HAVAII 5-0!!!

Yep, you can count on it: my next 50 blogs will be about Hawaii!!!! And, did you notice my spelling in the heading of Hawaii? Yes, HaVaii – that’s how it’s pronounced (phonetically) in the Hawaiian language. (Just helping everyone to be well-rounded out there…)

Here they are: the 50 GREATEST things about my trip to Hawaii (in no particular order):

50. Travel to Hawaii
49. Picking out excursions
48. Meeting random people along the way
47. Getting your “sea legs” (really it’s better, funnier anyways, to see others’ try to get their sea legs)
46. Cabin Steward

45. Dance-off competitions
44. Meeting random people on board the ship
43. Endless supply of food at anytime of the day or night
42. Special events and activities on board
41. Meeting the cruise staff (and staying up really late with them!)

40. Beautiful island of Kuai
39. Oceanview staterooms
38. Waimea Canyon…in the rain
37. Coffee plantations
36. Beautiful Hawaiian countryside

35. 3 words: The Big Island
34: Macadamia nut plantation
33. Tropical rainforests
32. Excursions to see volcanoes (the #1 tourist visit in the state)
31. Kona coffee

30. Maui! Love love love Maui!!
29. Maui Ocean Center
28. Snorkeling in Molokini Crater (one of the top-10 best sites in the world)
27. Snorkeling with Sea Turtles
26. Botanical Gardens and tropical plantations

25. Oahu!Honolulu is so cute!
24. Pearl Harbor – everyone should visit.
23. Punchbowl cemetery
22. Downtown Honolulu
21. Waikiki Beach

20. Hawaiian people
19. Hawaiian culture
18. Hawaiian language
17. Hawaiian weather
16. Hawaiian humor

15. Cruise attendants (which also could qualify as one of my least favorite things too..hahah)
14. Bonding with family
13. Wayward soap dispensers
12. Cruise staff humor
11. Inside jokes

10. Quiet time
9. Rest and relaxation
8. Time of reflection
7. Time of worship
6. Time of reprioritization

5. Pineapple
4. “Easy fly”
3. Coming home
2. Seeing my family
1. Showing all my purchases and pictures