We traveled to Hawaii for our honeymoon.
I like the beaches in Alabama more than the ones in Hawaii.
The cost of food in Hawaii was very high. It costs the same to eat fast food there as it does at home.
We flew to Hawaii so we could have a relaxing honeymoon.
Hawaii felt like a far off land when I was a kid. We wanted to go there for our honeymoon when we got married.
Jimmy blasted "Margaritaville" and The Beach Boys' "Kokomo" while we were in the tropics. Hawaii wasn't what I was expecting.
The most surprising thing about my first visit to the 50th state was the number of surprises.
The food cost more than I expected.
People warned us that our trip would cost a lot. We didn't know how much it was going to cost to eat. The high prices may be due to Hawaii's high imports of food.
We spent $105 on two meals and two drinks at a Waikiki restaurant. We went to a Burger King in the airport. We spend about $30 to $50 for a meal at a nice restaurant in South Carolina.
It felt like New York City in Hawaii.
On our honeymoon, we wanted to take a break from the daily grind.
We decided to go to the heart of the capital city for a few days after hearing about the many tourist attractions.
I felt like I was in New York City when I arrived in Waikiki.
After living in New York for three years, I noticed the same traffic and stores in Honolulu. I felt like I'd landed on the East Coast, even though I didn't see any trees or birds.
The islands that we visited had their own distinct feel.
We decided to split our time between the two islands.
Waikiki Beach, Pearl Harbor, and Kualoa Ranch are some of the best places in the world to film. There was a busy city center and two mountain ranges.
I was used to living in a small town, but Kauai had a different lifestyle. The main road that ran along the edge of the island connected the residential areas. The center of the island was comprised of mountains, jungles, and farmland.
A wide variety of fresh produce was grown on the Hawaiian islands.
Hawaii imports the majority of its food, but it is also known for its diverse crops. There are many fruits and nuts that grow there.
The tour guide at Kualoa Ranch said that many farmers plant their crops with the philosophy that they have both food and medicine in mind.
There was nothing quite like eating a strawberry guava off the tree.
I left the trip because the beaches did not live up to our expectations.
We didn't understand the hype around Hawaii's beaches. We didn't see the life-changing views that we heard people swear up and down about.
Sand banks were absent at many of the beaches in Hawaii. We ended up rubbing shoulders with people we didn't know in Waikiki.
Alabama's beaches were better than those in Hawaii when I was a kid.
More mountain ranges were seen than we could count.
Hawaii's landscape looked like it came straight from a postcard, despite the beaches not completely wowing us. We were surprised by the number of mountains we saw.
The mountain ranges gave gorgeous views when combined with the coastline. It wasn't hard to understand why so many film sets are in Hawaii, and a local told us that Kauai has been an on-screen stand-in for locations like Costa Rica and Africa.
The cuisine of Hawaii had a lot of Asian influences.
I suspected that seafood would be popular due to land's proximity to the water, and I knew that Spam was popular. We didn't know a lot about Hawaiian cuisine, and neither of us expected to find so many Asian influences in the island's food.
Waikiki features popular dishes such as Korean barbecue and Vietnamese pho. Asian flavors were mixed into Hawaiian dishes.
The chickens were free around the island.
We knew we'd see animals in Hawaii, but we didn't think chickens would be as common as they are.
The wild chickens entered businesses and restaurants. The roosters were both adorable and funny as we listened to them.
The people we met in Hawaii were very nice, even though they were from the South.
The South has a reputation for being hospitable, but Hawaii is more friendly. Everyone we met was pleasant and friendly.
We met a lot of people during our stay. We are very grateful for that.
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