky. Not just one at a time.........Many at a time.

No doors to the hotel main lobby.........

Pineapples delivered to the airport for you at your departure time, with YOUR name on the box.

Pineapples that singlely can not be taken home..........due to whatever the bug is.

Tall mountains with lots and lots of waterfalls (many)

The flowers in abundance as in Kauai.....all over the island.

Hawaiian songs filling the air...........

No parking fees at the beach.........No beach fees

Lots of Alohas and Mahalos........( such friendly people)

Diamond Head..........

[UHgrad]

Originally Posted by Ellwood

Well behaved dogs and responsible owners on the beaches. Most beaches on mainland aren't pet friendly.

Must have lived in some lousy places, I take my dog to the beach all the time and the city provides "poo bags" for us to clean up their mess... which people use. Must have been on some other part of the "mainland". LOL

Things I only saw in Hawaii:

All different kinds of Poke (Yum)
Rainbows all the time
Mongoose everywhere
The mountain and ocean so close to each other (my favorite thing)
People wearing tank tops and cut of shorts on the golf course (laid back!)
Mopeds with surf-racks carrying two people and two boards
Overweight asians (they are all skinny most other places LOL)

[tyvin]

No problem of the mongoose on Kauai - FYI

[annabellepdx]

Huge man sitting in his car in the parking lot of Target quietly playing a ukelele and singing in Hawaiian. Awesome, sweet and nowhere else.

[Sweetbeet]

Schools, parks, etc. named after royalty. e.g., Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School.

Government buildings named in a language other than English (e.g., Puuhonua Kaulike - "Sanctuary of Justice" - that's our courthouse).

[nwcountrygal]

Baby whales showing off - "Look what I can do as popcorn"

rainbows on the water

Moonbows

Stars live never seen

new earth black sand that feels so good between the toes

My dog become a sunbather and ice head (the cold kind addicted)

Mango trees huge

White Hawaiian owl land on a tree above your head

I'o Hawaiian hawk settle in to talk to you on a branch for 20 minutes

Whales blow/trumpet sounds like in your living room with babies at their side

A Humpback whale birth in front of the house

Coqui frogs (oh what this was good!)

My bones don't ache in am