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Hali'a Aloha<br />
<strong>2016</strong>-<strong>2017</strong><br />
University of<br />
Hawai’i at Hilo
Todd Shumway<br />
Jim Mellon<br />
As we look back over a year full of adventure, excitement, and new<br />
friends, I want to congratulate all of you for having the courage, energy,<br />
and adventurous spirit to leave the comforts of home behind for a<br />
year in paradise. Paradise turned out to be a quiet, wet, little town in<br />
the middle of the ocean, but I hope Hilo’s unique environment helped<br />
you improve your English, pick up new skills, make lasting friends,<br />
and learn about yourself. A year spent living abroad will enrich you<br />
for the rest of your life and leave memories that will stay with you like<br />
no others.<br />
I speak for all of us at the Center for Global Education and Exchange<br />
in saying we appreciate having been part of this memorable<br />
experience. Your enthusiasm for your new life in Hilo kept us excited<br />
about our work, and the time that we spent with you on excursions,<br />
in our office, and on campus was always interesting and memorable.<br />
So I have one request. When you return home, take some of the aloha<br />
spirit you found in Hawaii and share it ...<br />
and as you share your aloha, remember us<br />
in Hilo.<br />
Aloha and a hui hou (until we meet again),<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Todd Shumway<br />
shumway@hawaii.edu<br />
Director of Global Exchange<br />
Nick name: Jim<br />
Birthday: August/16<br />
E-mail address: mellon@hawaii.edu<br />
What’s your occupation: Director of international student Services<br />
Hobby: Triathlon, Swimming<br />
Favorite plcae in the Big island: Two<br />
Steps in Honaunau<br />
Favorite quote: ‘‘Reality is wrong.<br />
Dreams are for real.’’<br />
‘‘The real voyage of discovery<br />
consists not in seeking new<br />
landscapes, but in having new eyes.<br />
Most memorable experience:<br />
Participating in the Ironman World<br />
Championship triathlon four times in<br />
kona.
JONG LI PARK<br />
EUI JOON KIM<br />
Nick name: Joel<br />
Birthday: July/25/1990<br />
E-mail address: pji0725@naver.com<br />
Hobby: Swimming or Watching movies<br />
Major: Business and Accounting<br />
What you want to do after graduate from college?<br />
Working for Finance Department<br />
Your most memorable experience in Hilo: Scuva<br />
diving and lava tracking<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island : Everywhere<br />
Nick name: Louis<br />
Birthday: January 19th<br />
E-mail address: kejoon5623@gmail.com<br />
Home University: Hankuk University of Foreign<br />
Studies<br />
Hobby: Swimming & playing<br />
violin<br />
Major: Economics<br />
What do you want to do when<br />
you graduate from college?<br />
I want to be a journalist<br />
Favorite quote:-YOLO in Hawaii!<br />
Your most memorable<br />
experience in Hilo: Snorkeling in<br />
Honaunau Bay. Totally different<br />
world!:)<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island:<br />
Honaunau Bay (2 steps)
KANA ISHIKAWA<br />
TERI PRYCE<br />
Nick name: Kana<br />
Birthday: 2/23/1996<br />
E-mail address: kanaishi@hawaii.edu<br />
What university did you come from?:<br />
Kanda University of International Studies<br />
Hobby: Watching movies<br />
Major: English<br />
Most memorable experience in<br />
Hilo: Swam with dolphins<br />
Your favorite place on the Big<br />
Island : Mauna Kea<br />
Nick name: Tiara<br />
Birthday: 24th January ‘96<br />
E-mail: teri_pryce@hotmail.com<br />
Home University? Victoria<br />
University of Wellington, NZ<br />
Hobby: Hammocking<br />
Major: Psychology<br />
What you want to do after<br />
graduate? Keep on travelling<br />
Favorite quote: Say yes and figure<br />
it out afterwards<br />
Most memorable experience<br />
in Hilo: This is a super hard question! Snorkeling at<br />
James Cook memorial was out of this world. Dolphins<br />
and so many amazing fish. Also every camping trip<br />
I’ve gone on has been super<br />
memorable.<br />
Favorite place on Big Island:<br />
There’s a really amazing<br />
beach spot just down from<br />
Spencer’s Beach Park that I<br />
love. Also going to Carlsmith<br />
when the weather is great.
MARCIA BERNETTE Mc-<br />
NULTY BLYTH KAYLAH SWANSON<br />
Nick name: Marcy or “Scottish girl”<br />
Birthday: 15th September 1996<br />
E-mail address: marcia.b@live.co.uk<br />
Home univesity: University of Stirling<br />
Hobby: Exploring and being<br />
outdoors.<br />
Major: Conservation Biology and<br />
Management<br />
Your plan after graduation: Work for an NGO abroad<br />
helping to save endangered species.<br />
Favorite quote: “Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our<br />
brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and<br />
how we came to wake up in it?..” – Richard Dawkins<br />
Most memorable experience in<br />
Hilo:<br />
Zip-lining on my birthday with<br />
Luis Garcia.<br />
Favorite place on the Big<br />
Island: If I had to pick one<br />
place, perhaps Waipio valley.<br />
Nick name:Kaylah<br />
Birthday: 12 August 1995<br />
E-mail:<br />
kaylah.swanson@outlook.<br />
com<br />
Home university: Victoria<br />
University of Wellington<br />
Hobby: Cross-fit, helping people/volunteering, horse<br />
riding<br />
Major: Psychology<br />
What you want to do when after graduate? starting<br />
my own business<br />
Favorite quote: “To live is the<br />
rarest thing in the world. Most<br />
people exist, that is all” - Oscar<br />
Wilde<br />
Most memorable experience in<br />
Hilo: Staying at the fish pond<br />
over in Kona.<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island:<br />
James Cook monument
KURUMI OKAZAKI<br />
Mina Kim<br />
Nick name: Kurumi<br />
Birthday: 12/13/96<br />
E-mail: kurumi7@hawaii.edu<br />
krp. petalchan@gmail.com<br />
Home university:<br />
Prefectural University of Hiroshima<br />
Hobby: Talking with my friend<br />
Major: International culture<br />
Plans after graduation: Get a job that<br />
gives a smile to<br />
people<br />
Favorite quote: Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where<br />
there is<br />
no path and leave a trail.<br />
Your most memorable experience in Hilo:<br />
Having a lot of wonderful encounters .<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island:<br />
Moonstruck/ Starbucks in the mall/<br />
Hapuna<br />
Nick name: Mina<br />
Birthday: 4/17/1994<br />
E-mail: mina6635@gmail.com<br />
Home university: Hankuk University of<br />
Foreign Studies<br />
Hobby: Watching American drama,<br />
listening to music, taking a nap,<br />
buying pretty but useless stuff<br />
Major: English and Business Administration<br />
What do you want to do when you graduate<br />
from college?<br />
Get a job and we will see<br />
Most memorable experience<br />
in Hilo:<br />
Meeting awesome friends<br />
Favorite place on Big Island:<br />
Manini’owali Beach
SOOBING CHOI<br />
Nick name: SSB<br />
Birthday: Aug 8th 1994<br />
E-mail address: soobinchoiaug@gmail.com<br />
Home university: Korea University<br />
Hobby: Walking on a sunny day<br />
Major: Communications/Business<br />
What’s your most memorable<br />
experience in Hilo? Meeting<br />
such amazing & wonderful<br />
people.<br />
Where is your favorite place on<br />
the Big Island? Mauna Kea &<br />
Narnia<br />
Plans after graduation: Go<br />
to graduate school<br />
Favorite quote: Do not take<br />
for granted the love you<br />
receive.<br />
NATSUMI EBATA<br />
Nick name: Natsumi<br />
Birthday: 06/10/1996<br />
E-mail address:<br />
natsumi@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: Rikkyo<br />
University<br />
Hobby: Watching movies<br />
Major: English and<br />
American Literature<br />
What you want to do<br />
Plans after graduation:<br />
Travel the world<br />
Favorite quote: all our<br />
dreams can come true if we<br />
have the courage to pursue<br />
them-Walt Disney<br />
Most memorable<br />
experience: Zip Line<br />
Favorite place on Big<br />
Island: Volcano National<br />
Park
URARA NISHINAKA<br />
HARUKA OZEKI<br />
Favorite quote: If you keep on<br />
believing, the dream that you<br />
wish will come true<br />
Most memorable experience<br />
in Hilo: Zip Line<br />
Favorite place on the Big<br />
Island: Hapuna Beach<br />
Nick name: Urara<br />
Birthday: 03/24/1997<br />
E-mail: uraran@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: Hijiyama<br />
University<br />
Hobby: Cooking<br />
Major: Nutritional Management<br />
Plans after graduation: Become a<br />
registered dietitian<br />
Nick name: Haruka<br />
Birthday: 6/4/1996<br />
E-mail: haru@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: Rikkyo<br />
University<br />
Hobby: Chill with friends,<br />
Instagram, fashion<br />
Major: Business<br />
Plans after graduation: I wanna get a job which I love<br />
to do<br />
Favorite quote: “You can’t connect the dots looking<br />
forward; you can only<br />
connect them looking”<br />
Most memorable<br />
experience in Hilo: Great<br />
Leaps!<br />
Favorite place on the Big<br />
Island: UH HIlo:)
Summah Hine-Pukohu-Rangi Pareheua<br />
SAEEUN KIM<br />
Seanee Te Kahika-Heemi<br />
Birthday: 1994 March 6th<br />
E-mail: ohyeah0306@gmail.com<br />
Home university: Hankuk<br />
University of Foreign Studies<br />
Hobby: watching movies,<br />
walking around with friends and<br />
exploring new places.<br />
Major: English Linguistics<br />
Plans after graduation: get a job that I<br />
can earn money and doing what I like<br />
at the same time<br />
Favorite quote: Time you enjoy<br />
wasting, is not wasted –John Lennon<br />
Most memorable experience in Hilo:<br />
From August 15 to December 21, every<br />
single moment was memorable to me<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island: Reeds<br />
bay and Coconut Island. Such a perfect<br />
place for taking a rest. I enjoyed eating<br />
lunch in Coconut Island.<br />
Birthday: 30 April 1994<br />
E-mail:<br />
Summahtkh115@gmail.com<br />
Home university: Victoria<br />
University of Wellington<br />
Hobby: Explore all things<br />
living in the ocean and on<br />
land. I also enjoy<br />
spontaneous adventures and relaxing at the beach<br />
Major: Ecology and Biodiversity, and Geography.<br />
Plans after graduation: Become more involved with my<br />
community, work on my family’s farm, continue to travel and<br />
embrace wherever the next chapter in life leads me.<br />
Favorite quote? Kia mau ki te whenua hei oranga mo te<br />
iwi – Rotoma No.1<br />
Most memorable experience in Hilo:<br />
Chasing waterfalls, exploring the<br />
beautiful Narnia with Dane. It is a<br />
magical spot not far from uni.<br />
Favorite place on Big Island: where the sun<br />
shines is, the rain falls, the birds sing, the<br />
fish swim and the people<br />
laugh, talk story and<br />
enjoy one another’s<br />
company.
MANATSU YAMAMOTO<br />
Nick name: Manatsu<br />
Birthday: April 14,1996<br />
E-mail:<br />
manatsuy@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: Meio<br />
university, Okinawa, Japan<br />
Hobby: outdoor activities<br />
Major: international culture<br />
Plans after graduation: I<br />
want to work at hotel or be<br />
a cabin crew.<br />
Favorite quote: We are all<br />
different and all wonderful-<br />
(Japanese poet)<br />
Most memorable<br />
experience in Hilo: Hula<br />
lesson at the<br />
student life center<br />
Favorite place on the<br />
Big Island: 4 miles<br />
beach<br />
NAO IGUCHI<br />
Nick name: Nao<br />
Birthday: April 23<br />
E-mail: iguchin@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: Gunma<br />
Prefectural Women’s University<br />
Hobby: Watching movies and<br />
comedies.<br />
Major: Linguistics<br />
Plans after graduation: Not<br />
decided my future career yet,<br />
but I am interested in publisher.<br />
Favorite quote: For<br />
beautiful eyes, look<br />
for the good in<br />
others; for beautiful<br />
lips, speak only words<br />
of kindness. - Audrey<br />
Hepburn<br />
Most memorable experience in Hilo: I made a lot of<br />
friends from all over the world.<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island: Mauna Kea.
YUI KOMODA<br />
JIUN KIM<br />
Nick name: Yui<br />
Birthday: 10/21/1995<br />
E-mail address:<br />
ykomoda@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university:<br />
Rikkyo University<br />
Hobby: Listening to<br />
music<br />
Major: Tourism<br />
Plans after graduation:<br />
Work for a tourist company<br />
Most memorable experience in Hilo: Practice<br />
the ukulele<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island : Hapuna<br />
Beach<br />
Nick name: Jiun, Uni<br />
Birthday: Sep. 26<br />
E-mai:<br />
kmju31168@naver.com<br />
Home university:<br />
Hankuk University of<br />
Foreign Studies<br />
Hobby: Taking photos<br />
Major: English<br />
interpretation and translation<br />
Plans after graduation: I haven’t decided yet.<br />
Favorite quote: When you think you’re late, you’re<br />
really late. Start now.<br />
Most memorable experience in Hilo:<br />
I met host family and many good friends who are<br />
really nice and kind.<br />
Favorite place on the<br />
Big Island: UH Hilo,<br />
where I spent most of<br />
my time and had lots of<br />
experiences.
YI ZHONG<br />
FIONA METCALFE<br />
Nick name: Fi<br />
Birthday: 09/28/1995<br />
E-mail:<br />
fm40@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university:<br />
University of Stirling<br />
Hobby:<br />
Gaelic football<br />
Major: Biology<br />
Nick name: Joy<br />
Birthday: 21.07.1996<br />
E-mail address: m18911513173@163.com<br />
Home university:<br />
Communication University<br />
of China<br />
Your major: Film Directing<br />
Plans after graduation:<br />
Travel before doing a masters<br />
Favorite quote: Our lives are defined<br />
by opportunities, even the ones we miss - F.Scott<br />
Fitzgerald<br />
Most memorable<br />
experience in Hilo:<br />
Seeing turtles for the first<br />
time at Carlsmith<br />
Favorite place on the Big<br />
Island: Waipio Valley
JESSIE SHERIDAN<br />
Nickname: Jessie<br />
Birthday: 28th Jume 1996<br />
E-mail: jessiesh@hotmail.co.uk<br />
Home university: University of Stirling<br />
Hobby: Writing, Reading, Netflix,<br />
Photography, Travel, Friends and Family.<br />
Major: English and History<br />
What you want to do after graduate: No<br />
idea<br />
Favorite quote: Be a flamingo in a flock of<br />
pidgins- Anonymous<br />
Most memorable experience in Hilo: Larry and Barbara Heintz<br />
welcoming Fiona Metcalfe and I into their home.<br />
Favorite place in Big Island: Mauna Kea Summit<br />
KOKO HANNO<br />
Nick name: Koko<br />
Birthday: 93/12/5<br />
E-mail: koko4@hawaii.edu<br />
Home University: Rikkyo University<br />
Hobby: Book and movie<br />
Major: English Literature<br />
Favorite quote: Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.<br />
Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let<br />
things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like -Lao Tzu<br />
Most memorable experience in Hilo:<br />
Everything<br />
Favorite place on the<br />
Big Island: Volcano
CHIAKI YOKOYAMA<br />
Nick name: Aki<br />
Birthday: 05/19<br />
E-mail: santorum.age519@gmail.com<br />
Home university: Prefectural University<br />
of Hiroshima<br />
Hobby: Watching movie<br />
Major: American literature<br />
Plans after graduation: Hotel jobs<br />
Favorite quote: Death is all we know of<br />
heaven and all we need of hell<br />
Most memorable experience in Hilo:<br />
I cannot choose...<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island: 4 miles<br />
beach<br />
YURI HIRANO<br />
Nick name: Yuri<br />
Birthday: February 22, 1996<br />
E-mail: hiranoyu@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university:<br />
Kyoto Sangyo University<br />
Hobby: Listening to Disney music and American<br />
pop music, Painting nails, Watching movies<br />
Major: English<br />
Plans after graduation:<br />
Work as an employee at an educational company<br />
Favorite quote: Every failure is a stepping stone that leads to<br />
success.<br />
Memorable experience in<br />
Hilo:<br />
Eating many kinds of food at<br />
restaurants or cafes<br />
Favorite place on the Big<br />
Island:<br />
Kona
HINANO JINNAI<br />
TOMOHO MACHIDA<br />
Nick name: Hinano<br />
Birthday: August 29th, 1995<br />
E-mail: hinanoj@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: Rikkyo University<br />
Hobby: Traveling<br />
Major: Business<br />
Plans after graduation: get a job.<br />
Favorite quote: “If you can dream it, you can do it.”<br />
Most memorable experience in Hilo:<br />
Saw sunset at the top of Mauna Kea<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island:<br />
Downtown Hilo<br />
Nick name: Tomoho<br />
Birthday: August 2nd, 1996<br />
E-mail address:<br />
machida.tomoho@gmail.com<br />
Home university:<br />
Gunma Prefectural Women’s<br />
University<br />
Hobby: Going shopping<br />
Major: International communication<br />
Plans after graduation:<br />
I am thinking to go to a graduate school.<br />
Favorite quote:<br />
“Bloom where god has planted you.”<br />
Most memorable experience in Hilo:<br />
Conversation with my partner<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island:<br />
Volcanoes National Park
YOYOI SATO<br />
RISAKO HIRANUMA<br />
Nick name: Yayoi<br />
Birthday: 3/5<br />
E-mail : satoyayo@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: Prefectural University of Hiroshima<br />
Hobby: Cooking<br />
Major: Linguistics<br />
Plans after graduation: I want to get a husband.<br />
Favorite quote: Love what you<br />
do, share it with others.<br />
Most memorable experience in<br />
Hilo: Seeing sunset and star at<br />
the top of Mauna Kea.<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island:<br />
Mauna Kea<br />
Birthday: 12/17/1995<br />
E-mail: hiranuma@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: Rikkyo<br />
University<br />
Hobby: Drawing pictures<br />
Major: English and American Literature<br />
Plans after graduation:<br />
I’d like to find a job which requires to<br />
use English<br />
Favorite quote: One good turn deserves<br />
another<br />
Most memorable experience in Hilo:<br />
I joined a few clubs and I met new<br />
people every time. They took me to<br />
many places and gave me a good<br />
opportunity to know Hilo.<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island:<br />
Kona, Hapuna Beach
NAO YAMASAKI<br />
ANRI KASUGA<br />
Nick name: Nao<br />
Birthday: 4/27/1995<br />
E-mail: naoyamas@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: Seinan Gakuin University<br />
Hobby: Eating food<br />
Major: Psychology<br />
Plans after graduation:<br />
Travel the world<br />
Favorite quote: Love the life you<br />
live. Live the life you love.<br />
Most memorable experience in<br />
Hilo: Seeing a starry-filled sky in<br />
Mauna Kea.<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island:<br />
Coconut Island<br />
Nick name: Anri<br />
Birthday: 11/23/1994<br />
E-mail address: anri3@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: Seinan Gakuin university<br />
Hobby: Tennis<br />
Major: Comuunication<br />
Plans after graduation:<br />
I want to fly all over the world<br />
Favorite quote:<br />
Life is a box of chocolate<br />
Most memorable experience in Hilo:<br />
Joined bubble run with my friends<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island:<br />
Mauna Kea state recreation area
KIM HYUN AH<br />
Nick name: Hyunah<br />
Birthday: 1995/5/31<br />
E-mail address: hyunahk@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: Hanyang University<br />
Hobby:Biking<br />
Major: Cultural Anthropology<br />
What you want to be after<br />
graduate: Happy person<br />
Favorite quote: It is time to be<br />
drunk by Charles P. Baudelaire<br />
Most memorable experience in<br />
Hilo: Jumping off the cliff<br />
Favorite place on the Big Island:<br />
Under the Banyan tree in campus<br />
CENTER FOR<br />
GLOBAL<br />
EDUCATION<br />
AND<br />
EXCHANGE<br />
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Kirstie Naone Xiaoting Liu<br />
Email: kkan98@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: University of Hawaii at Hilo<br />
Major: Kinesiology and Exercise Science/<br />
Communications<br />
Plans after graduation: Going to graduate program<br />
Hobby: Aerial dancing<br />
Favorite Quote:”You miss 100% of the shots you don’t<br />
take.” Wayne Gretzky<br />
Memorable experience: I don’t have a most<br />
memorable moment in Hilo, but I will always cherish<br />
the many friendships I have made here.<br />
Favorite color: green because its a very refreshing<br />
color. :)<br />
I am a happy girl!<br />
Nickname: Xiaoting<br />
Country: China<br />
Birthday: 08/15/1994<br />
E-mail: theresa.lxt@gmail.com<br />
niversity: University of Hawaii at Hilo<br />
Plans after graduation: I want to be a CPA<br />
Hobby: Watching Movies and playing Guitar<br />
Favorite quote: Believe you are confident enough to<br />
overcome every challenge<br />
What was your most memorable experience in Hilo:<br />
Hapuna Beach
Helio Miguel<br />
MISAKI HIRAYAMA<br />
Nickname: Miguel<br />
Birthday: July 29<br />
E-mail: helio@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: University of Hawaii at Hilo<br />
Country: Timor-Leste<br />
Major: Communication<br />
Plans after graduation: Working in the Publication<br />
Hobby: Traveling and Taking Pictures<br />
Favorite quote: “Dream, Believe and Make it happen.’’<br />
Favorite place in the Big Island: Polulu Valley<br />
Most Memorable Experience: MC at UH Hilo<br />
International Night<br />
Birthday: 10/8/93<br />
E-mail: misakih@hawaii.edu<br />
Home university: University of Hawaii at Hilo<br />
Hobby: Surfing! Anything by/in the water<br />
Major: Communication<br />
Plans after graduation: Have a job that I can meet<br />
people from different places/countries<br />
Favorite quote: “One day at a time”<br />
Most memorable experience: probably being<br />
a global ambassador. I loved visiting schools,<br />
interacting with kids and sharing my culture with<br />
them.<br />
Favorite place in the Big Island: Honoli’i
By Footwarrior<br />
Hāpuna Beach State Recreation Area is a large park and sandy beach on the Big<br />
Island of Hawaii. The Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel is also located adjacent to the beach. Hāpuna<br />
(literally, “spring” or “pool” in Hawaiian) is popular with residents and visitors. This is one of a few other<br />
white sand beaches on the west coast of the Big Island. The few others include Kua Bay (Manini’owali<br />
Beach), Kauna’oa Bay, known as Mauna Kea Beach, and Samuel M. Spencer Beach Park. It was named<br />
the Best Beach in America by Florida International University professor Stephen Leatherman, known<br />
as “Dr Beach”, in 1993.<br />
By Alan L<br />
Mauna Kea (traditional Hawaiian name:<br />
Mauna a Wākea) is a dormant volcano on the<br />
island of Hawaii. Standing 4,205 m (13,796 ft)<br />
above sea level, its peak is the highest point<br />
in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Further, because<br />
the Hawaiian Islands slope so deep into the<br />
sea, Mauna Kea is exceptionally prominent,<br />
with a dry prominence calculated at 9,330 m<br />
(30,610 ft). It is cupped by the deep Hawaiian<br />
Trough, which has led some<br />
authorities to call it the tallest (as opposed to<br />
highest) mountain in the world, as measured<br />
from base to peak.<br />
Ancient Hawaiians living on the slopes of<br />
Mauna Kea relied on its extensive forests for<br />
food, and quarried the dense volcano-glacial<br />
basalts on its flanks for tool production.<br />
With its high altitude, dry environment, and<br />
stable airflow, Mauna Kea’s summit is one of<br />
the best sites in the world for astronomical<br />
observation, and one of the most<br />
controversial.<br />
In Hawaiian mythology, Poli’ahu is one of the four goddesses<br />
of snow, all enemies of Pele. She was thought to reside on<br />
Mauna Kea, which if measured from the seafloor is the world's<br />
tallest mountain.<br />
The summits of the five volcanoes of Hawaii are<br />
revered as sacred mountains; and Mauna Kea’s<br />
summit, the highest, is the most sacred. For this<br />
reason, a kapu (ancient Hawaiian law) restricted<br />
visitor rights to high-ranking tribal chiefs.<br />
Hawaiians associated elements of their<br />
natural environment with particular deities. In<br />
Hawaiian mythology, the sky father Wākea<br />
marries the earth mother Papa, giving birth to<br />
the Hawaiian Islands. In many of these<br />
genealogical myths, Mauna Kea is portrayed as<br />
the pair’s first-born son. The summit of Mauna<br />
Kea was seen as the “region of the gods”, a place<br />
where benevolent spirits reside. Poli’ahu, deity<br />
of snow, also resides there. In Hawaiian, Mauna<br />
Kea means “white mountain”, a reference to its<br />
summit, which is usually snow-capped in winter.<br />
The mountain’s name has been shortened from<br />
it’s original, traditional Hawaiian name: Mauna a<br />
Wākea (“Mountain of Wākea”).<br />
Kaloko-Honokōhau National<br />
Historical Park is a United States National Historical<br />
Park located in the Kona District on the<br />
Big island of Hawai’i in the U.S. state of Hawai’i.<br />
Kaloko (meaning “the pond” in the Hawaiian<br />
language) is a site of fishponds used in ancient<br />
Hawaii is on the North end of the park.<br />
Honokōhau means “bay drawing dew” and<br />
refers to the ancient settlement on the south<br />
part of the park.<br />
Kua Bay - Manini’owali Beach<br />
Manini’owali Beach at Kua Bay, part of Kekaha<br />
Kai State Park, is another of the very pretty<br />
Hawaii Big Island beaches, with fine white<br />
sand that slopes gently to the beautiful clear<br />
turquoise water. The swimming here is<br />
awesome when the ocean is calm, and there<br />
can be some decent snorkeling along the<br />
rocky outcroppings at either end of the beach.<br />
© 2012 BigIslandVacation.com<br />
By W Nowicki
Hina<br />
Hina is mostly<br />
described as a very<br />
attractive, smart,<br />
beautiful, determined<br />
young woman pursued by<br />
men and other creatures.<br />
Hina becomes tired of<br />
living in the crowd, flees<br />
to the moon, and eventually<br />
becomes goddess of<br />
it.<br />
By Kyle Hawton<br />
Waiānuenue<br />
Rainbow (Waiānuenue) Falls is a waterfall located in Hilo, Hawaii. It is 80 ft (24 m) tall and almost 100<br />
ft (30 m) in diameter. The falls are part of the Hawai’i State Parks.<br />
Known in the Hawaiian language as Waiānuenue (literally “rainbow water”),the falls flows over a<br />
natural lava cave, the mythological home to Hina, an ancient Hawaiian goddess. Rainbow Falls<br />
derives its name from the fact that, on sunny mornings around 10AM, rainbows can be seen in the<br />
mist thrown up by the waterfall.<br />
Akaka Falls, a 422 feet (129 m) tall waterfall. Akaka in the<br />
Hawaiian language means “A rent, split, chink, separation; to<br />
crack, split, scale”. Local folklore describes a stone here called<br />
Pōhaku a Pele that, when struck by a branch of lehua āpane,<br />
will call the sky to darken and rain to fall. Lehua āpane or ōhia<br />
āpane is an ōhia tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) with dark red<br />
blossoms. Akaka Falls is located on Kolekole Stream. A large<br />
stone in the stream about 70 feet (21 m) upstream of the falls<br />
is called Pōhaku o Kāloa.<br />
Kealakekua Bay is located on the Kona coast of the island<br />
of Hawai’i about 12 miles (19 km) south of Kailua-Kona. Settled<br />
over a thousand years ago, the surrounding area contains many<br />
archeological and historical sites such as religious temples, and<br />
was listed in the National Register of Historic Places listings on the<br />
island of Hawaii in 1973 as the Kealakekua Bay Historical District.<br />
The bay is a marine life conservation district, a popular destination<br />
for kayaking, scuba diving, and snorkeling.<br />
Kīlauea is a currently hyperactive shield volcano in the Hawaiian<br />
Islands, and the most active of the five volcanoes that together<br />
form the island of Hawai’i, and, perhaps, the most active volcano<br />
on earth. Kīlauea means “spewing” or “much spreading” in the<br />
Hawaiian language, referring to its frequent outpouring of lava.<br />
Historically, the five volcanoes on the island were considered s<br />
acred by the Hawaiian people, and in Hawaiian mythology<br />
Kīlauea’s Halemaumau Crater served as the body and home of Pele,<br />
goddess of fire, lightning, wind, and volcanoes.
Laura Martinez Steele<br />
Waipio Valley is a valley located in the Hamakua District of the Big<br />
Island of Hawaii. "Waipio" means "curved water" in the Hawaiian<br />
language. It was the capital and permanent residence of many<br />
early Hawaiian ali’i (kings) up until the time of King Umi.
SPECTACULAR SCENERY ON<br />
THE WHITE ROAD HIKE
WHITE ROAD WATER<br />
BIG ISLAND WATERFALLS
POLOLU VALLEY
Hali’a Aloha<br />
Important Contacts<br />
http://hilo.hawaii.edu<br />
Center For Global Education and<br />
Exchange<br />
http://hilo.hawaii.edu/exchange<br />
200 West Kawili Street<br />
Hilo, Hawaii 96720<br />
Tel. 808.932.7488<br />
Fax. 808.932.7487<br />
E-mail: uhhglobe@hawaii.edu<br />
Hali’a Aloha Edited by Helio Miguel<br />
University of Hawaii at Hilo<br />
Center for Global Education and Exchange
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