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Frank turned recently 65 in Hawaii. More importantly, he earned his open water SCUBA certification while there. (Make that EARNED! ) This was the primary purpose of our trip, and since I (Ginny) am not a traveler by nature, you better believe it took something that special to get me to leave home. A colleague, recommended Kauai, having lived in the islands for fifteen years. We found it to be a very beautiful place, and indeed the best way to see it all is by helicopter. Personally, however, if I have to hop on a plane and fly for five hours to an island paradise, I prefer Molokai because there is - literally - nothing to do there but relax; however, while on Kauai I did manage to earn certification, myself… in shopping.
As a wrap-up to this newsletter, let me share with you a bit of the language I learned on our vacation. “Mahalo” of course, means thank you; but islanders don’t say, “You’re welcome.” They say, “He mea iki,” (pronounced hay may-uh eekie). It translates into, “No problem.” Now, doesn’t this strike you as more than a social nicety? Think of it as… a way of life. Aloha!
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