Shannon McDuff’s Blog

So I was off to Hawaii, first time in America and first time flying without the family.

A lot of people think Hawaii is going to be really pretty with little Bali huts everywhere and lots of palm trees and everyone walking around with Lay’s are there body. However, it’s not really like that. It’s like any other city – lots of houses everywhere and lots of people, and always traffic. However, where we stayed which was Wakiki was quite nice, with the hotel - The Hilton Hotel adding to a great experience.

We had 3 swimming pools – with one only being accessed by those in our tower. A beautiful beach to look over with sparkling water. However, I chose not to swim much in the beach water, as there were signs up warning people of the (little) jelly fish in the water (the ones that give you a little sting) which I suppose we don’t find in Hervey Bay because we are protected by Fraser Island. However, this didn’t stop me from doing anything else. With the weather only ditrubing around 3-4 days of our trip and canceling our trip to the Pearl Harboue  we still managed to do- The Cultural Center, Hiking, swimming with the dolphins, Sea life park water park and so much more!

photos up on - www.flickr.com/photos/benmay

In comparing Hervey Bay to Wakiki it was so different – not to mention Hervey Bay isn’t a City. Hawaii- being America, everyone drives on the wrong side of the road which was scary being the passenger…the busses are typical school buses that you see on, say – The Simpsons…. and there are a large amount of stretch limos being used as regular taxi’s.

I don’t think I would ever like to live in Hawaii… mainly because the pay in which people my age get is extremely low…. which shows how important it is – if you are served well – to tip your server.