Discovering Hawaii, Paradise chosen
The mystery of the history of lavender in Hawaii
The history of lavender in Europe is known to love this fragrant herb, but it took some detective work to discover the history of lavender in Hawaii. It all started when a lavender farm in my home island of Maui asked to help write a book about the plant.
The owner of the farm, which is of Hawaiian descent, is a sort of mystical sense of the history of the lavender plant in the islands. He told me he was sure he was a beloved plant and used by the nobility and the Royals of the Hawaiian kingdom, and he sought to discover how this Mediterranean plant got here.
(more...)Hawaii: Interesting Kauai
If you are looking for lush landscapes, Kauai is for you. It seems that the most humid of the world is precisely the Mount Waialeale, a volcanic formation at the center of Kauai. The island is so green and lush from earning the nickname “Garden Island”. The landscapes of Kauai, so beautiful to graze the [...]
Hawaii & the Balkans
The native Hawaiian government reorganization act is to grant, if approved, the same legal status to the original inhabitants, the islands that have the American Indians and Native Americans of Alaska.
112 years have passed since li Kingdom of Hawaii was conquered – military – from the U.S. (which also have apologized 15 years ago) by [...]
History of Hawaii
J. Cook officially discovered the islands of Hawaii in 1778 (though historical sources are telling as had been first sighted by Spanish navigators).
A native monarch, Kamehameha the Great, who in 1795 occupied the islands of Maui and Molokhai across the channel to the island of Oahu, ruled the archipelago.
The conquest of ‘island of Ohau marks [...]
