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E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe

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Here I don’t have to keep watch of time, nor do I have to answer the phone. Most coffee shops and restaurants in fact ask you to refrain from talking on the phone. If time seems to freeze, why is it that the vacation slips by without my knowing? Maybe this is what paradise is all about, ephemeral but unforgettable. E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe. May blessings ever be with you. So I was wished by the kind and warm Hawaiians at the local church service. I certainly left my heart in Hawaii. Click on the picture and you’ll be paradise bound!

13 Responses

  1. Thanks so much for sharing the pics with us, Matt! Looks like you’ve a great time in Hawaii! 🙂

  2. Love your pictures, especially the sunset, the windward coast, and the one of you in aloha shirt! You have an observant eye!

  3. OMG, that room Matt! How did you get any sleep? And those sunsets. I’m surprised you didn’t figure out a way to just stay. I almost came out of my chair when I saw the picture of the lighthouse!

  4. Matt.. thank you for sharing the photos. I got homesick for the Philippines. Our beaches look the same, with the coconut trees and white sand, blue sea, and all. I felt happy looking at your pictures, and you looking so relaxed.

  5. I bet it is so hard to come back to “reality” after a vacation like that 🙂
    Great pics – thank you for sharing them!

  6. That’s the happiest place on earth. I heart hawaii!

  7. Ahh bliss!

  8. Gorgeous!! I love the idea of no phones ringing and no deadlines, nowhere that you have to be!! I would love to visit Hawaii sometime!!

  9. Great Photo’s Matt, thanks for sharing. The beauty of the place would certainly make me forget about all the little stresses of daily life…not to mention the food! 😀

  10. Great rest, but nice to have you back!

  11. Thanks for sharing the amazing – They’re wonderful!

  12. As always, I enjoyed your photos, vicariously sharing your vacation in a beautiful, very special place.

  13. Aloha from Kauai. Great photos. You’ll have to visit my island sometime.

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