Pros:
- Ocean. Living on so close to the water is the most wonderful thing. There is snorkeling, spear fishing, laying out, boarding, surfing, and the list goes on and on.
- The weather is fantastic all the time. Everyday I wake up and the sun is shining and the sky is blue. Yes, there are some ugly rainy days but most of the time it's always a cool 70 degrees which is perfect.
- Shaved Ice here is the best in the world. Guaranteed.
- The native culture. It's amazing to learn about the Hawaiian culture and how they live their lives. The people are completely different than mainlanders and it's fascinating to see that.
- Aloha. To most mainlanders, that word just simply means hello and goodbye. But here, it means so much more than that. It's away of being not just a word. Aloha means love, being joyous, helpful, and everything that means wonderful. I love the word Aloha now and pray to be more like it.
Cons:
- Traffic. Seriously ten times worse than any Dallas area traffic. It's awful. There are six lane highways and still nobody moves.
- Being literally an ocean away from family and friends back in the mainland. We can't just go home for a weekend or anything close because we only have to cross the Pacific to get there. Can be so annoying.
- Limited number of stores and restaurants. Here is just a few places that I miss back in the mainland: RaceTrac, Olive Garden, Joe's Crab Shack, Jcpenny's, Sonic, Chick-fil-a, and many others. And if they are on the island then most likely they only exist on the opposite side.
- The Hawaiian Language is so hard to understand because they use a very limited amount of letters so pretty much everything looks the same. It's the most annoying on street signs. Beyond annoying.
- Always having to have a bikini ready body. Enough said.
Overall I love it here and feel so blessed to live here for the next three years.
And everyone needs to visit :)
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