I can't handle one day in Oahu without heading for the airport, and back to the Big Island.
I love Hawaii; but Oahu is a whole different world...
On da Big Island we smile and bow our heads when we meet a stranger or a friend.
On Oahu everybody raises their head when they meet strangers and friends.
People on Oahu are very worldly compared to people on Hawaii.
They wear gold and frown a lot.
We wear more green with very little gold, and smile a lot.
Oahu has major highways.
Hawaii is surrounded by country roads.
I got so claustrophobic going to visit my brother in Kailua (with miles of houses right next door to eachother); that I had to go right passed the house where he was staying, and spend the day at Waimanalo Beach.
The closest thing we have to Oahu, on Hawaii, is Kona, wich I haven't seen in 10 years, and have no desire to see again.
All the cool beaches we used to camp on are full of hotels, and the roads to the beaches without hotels are blocked now.
It matters because Americans do things like conserving land.
I have an acre of land that's mostly ohia forest. It's all I could save so far... but it's over half of what I own; and I haven't cut one ohia tree from the piece of forest that God gave me to learn malama aina and aloha aina.
One of the richest men in the world is Mexican. How many Mexicans do you read about that buy land so they can leave it natural forest?
And his wife donating the land he bought to the Chilean government for parks and reserves....
That land will probably be logged out and searched for oil reserves in our lifetimes.
There's a place between Waipio and Pololu Valley on the island of Hawaii, where only royalty were allowed to honeymoon.
There's four waterfalls dropping from 2,000 foot tall cliffs, and everything you need to live growing there.
Mango trees that drop fruit all year, groves full of 22 kinds of bananas... giant coconuts, figs, papayas, shell fish on the rocks, streams full of prawns, goats, everything you'd need to live without leaving...
When you think of a real Hawaiian paradise, this is it!
It's one of the nicest places I've ever been; and I used to live there for years without seeing anybody else.
Very few Hawaiians have ever seen it; and if you've been there, you get respect on the island.
The valleys on the way there from Waipio were a college. They say the walk to Waimanu Valley is a baptism; and when you see the 29 waterfalls with rainbows at the top of them, you'll feel like you're on sacred ground.
The first time I saw Waimanu Valley there was a family of hippies with three children, living on the beach, and living off the land.
In Waipio Valley, there's wild horses, which you can't explore many valleys on, because the valleys are mostly inaccessible except by foot; but you can explore the mountains on them.
Here's a copy and paste review of Waipio Valley, the only valley you can drive to, if you've got four wheel drive...
Nov 21, 2014 - Waipio Valley Lookout: Incredible black sand beach with wild horses and barely a soul around - See 539 traveler ... Rating 5.0 Reviewer a TripAdvisor user
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RE: Where's the best places (country or states) you've been and why?
I can't handle one day in Oahu without heading for the airport, and back to the Big Island.I love Hawaii; but Oahu is a whole different world...
On da Big Island we smile and bow our heads when we meet a stranger or a friend.
On Oahu everybody raises their head when they meet strangers and friends.
People on Oahu are very worldly compared to people on Hawaii.
They wear gold and frown a lot.
We wear more green with very little gold, and smile a lot.
Oahu has major highways.
Hawaii is surrounded by country roads.
I got so claustrophobic going to visit my brother in Kailua (with miles of houses right next door to eachother); that I had to go right passed the house where he was staying, and spend the day at Waimanalo Beach.
The closest thing we have to Oahu, on Hawaii, is Kona, wich I haven't seen in 10 years, and have no desire to see again.
All the cool beaches we used to camp on are full of hotels, and the roads to the beaches without hotels are blocked now.