🌴🤙I miss jogging along the ocean in bare feet before sunrise, I miss the sounds of the birds, I miss waking up, throwing on a tshirt & shorts and feeling the warm weather, and I miss the stunning beauty of the blue-green ocean, blue skies, and the lush green mountains.
So much fondness and aloha for the things that have come and gone... We left for SoCal 17 years ago (and return to the 808 often), but still consider Hawai'i home and still wear slippahs EVERYwhere!
Though my time in Hawaii was a short three years, there are so many things I miss! The sound of the doves cooing in the morning was so beautiful, I’ve never heard any bird that comes close! Walking from Kalama to Kailua beach Park every morning and seeing the sun rise over the Mokes is the number one thing I miss though! And the majesty of Ko’olau mountain range, there is nothing else like it!
When I leave, I both love and hate how much of Hawai'i is living in the past, about 50 years behind. Living in Hawai'i and as a farmer for 22+ years, every time I go to the mainland I appreciate it more. For one, Hawai'i is terribly behind on sustainability. So many places on the mainland have more farm-to-table type commerce happening. It's a shame how little food we grow here. And that's just scratching the surface... we don't even have emissions regulations here in Hawai'i. When I'm gone I miss how we all treat each other like we live in a small, country town. But it's really sad seeing how Hawai'i digs in it's heels about joining the rest of the world in the 21st century.
With Alaska being cold, dark and grey - I miss the warmth, the bright mornings, and all the color there. Yes, people have their problems in Hawai’i, but you also see a lot more smiles than you do in Alaska.
I miss the waves crashing on the sandy shoreline at the beach. I miss the irritating chickens in the neighborhood waking up everyone. I miss the culture, people, friendliness, gift of Aloha. I miss the smell of a good BBQ at uncles house. I miss the stars at night and staring deep into the dark night.
Speaking of slippers, I miss seeing slippers by the front door. And when you leave a party, trying to find your pair. If you accidentally put on ones that look similar to yours, your big toe knows something doesn't feel right.
Aloha & mabuhay! I'm so glad your channel exists, it's filled with different topics, experiences and personal perspectives one can truly appreciate. (Long read ahead if you’d like to reminisce with me) I had the privilege to visit O'ahu twice for work in 2016 and 2018 and once for vacation last August 2023. As a Filipino male, I miss the Aloha spirit and that community/sense of belonging and instantly feeling at home more than where I was born and raised. I’ve only felt that being in O’ahu (there’s a certain connection and energy felt with people and the land) I miss not being the minority. I miss the local shops/farmer’s market and seeing the ‘everyday’ island specific species of birds and their singing like you mentioned. I miss how much nature is implemented in everyday life and seen everyday/everywhere. I appreciate how much of nature is embedded within businesses like the mall for example. I miss seeing the lush green ranges and blue ocean and majestic trees and the weather is still great even when the sun has gone down. I miss the slower pace and vibrant energy I absorb from my surroundings. The views on the H3! And when switching lanes on the road, you’re let in (on the mainland, if they see your blinker, they speed up.) I miss the way the sun shines and the way the air feels while on the island. If you can, stop by the beautiful chapel of the Iglesia Ni Cristo in Honolulu on 1021 Valley View Dr, Honolulu, HI 96819 and check out INCMedia.org. I continue to pray to God that my wife and I could move there one day. 🤙
Interesting observations! I actually liked seeing different kinds of birds with their different plumage! One thing I missed though, and I hope this doesn't come across as racist but it's just a fact. If you are Asian in Hawaii, we are sort of the majority if you group all Asians together: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Thai, Vietnamese, etc. So, wherever you go, you don't feel out of place because the majority of people are Asian. But in certain parts of the mainland, you might be the only Asian walking around, and at that point, you DO feel like the minority that we actually are in America. I recall going to a mall in Oregon and we were literally the only Asian people there! No one stared or anything, but we just felt out of place. Even the Asian noodle place in the food court was staffed with Hispanic workers! LOL!
Great observation. I felt that way in Colorado sometimes, especially off-campus. The only other Asians in town seemed to be the people that worked at the Chinese restaurant. lol
I miss the spectacular sunsets and the frequent rainbows. I miss how clean the air felt. I miss climbing to the top of Kole Kole Pass and gazing out at God's creation.
I am off island now but when I am in Kailua, Oahu, I enjoy looking at the chickens that I encounter on my daily walks. BTW: Thanks again for all your videos that I watched before moving here while in Iraq, Egypt and Afghanistan. They were very helpful to my transition.
Yet another great topic. And, yes. I missed those same things. There are times I hear my own slippers and think, Wow! I miss that sound. After I moved to the SF Bay Area, the other thing I missed was fluffy white clouds. Every day in Hawaii. I only see them just before or just after it rains. No clouds at all from May to October.
Miss hearing pidgin , miss all da local kine plants, I miss the beaches in Hilo, Keukaha area. I live in Seattle area. We get a good mix, choke people from all kinds of race n ethnicity, so some similarities. I miss Hawaiian names on street signs. I miss the local casual style of dress . Like in my yard I used to look like a local at da beach, no shirt , in board shorts and slippahs. But now I’m older I feel like I need wear one shirt in my own yard even if I’m cutting the grass or grilling on a hot day. Too many people in my neighborhood from cultures that are very different from island culture
Awesome, I'm not from US but I live on mainland love how everyone in Hawaii there don't bother others. Here we got a rise in hate crimes especially in the cities against Asians. I value your peaceful walk and nature.
If you are missing the sounds of Hawaii just visit Carson, California. If you take your Toyota to Carson Toyota or your Honda to Carson Honda you will feel like you are in Hawaii.
My 1st job was on makai side of ward warehouse, manning one of the deep sea fishing booths! Later ended up working for a property management company in ward warehouse. Great memories. I miss it.
Oh yeah growing up on the islands we didn’t have enough money to go mainland which I was totally fine with because I rather stay on Lanai and hunt and fish. When I finally did go mainland I was in awe of the crows and squirrels. Imagine a grown ass adult, big eyes staring at a crow and squirrel seeing it for the first time taking choke photos of it. Every single time I saw one I would yell “wait, wait, wait”. Embarrassing for my in laws to say the least.
Weather, weather and oh yeah the weather. I love getting up every day on BI and not wondering what the weather will be like. On the mainland it is a crap shoot.
@@HelloFromHawaii Cool. If you don’t mind me asking. & it’s ok if you don’t remember. But did one of your (two colleagues/friends)say what part of Tennessee they were from? You said one of them was from Tennessee?
If am not mistaken, Java rice bird is finch relative? The Ala'la=Hawaiian crown but like majority of endemic Hawaiian birds, it's on the critically endangered listing. There's other native birds but need to do research....
I'm not sure what it's related to. I recently saw the virtual tour of a bird research center on the Big Island. Very interesting to learn about the work they are doing there to care for the birds.
Decent things to remember. My things that I missed but these days, I don't think people noticed it these days driving over the Pali, which is if you're an old timer of before air conditioning in cars, driving over the Pali, after the tunnel and before the Nuuanu Reservoir, the Pali was filled day & night of the ginger wafting in the air. I would be driving with the window down and you'd be surrounded with the fragrance of ginger in the air. It cool & fragrant at night and it filled you of the green and flowering fragrant ginger. I think the Likelike also had ginger in the air, but that smell of ginger or even Maile, Pikake are aromas that one does not get anywhere that I've been on the mainland. The view of the Windward side, coming out of Wilson or Nuuanu tunnels, which I saw daily while commuting to UH or coming home from graveyard shift and seeing the blue water, sky, green in dazzling morning sun was like seeing a live postcard of Hawaii. If one grows up in town and never goes over the Windward side via the tunnels, all they see is urban growth/housing, seeing lush greenery, blue water, blue skies, waves, it's great. Not to mention going over the Pali, one is sees the waterfalls flowing off the mountains, when its raining. How often do people see waterfalls? The local foods of home. We take it for granted having manapua, pork hash, kalbi, saimin, plate lunches, andagi, sweetbread, Portuguese sausage, musubi, cone sushi, local rice, papaya, pineapple are all things locals grow up eating and for many parts of the country, it won't be there. I think the stuff you miss might be the things, you associate what you grow up with/accustomed to, but the things I miss are the things that made bring joy to the heart.
It's a nice view by Pali and Wilson tunnel. Everytime I drive to the Windward side, I'm still amazed. Used to take it for granted when I lived with my parents in Kaneohe. Now, I'm just amazed by the greenery.
2012 to 2020. I remember working in Midwest Kentucky , Indiana and michagan I surfed the lakes in Lake Superior with the third coast shop, I remember asking does it get crowded ??? I then remember Mishawaka Indiana they had a Hawaiian resturant and the owner said, no chop sticks.. I asked have you been to Hawaii?? No. The snow and the bad weather. I remember seeing someone wearing VANS shoes, I knew they were from California .. Gratitude. Downey California. The Downey library used book section ask for Frank and talk story..
As for the song, the song that caught me by surprised and choked me up once when I was living away was 'Honolulu City Lights' by the Beamer Brothers. Lump in the throat and tear in the eye for that one. As for the birds, don't forget the sparrows, mejiros and finches. They're always flying all around my yard. As for the 'slippas/slippers', you always can hear a local person away from home when you hear them draggin' along. That's why the in-step heel area is the first part to get worn out. Lastly my add-in...shorter distances. To get to our friend, family and food, traveling a shorter distance really helps here in Hawaii. Don't get me wrong, I occasionally like the long drives, but nothing beats the shorter trips to hangout or 'brah...let's go-eat'.
I try not to think too hard about the things I miss in Hawaii to avoid getting depressed, but whenever it gets colder here on the mainland and I wear socks with my slippahs, it reminds me of the older Japanese ladies who had the socks made special with a separate big toe just for wearing with slippahs. I have to cheat and leave my socks kinda loose so I can get that gap between the big toe and the next toe. Just one of those little things that remind me of Hawaii. I also miss the sound of roosters crowing in so many of the neighborhoods around Hawaii; hearing Hawaiian music wherever you go (Thank God for CDs and Spotify!); mauka showers/liquid sunshine. Most of all, I miss all the rainbows that we we see daily in Hawaii. Cue the Cazimeros singing "Where I live there are rainbows..."🌈
The zebra dove sounds for sure. And where we lived, mauka, we could listen to the rain coming - over the bay, across the makai section, and finally up to our house. Even makai where my kids live now, you don’t hear it like that. And the food aromas. Christmas week when everybody in the neighborhood was cooking, it smelled so good, and such a blend of food cultures, such variety, amazing. And all the different kinds of palm trees…
Hi Chris, Thanks for the vlog! Definitely the top 3 that you mentioned. I also miss the beach. I grew up spending a lot of time at the beach. I miss the smell and the taste of the beach. Smelling the ocean breeze and the salt water when I first dive into the water. That makes me feel like I'm home. I also miss the local people. The antie that just starts talking to you in the grocery store, the shakas when you allow someone to go ahead in traffic, and just the sounds of people speaking pidgin everywhere.
I figured that a lot of people would miss the beach. Being as I wasn't a beach guy, I never missed it that much. Mostly just missed the green mountains.
You're right on about the birds. I love the year-round background noises of our feathered friends here. Where I'm from on the mainland (Pacific Northwest), we'd get bird sound only about two or three weeks in springtime. Love, love, love waking up to bird calls, chirps and coos every morning, all year long! (And here in Makaha, for good measure, we've got peacock squeals, squawks, and screams also!)
🌴🤙I miss jogging along the ocean in bare feet before sunrise, I miss the sounds of the birds, I miss waking up, throwing on a tshirt & shorts and feeling the warm weather, and I miss the stunning beauty of the blue-green ocean, blue skies, and the lush green mountains.
Jogging along the ocean sounds great 🤙
So much fondness and aloha for the things that have come and gone... We left for SoCal 17 years ago (and return to the 808 often), but still consider Hawai'i home and still wear slippahs EVERYwhere!
Though my time in Hawaii was a short three years, there are so many things I miss! The sound of the doves cooing in the morning was so beautiful, I’ve never heard any bird that comes close! Walking from Kalama to Kailua beach Park every morning and seeing the sun rise over the Mokes is the number one thing I miss though! And the majesty of Ko’olau mountain range, there is nothing else like it!
Love the Koolau Mountains. Grew up looking at them every day.
When I leave, I both love and hate how much of Hawai'i is living in the past, about 50 years behind. Living in Hawai'i and as a farmer for 22+ years, every time I go to the mainland I appreciate it more. For one, Hawai'i is terribly behind on sustainability. So many places on the mainland have more farm-to-table type commerce happening. It's a shame how little food we grow here. And that's just scratching the surface... we don't even have emissions regulations here in Hawai'i. When I'm gone I miss how we all treat each other like we live in a small, country town. But it's really sad seeing how Hawai'i digs in it's heels about joining the rest of the world in the 21st century.
Great observation about sustainability. I think it's why the State is setting up a lot of energy and food security goals. Very ambitious.
That slippah sound - it’s a rhythm unique to Hawaii and people from Hawaii.
It used to drive me crazy but somehow I miss it now.
Yeah, it's part of the Hawaii walk. 🤙
There are so many red cardinals on Kauai especially in the mornings-beautiful ,hearing them in the mornings
With Alaska being cold, dark and grey - I miss the warmth, the bright mornings, and all the color there. Yes, people have their problems in Hawai’i, but you also see a lot more smiles than you do in Alaska.
Interesting observations. I know someone from Alaska. I'll have to ask them about the general darkness there.
CHILI FRANK FROM ZIPPYS! My aunt just retired from the Ewa Beach location
I miss the waves crashing on the sandy shoreline at the beach. I miss the irritating chickens in the neighborhood waking up everyone. I miss the culture, people, friendliness, gift of Aloha. I miss the smell of a good BBQ at uncles house. I miss the stars at night and staring deep into the dark night.
Great list of things you miss. 🤙
1. I miss younger people calling me Uncle 2. I miss hearing Howzit 3. I miss seeing Shaka
Those are good ones.
I love Hawai'i Aloha! I miss the plate lunches. No L&L in Albuquerque. No poke at Costco, they used to sell it.
No L&L in New Mexico? I was going to suggest driving to Colorado Springs, but there might be a plate lunch place closer. :)
Speaking of slippers, I miss seeing slippers by the front door. And when you leave a party, trying to find your pair. If you accidentally put on ones that look similar to yours, your big toe knows something doesn't feel right.
lol. I've accidentally taken so many Locals over the years.
Aloha & mabuhay! I'm so glad your channel exists, it's filled with different topics, experiences and personal perspectives one can truly appreciate.
(Long read ahead if you’d like to reminisce with me)
I had the privilege to visit O'ahu twice for work in 2016 and 2018 and once for vacation last August 2023. As a Filipino male, I miss the Aloha spirit and that community/sense of belonging and instantly feeling at home more than where I was born and raised. I’ve only felt that being in O’ahu (there’s a certain connection and energy felt with people and the land) I miss not being the minority. I miss the local shops/farmer’s market and seeing the ‘everyday’ island specific species of birds and their singing like you mentioned. I miss how much nature is implemented in everyday life and seen everyday/everywhere. I appreciate how much of nature is embedded within businesses like the mall for example. I miss seeing the lush green ranges and blue ocean and majestic trees and the weather is still great even when the sun has gone down. I miss the slower pace and vibrant energy I absorb from my surroundings. The views on the H3! And when switching lanes on the road, you’re let in (on the mainland, if they see your blinker, they speed up.) I miss the way the sun shines and the way the air feels while on the island. If you can, stop by the beautiful chapel of the Iglesia Ni Cristo in Honolulu on 1021 Valley View Dr, Honolulu, HI 96819 and check out INCMedia.org.
I continue to pray to God that my wife and I could move there one day.
🤙
The nice weather and unique local foods are really the only things I miss.
🤙
I miss going to Farmer's Markets especially in small towns
Interesting observations! I actually liked seeing different kinds of birds with their different plumage! One thing I missed though, and I hope this doesn't come across as racist but it's just a fact. If you are Asian in Hawaii, we are sort of the majority if you group all Asians together: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Thai, Vietnamese, etc. So, wherever you go, you don't feel out of place because the majority of people are Asian. But in certain parts of the mainland, you might be the only Asian walking around, and at that point, you DO feel like the minority that we actually are in America. I recall going to a mall in Oregon and we were literally the only Asian people there! No one stared or anything, but we just felt out of place. Even the Asian noodle place in the food court was staffed with Hispanic workers! LOL!
Great observation. I felt that way in Colorado sometimes, especially off-campus. The only other Asians in town seemed to be the people that worked at the Chinese restaurant. lol
Reverse it.. when you moved back to the Islands.. what did you miss about the mainland?
I miss the spectacular sunsets and the frequent rainbows. I miss how clean the air felt. I miss climbing to the top of Kole Kole Pass and gazing out at God's creation.
Yeah, lots of rainbows in Hawaii. Never noticed it until I got back home.
I am off island now but when I am in Kailua, Oahu, I enjoy looking at the chickens that I encounter on my daily walks. BTW: Thanks again for all your videos that I watched before moving here while in Iraq, Egypt and Afghanistan. They were very helpful to my transition.
Yet another great topic. And, yes. I missed those same things. There are times I hear my own slippers and think, Wow! I miss that sound. After I moved to the SF Bay Area, the other thing I missed was fluffy white clouds. Every day in Hawaii. I only see them just before or just after it rains. No clouds at all from May to October.
Also miss Pidgin....favorites....Ho Brah! Shoots! Eh..No Make Li Dat! You go stay go Bumbye I Come.... Miss all of it actually
lol. I missed the Pidgin too.
Miss hearing pidgin , miss all da local kine plants, I miss the beaches in Hilo, Keukaha area. I live in Seattle area. We get a good mix, choke people from all kinds of race n ethnicity, so some similarities. I miss Hawaiian names on street signs. I miss the local casual style of dress . Like in my yard I used to look like a local at da beach, no shirt , in board shorts and slippahs. But now I’m older I feel like I need wear one shirt in my own yard even if I’m cutting the grass or grilling on a hot day. Too many people in my neighborhood from cultures that are very different from island culture
Awesome, I'm not from US but I live on mainland love how everyone in Hawaii there don't bother others. Here we got a rise in hate crimes especially in the cities against Asians. I value your peaceful walk and nature.
If you are missing the sounds of Hawaii just visit Carson, California. If you take your Toyota to Carson Toyota or your Honda to Carson Honda you will feel like you are in Hawaii.
My 1st job was on makai side of ward warehouse, manning one of the deep sea fishing booths! Later ended up working for a property management company in ward warehouse. Great memories. I miss it.
I had forgotten about the Brazilian cardinals.
#3 Scuff... slap... scuff... slap... scuff... slap
I miss the sound of Hawai'i's song birds.
I miss the birds also from Hawaii. Especially the zebra doves.
Hawaii has a crow, A'ala. Think that's right.
Like shaggy dragging da feet lol
Bub….what’s so great about SPAM?????????
@drjojo5551 It’s how you cook Spam that brings out its delicious flavor. Enjoy.
Every time I left, I messed the FOOD!!!
Great video.
Although I can no longer eat seeds, I miss the crack seed shops - the sweet smell of fermented fruit and arare snacks. 🤙🏽
I haven't been in a crack seed shop in a while. Very unique smells. 🤙
Nice video. 👍
Oh yeah growing up on the islands we didn’t have enough money to go mainland which I was totally fine with because I rather stay on Lanai and hunt and fish. When I finally did go mainland I was in awe of the crows and squirrels. Imagine a grown ass adult, big eyes staring at a crow and squirrel seeing it for the first time taking choke photos of it. Every single time I saw one I would yell “wait, wait, wait”. Embarrassing for my in laws to say the least.
I remember seeing squirrels for the first time in Colorado. Couldn't believe they could walk the power lines.
Weather, weather and oh yeah the weather. I love getting up every day on BI and not wondering what the weather will be like. On the mainland it is a crap shoot.
The weather is also hard to predict here too. Nobody mentioned rain in their forecast until I stepped out the door. lol
you forgot the heron.
Great video Chris! I miss Hawaii's rain 😔 where it makes the air smell fresh and mountains green!
That's a good one 🤙
We got crows in ny . You won’t be home sick 😂
lol
How many states of the MainLand were you in? 2?5?8? I’m curious. When you were on The MainLand.
I drove around quite a bit, but lived in CO, OR, and CA during my college and post-college years.
@@HelloFromHawaii Cool. If you don’t mind me asking. & it’s ok if you don’t remember. But did one of your (two colleagues/friends)say what part of Tennessee they were from? You said one of them was from Tennessee?
Warm water❤
If am not mistaken, Java rice bird is finch relative? The Ala'la=Hawaiian crown but like majority of endemic Hawaiian birds, it's on the critically endangered listing. There's other native birds but need to do research....
I'm not sure what it's related to. I recently saw the virtual tour of a bird research center on the Big Island. Very interesting to learn about the work they are doing there to care for the birds.
@@HelloFromHawaii...Have heard about those guys
Decent things to remember. My things that I missed but these days, I don't think people noticed it these days driving over the Pali, which is if you're an old timer of before air conditioning in cars, driving over the Pali, after the tunnel and before the Nuuanu Reservoir, the Pali was filled day & night of the ginger wafting in the air. I would be driving with the window down and you'd be surrounded with the fragrance of ginger in the air. It cool & fragrant at night and it filled you of the green and flowering fragrant ginger. I think the Likelike also had ginger in the air, but that smell of ginger or even Maile, Pikake are aromas that one does not get anywhere that I've been on the mainland. The view of the Windward side, coming out of Wilson or Nuuanu tunnels, which I saw daily while commuting to UH or coming home from graveyard shift and seeing the blue water, sky, green in dazzling morning sun was like seeing a live postcard of Hawaii. If one grows up in town and never goes over the Windward side via the tunnels, all they see is urban growth/housing, seeing lush greenery, blue water, blue skies, waves, it's great. Not to mention going over the Pali, one is sees the waterfalls flowing off the mountains, when its raining. How often do people see waterfalls? The local foods of home. We take it for granted having manapua, pork hash, kalbi, saimin, plate lunches, andagi, sweetbread, Portuguese sausage, musubi, cone sushi, local rice, papaya, pineapple are all things locals grow up eating and for many parts of the country, it won't be there. I think the stuff you miss might be the things, you associate what you grow up with/accustomed to, but the things I miss are the things that made bring joy to the heart.
It's a nice view by Pali and Wilson tunnel. Everytime I drive to the Windward side, I'm still amazed. Used to take it for granted when I lived with my parents in Kaneohe. Now, I'm just amazed by the greenery.
I loved driving up Tantalus at night, especially through the one section with lots of ginger and enjoying that fragrance.
2012 to 2020. I remember working in Midwest Kentucky , Indiana and michagan I surfed the lakes in Lake Superior with the third coast shop, I remember asking does it get crowded ??? I then remember Mishawaka Indiana they had a Hawaiian resturant and the owner said, no chop sticks.. I asked have you been to Hawaii?? No. The snow and the bad weather. I remember seeing someone wearing VANS shoes, I knew they were from California .. Gratitude. Downey California. The Downey library used book section ask for Frank and talk story..
As for the song, the song that caught me by surprised and choked me up once when I was living away was 'Honolulu City Lights' by the Beamer Brothers. Lump in the throat and tear in the eye for that one.
As for the birds, don't forget the sparrows, mejiros and finches. They're always flying all around my yard.
As for the 'slippas/slippers', you always can hear a local person away from home when you hear them draggin' along. That's why the in-step heel area is the first part to get worn out.
Lastly my add-in...shorter distances. To get to our friend, family and food, traveling a shorter distance really helps here in Hawaii. Don't get me wrong, I occasionally like the long drives, but nothing beats the shorter trips to hangout or 'brah...let's go-eat'.
I try not to think too hard about the things I miss in Hawaii to avoid getting depressed, but whenever it gets colder here on the mainland and I wear socks with my slippahs, it reminds me of the older Japanese ladies who had the socks made special with a separate big toe just for wearing with slippahs. I have to cheat and leave my socks kinda loose so I can get that gap between the big toe and the next toe. Just one of those little things that remind me of Hawaii. I also miss the sound of roosters crowing in so many of the neighborhoods around Hawaii; hearing Hawaiian music wherever you go (Thank God for CDs and Spotify!); mauka showers/liquid sunshine. Most of all, I miss all the rainbows that we we see daily in Hawaii. Cue the Cazimeros singing "Where I live there are rainbows..."🌈
The zebra dove sounds for sure. And where we lived, mauka, we could listen to the rain coming - over the bay, across the makai section, and finally up to our house. Even makai where my kids live now, you don’t hear it like that. And the food aromas. Christmas week when everybody in the neighborhood was cooking, it smelled so good, and such a blend of food cultures, such variety, amazing. And all the different kinds of palm trees…
Hi Chris, Thanks for the vlog! Definitely the top 3 that you mentioned. I also miss the beach. I grew up spending a lot of time at the beach. I miss the smell and the taste of the beach. Smelling the ocean breeze and the salt water when I first dive into the water. That makes me feel like I'm home. I also miss the local people. The antie that just starts talking to you in the grocery store, the shakas when you allow someone to go ahead in traffic, and just the sounds of people speaking pidgin everywhere.
I figured that a lot of people would miss the beach. Being as I wasn't a beach guy, I never missed it that much. Mostly just missed the green mountains.
I'm from the mainland and we have mourning doves, but I really miss hearing the specific cooing sounds that zebra doves make.😍
That cooing sound used to irritate me so much because it was usually one dove trying to attract another dove. Shoo! :)
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Thanks!
Mahalo for the Super Thanks 🤙
@@HelloFromHawaii Yes, but when are you applying for the number one Anchor Man on KGMB?! :):) You Have Talent.
You're right on about the birds.
I love the year-round background noises of our feathered friends here.
Where I'm from on the mainland (Pacific Northwest), we'd get bird sound only about two or three weeks in springtime.
Love, love, love waking up to bird calls, chirps and coos every morning, all year long!
(And here in Makaha, for good measure, we've got peacock squeals, squawks, and screams also!)
So nice to hear of your mainland tourist experiences!!!
I live in Honolulu. It's one of the worst places to live due to the nosey lonely people.
Really? I don't know too many people like that.
@@HelloFromHawaii I don't like you. Your English is horrible. Typical personality from Hawaii.