Visiting the Green Sand Beach was one of my top 10 experiences in Hawaii. I spent four months living there as part of a study-abroad program but somehow, I never wrote much about it. Today, as I get my annual Facebook reminders about being in Hawaii this time eight years ago, I was inspired. So…
Tag: Hilo
Home in Hilo – Hawaii Travel
I didn’t know much about Hilo before coming here, but it didn’t take long to fall in love with it. The culture shock began on campus, where strangers said hello to me left and right and a friendly cleaning lady asked me to call her “Aunty.” Five weeks later the various aspects of the laidback nature of…
Experiencing UH Hilo – Hawaii Travel
Being Ukrainian and growing up in the Czech Republic, I came to Hawaii with my head full of expectations and uneducated stereotypes. My home university, Anglo American, happened to have an exchange program in University of Hawai’I at Hilo.
