Hawaii First Time
- Started:
- 2019-05-24
- Finished:
- 2019-05-27
- Days:
- 3
- Distance:
- 7578.96km
- Carbon:
- 1.34 tons of CO2
- Purpose:
- tourism
countries
- united states of america:
- 3 days
itinerary
| from | to | date | type | distance | carbon | transit |
|---|
| SFO | OGG | 2019-05-24 | flight | 3777.22km | 0.67 | ✓ |
| Kahului, HI, US | Kihei, HI, US | 2019-05-24 | car | 12.26km | 0 | |
| Kihei, HI, US | Kahului, HI, US | 2019-05-27 | car | 12.26km | 0 | ✓ |
| OGG | SFO | 2019-05-27 | flight | 3777.22km | 0.67 | |
review
So I've read Sea People book recently and watched 180° South documentary that has small part about Rapa Nui. I also watched Gauguin - Voyage de Tahiti film.
After getting all this information I was really excited to go to Polynesia. I didn't have time to go to Tahiti, so decided to visit Hawaii first.
I went to Maui and spent few days in the small village of Kihei. To my surprise I didn't see any people of Polynesian descent. I saw street signs in the local language, but that was pretty much it. The island looked completely colonized to me. I knew that it was settled long time ago, but I guess I didn't expect the scope of it. Was a bit sad to reflect on this.
However, the nature was beautiful. And I still have dream to visit Tahiti, Rapa Nui and New Zealand. Maybe I'll have better luck learning about Polynesian cultures in those places.