You can't even go swimming normally without a sharp chunk o' hot rock piercing your foot. And due to poor surf conditions, I dragged a boogie board 3000 miles to stare at waves that made the Jersey shore look exciting. Native Hawaiian culture is mysterious. The most mysterious thing about Hawaiian culture is how to pronounce the names of the towns and streets . The Hawaiian language has an alphabet of only 12 letters, so what words lack in consonants, they make up for in syllables.
Tourists wear Hawaiian shirts wherever they go.
Besides myself and one old man, the only Hawaiian shirts I saw were on service personnel like waiters, security men, and lawn care specialists. More than once people stopped me and asked for directions, for assistance, or to clear away their food all because of my shirt. Although I didn't try it, a good Hawaiian shirt might be the ticket to get into places without paying. Hawaii is a tourist trap. It is, but it's not the miniature golf, waterslide mecca that I wished it would be.