We've been impressed with the bounty of edible plants, in the sense of plucking fruit off the tree in the garden of Eden, though not the apple of course. 
We learned about growing and processing coffee, from picking the cherries, removing the pulp, soaking away the gel around the beans, drying and removing the two layers of membrane around the beans themselves. Yes, it's a tedious process. The coffee cherries (pictured) are sweet and a healthful drink with lots of anti-oxidants can be made from them. We're bringing a pound of home-grown roasted coffee beans home with us, but you'll have to visit Naperville to taste them. 
At the Cultural Center on the north coast of O'ahu, we posed in front of several moai look-alikes, trying our best to fit in. The Cultural Center was neat because it brought together artifacts, songs, dances, and other cultural elements of all polynesian peoples to one place. It was fascinating to see the similarities and the differences. When we moved on to Big Island we were exposed to more recent volcanism and "black beaches" made up of fragments of basalt and in some places, green olivine crystals. 
A big effort is made to keep the beaches safe for green sea turtles, such as the one pictured here. This big fellow was oblivious to us as he washed back and forth in the rocks with the surf while casually eating seaweed off the rocks.
We learned about growing and processing coffee, from picking the cherries, removing the pulp, soaking away the gel around the beans, drying and removing the two layers of membrane around the beans themselves. Yes, it's a tedious process. The coffee cherries (pictured) are sweet and a healthful drink with lots of anti-oxidants can be made from them. We're bringing a pound of home-grown roasted coffee beans home with us, but you'll have to visit Naperville to taste them. 
At the Cultural Center on the north coast of O'ahu, we posed in front of several moai look-alikes, trying our best to fit in. The Cultural Center was neat because it brought together artifacts, songs, dances, and other cultural elements of all polynesian peoples to one place. It was fascinating to see the similarities and the differences. When we moved on to Big Island we were exposed to more recent volcanism and "black beaches" made up of fragments of basalt and in some places, green olivine crystals. 
A big effort is made to keep the beaches safe for green sea turtles, such as the one pictured here. This big fellow was oblivious to us as he washed back and forth in the rocks with the surf while casually eating seaweed off the rocks.
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