Day Five in Honolulu
This morning I asked myself the question, where would you
live if you could choose a place without any consideration for cost or
politics? The reason for the question
arose out of my sense of smell. It seems
to me that tropical, humid, beach front places have a musty kind of smell,
almost like fish. I don't know if that
is correct but it certainly wouldn't be pleasant to have type of concern in
one's home. One of the things I learned
about Hawaii is that there are no snakes here and the bugs are all benign
unless you are allergic to them (i.e. scorpions & spiders are not
dangerous). So far I have not seen
anything creepy here; as I recall I was startled in Cuba by the lizards
crawling all over the place!
Sitting here on the balcony in Honolulu, surf noises aside,
it is similar to being in San Francisco or NYC.
Shops, cars, restaurants . . . and guests. That is another thing I learned, in Hawaii we
are not called tourists, we are guests.
That is heartwarming.
Now the birds have flown on to the table to say good
morning, where's the breakfast? I just
love that, being so unafraid of humans and so trusting. I am sure that if this was my home I would
not find it charming to have birds in my food!
The difference between vacation layback and day to day living may be a
sharp contrast for some of us.
The answer to my question - Denmark.
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