Honolulu!

Here we are in Honolulu.

There were a lot of choices for activities today. I chose the Tropical Rainforest Nature Walk. We went in the mountains to a botanical garden with beautiful plants. Most plants in Hawaii are not native-- they are called " canoe plants." The Polynesians brought them over by canoe and, of course, later visitors brought them by boat and plane. Hawaii used to produce sugar cane and pineapples for export and the pineapple and sugar oligarchs persuaded the US to overthrow the monarchy to ensure their profits. Now those crops are no longer profitable so coffee, chocolate and tourist momentoes are the major products.

The guide was very knowledgeable--more than I could comprehend. I think Martha would have recognized far more plants than I did and peppered him with questions.Läs mer