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Globe Trekker TV Shows: Hawaii |
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Presenter: Megan McCormick
Traveller Megan McCormick begins her journey in the
island paradise of Hawaii on Kauai,
the least explored of the islands. She is invited to
a Hula ceremony and learns that dancing was how the
natives expressed their history and culture in the days
before the Hawaiian language evolved.
The main staple of the Hawaiian diet is a vegetable
called taro. Megan lends a hand with
the harvest, and is invited to taste the fruit of her
labours at a Luau the following evening. Meanwhile,
she kayaks down the Wailua River into
the rainforest and treks into the forest to an isolated
spot where she takes a refreshing dip in a waterfall. |
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Lava-ly view... Megan at Kilauea volcano
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From Kauai, Megan flies to Oahu, the
most populated of the islands. At the tourist haven
of Waikiki she heads for the beach
and takes a surfing lesson, learning how to feel the
manna and ride the waves. The next morning Megan goes
to the Honalulu fish market to find
out how to tell the quality and shelf-life of a fresh
catch.
Although Hawaii has been an American state since 1959,
the Japanese community makes up a quarter of the population
and Megan learns that today there's a growing sovereignty
movement among native Hawaiians. She attends a ceremony
in remembrance of the attack upon the US marine base
by Japanese bombers on December 7th 1941, when more
that 2500 people were killed and the course of the Second
World War was irrevocably altered.
Megan hitches a ride with a bunch of young marines
who are heading for the North Shore to check out the
surf. Further along the north shore, Megan is invited
to an intimate marriage ceremony. Same sex marriages
are commonplace in Hawaii, although a recent referendum
asking Hawaiians to vote in favour of same-sex marriages
was lost by a narrow margin. Nevertheless, David and
Scott make a great couple. |
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Megan flies to Maui and, as hitch hiking
is illegal on this island, she hires a car. She takes
the Hana Highway all the way to the Haleakala
Crater, the largest inactive volcano on earth
and camps out overnight so she can witness a stunning
sunrise the next morning. She then meets up with a mule
guide to head down into the desolate, peaceful landscape
inside the crater.
From Maui, Megan journeys to 'Big Island',
where she goes hula pipi, rounding up cattle with the
paniolas. It's an exhausting day, and Megan is glad
to find peace and meditation at the Buddhist B&B
nearby.
Megan can't possibly visit Kilauea and not see the
lava flow, so she meets up with a local guide who takes
her to the active crater Halimaumau.
Here she sees the spectacular work of Pelli, the fire
goddess who is said to have created the islands. It's
a perfect end to her stay in Hawaii, and Megan has discovered
that although Hawaii is one of the fifty states of America,
the Hawaiian spirit continues to flow strong.. |
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