Blondes on a Budget - Hawaiian Adventure #BoaB

Blondes

Becky (Rebecca)

Bergie (Kajsa)

 
Places

Copenhagen airport

Miami

Los Angeles

Portland

Hawaii big island

Hawaii Oahu 

Kalani /Pahoa

Hilo

Honolulu

Waikiki

 
 
 
Time difference to Europe
Miami: -6 hours
LA / Portland: -9 hours
Hawaii: -12 hours

 

Dates

27 September - 18 October 2015

 

Beaches

Green sands

Black lava 

White sand beach

Grey stone beach

Miami south beach 

Northshore beaches

Waikiki

Lanikai

Turtle bay

Robertsons beach (not Davidsons)

 

Landscapes

Vulcanoes

Deserts

Rainforest

Forests

Beaches

Cliffs

Mountains and hills

New lava land

Lava glow nationalparks

Palm trees

Waterfalls
 
  
Weather

Hot

Humid

Sunny

Rainy

Windy

 

Overload

Sunrises

Sunsets

Rainbows 

 

Hawaiian words learnt

Mahalo

Aloha

Oahu (as in the island, not as goodbye, because it does not mean goodbye)

Pa

Kalapana

Hula

E ho mai. E ho mai.

Poo poo

 

People

Kalanis volunteers and shuttle drivers

Yoga-Kim 

Hank aka poolboy 

Swedish Michelle 

Fraser 

Air Bnb Canadian Emma plus dog

Coo coo lady selling coffee along the road 

Flower lei teacher

Jeep couple (army veteran plus wife)

Terry, Robert and Chris 

Polynesian hostel staff 

Puerto Rican pancake maker

Instagram dudes on the beach

Hairdresser dude

Hitchhiker dude Mason with the chili sauces

Naked yoga guru at Black sand beach

Bus driver who didn't want to let us on

Brazilian dude who likes everything on instagram

The cabin crew in t-shirts and jeans

Safeway-guy who offered us his members card in order for us to get the cheap deals on wine. Turned out to still be expensive. 

Sketchy Fisherman on the Northshore not telling us what he was fishing

Our imaginary Hawaiian husband Boar

 
 
Animals

Wild boars

Geckos 

Turtles

Mountain lions & rattle snakes

Dog in a bag



Quotes

"Oahu" 

"You're doing great, fantastic, you're so much better than the last group I had"

"It was going to happen"

"Pa" 

"O kalapana"

"Can you move forward a bit" (the whole room was free, why you had to hula so close to Becky?)

"Oh my god, you're so funny" (fake compliment)

"You better lock your door tonight" 

"Blondes on a budget" 

"Trash"

"Deplane the plane" 

"Dress code is optional"

"First we take 3 deep breaths" 

"Duck leg is the new duck face"

"You fat ass yank" (one of many insults)

"You look like a pool boy"

"I'm not a racist but I could never live in Africa, I need white people around me" (moran!!)

"Opera Winfrey has recommended this island"

"As you know in fashion one day your in, and the next day you're out. Lets start the show!"

"Auf widersehen!"

"I better be your snoflake!!"

"Wow that's a cool passport"

"Where is the nearest metro? Are there any clothes shops around? Where is the wifi connection strongest? 

"I don't know I don't live here"

"Can you show ID please"

"Bali, B-A-L-I - you should check that out!"

"Don't be sad, sad backwards is DAS, UND DAS IST NICHT GUT"

"You can take the boy out of Detroit but you cannot take Detroit out of the boy"

"Are you sisters?"

"I've been searching everywhere for mangos"

"Let's stop here and buy a CD"

"Perhaps you should slow down a little"

"And you need to stop where there are STOP signs"

"You girls are doing great, I have to give it to ya" (when hiking and being passed by a jeep with mid aged men)

"Wow, you made it"

"A dollar? You tipped a dollar?"

"I don't even like Sam Smith" (this is not Sam Smith)

"If you were a villain, who would you be" (Cruella deville)

"Are you from here? I am now."

"Hey. ?. I miss you. Why?. I thought you were cute."

"What kind of fish are you fishing?" "Oh, you don't know, big fish"

"See, I'm great housewife material"

"Say that again, needs to go on snap chat"

 

Transportation

Plane

Airport shuttles

Local buses

Uber

Jeep

Rental cars (hyundai, and chevrolet)

Metro

Kalani-shuttle  

Airlines

Norwegian

Delta

Spirit

Allegiant

AeroFlot

Hawaiian Airlines

 

Accommodation

Hotels

AirBnb

Hostels

Yoga retreat

Airport

 

Food & drinks

Turkey sandwich 

Avocados expensive

Avocados less expensive (locally produced)

9$ grapes 

Sushi 

Bananas

Cheerios 

Detox tea

Coffees 

Coconut water

Coconut with straws

Free glass of wine 

Breakfast pancakes

Frozen yoghurt

Ice cream 

Banana & blueberry muffins

Strepsils

Starbucks coffees

Blonde beer

Macadamia nuts

Sandwiches on the plane

Burger and burritos locked inside the room, with 3 lockers, in Inglewood.

 
 

Songs

Bitch better have my money

O kalapana

Thrift shop

Downtown

Da Bomb radio 

Various chantings 

ABC easy as 123

Audiobooks and podcasts

Only man in the world

Better than love - Hawaiian remix (the song that made Becky want to go to Hawaii)

Telegraph Ave

Coconut tree (aloha ni aloha)

Halo (but singing Hilo instead)

(if you click on the link you can hear the music on youtube) 

 

Sports & activities

Hula dancing

Surfing

Hiking (in sandals) to the green beach (Amazona). Everyone being impressed that we made it there. Cmon only 3 miles. In desert. 

Yoga 

Swimming (daily 30 lengths)

Star gazing 

Ironman 

Baseball game

 

Money spendings

Double airfares at Hawaiian airways

Food

 

Dresscode

Optional

Aloha Hawaiian shirts

 

Breaking the law

Jay walking

Not stopping at STOP signs

Hanging around the beach at night

Drinking wine in plastic cups in the streets

 

Chucked away

Books about communication

Pool boy's Swimwear

Various clothes

Flower lei's

Towels

Sandals

 

Apps we are not getting

Snapchat

Dubsmash

 

Nicknames

Tia

Chica

Becky Bo Bo

Pussy Po Po

 

Freebies

Surf lesson

Cheerios

Pancake brekkie

Norwegian inflight meal 

Checked in bags at Hawaiian airlines

Diseases

Insect bites

Coughs and colds

Urine infection

Bruised legs

Broken toenail

Damaged hair from stylist

Bites och itchiness from sitting on the wooden bench looking over the sea in Kalani. Eating veggie ice cream in the rain.

Almost fainting from the outside smell in Inglewood.

 

Remedies

Tea Tree Oil

Nose spray

Strepsils

Fisherman's Friend

Laxatives 

 

Shops

ABC stores

Forever 21

Urban outfitters

Safeway

Starbucks 

Walgreens

 

Things we missed

Pearl harbour

Honolulu flight

Shark attacks

 

Things we almost missed

Hawaii itself due to the weather forecast being shitty

Green Sand Beach (because of the bad signage, or lack of signs)

Flight back to Europe (Becky did not look like her passport photo)

 

Things we learnt

Do not trust the iPhone weather app. What so ever.

 

Hashtags

#BlondesOnABudget

#BeckyNBergie

#BoaB

#WhenInHawaii

#VisitHawaii

#HawaiianAdventure

#AlohaHawaii

#WowHawaii

#IHaveThisThingWithPalmTrees

#IHaveThisThingWithSunsets

#CapturingThatInstaMoment

#DresscodeIsOptional

 

Other

Hawaiian princesses looking for Hawaiian men

Baywatch posing 

Driving

Boob shocks

Life quotes

Hotel pool area sneak in's

Becky having to run back to the hostel to get her ID in order to get into the bar

No people out and about in Honolulu on a Thursday night

Hiding laptops under pillows 

Enjoying our daily ice cream in pouring rain, on a cliff, by the ocean

Optional dresscodes

Selfiesticking

No planning ahead

Miscoloured bikinis due to jacuzzi waters (we think)

Cougars on a mission

Therapy talk whilst driving

Ped Xing (chinese dynasty crossings everywhere)

Leaves ironing

Farmer's markets

Kajsa's frustration over the Hula steps (No coordination and sense of rhythm)

Imaginary Macadamia country (FYR Macadamia, with counties like Peanut region, Cashew, Pistaccio and Pine)

Swurlys pay back time for poolboy

Whatsapp conversation fights

 
 
All the smaller images can be seen in a larger scale if you just click on them.
 
Let me finish with some fine Hawaiian art:
 
THANK YOU, MAHALO, TACK, GRACIAS to everyone involved in this trip, but especially to my partner in crime, Becky Boo Boo, who managed to stick around with me for 3 weeks. Thanks dearest! Epic trip! #BoaB

 


#Dubai2015 #MatchingMelons

Härmed varnas alla andra som inte var med till Dubai: detta inlägg är internt och kommer nog endast uppskattas av de inblandade. #Slut på meddelandet. 
 
Inblandade
Mariam
Linda
Kajsa
Niki
Foad
 
Places
Dubai
Abu Dhabi
Tecom
The Palm
Atlantis
Shangri-La 
Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi 
Hemma hos Mariam
På Posh salongen 
Riva beach club
Sheikh Zayed mosque
Malls
 
Frågor
Do you speak English? X2
Do you want to get fresh?
Is that like Chicago?
Niki, like in WWE?
How much For these postcards? (Med målbrottsröst och kråka i halsen)
Which Disney villain would you be?
 
Väder
Varmt
Soligt
Humid 
 
Musik 
Scatman
Grease från bil-CD
We Will rock you från bil-CD
90-talstrance i taxin (typ Vengaboys)
Nikis ABC-låt (a is for Apple, aaaaaapple)
Sexy sensuella konstsimlåten - i like the way you move 
Snälla söta Anna 
Piano-riffet Som väckningssignal 
 
Missat 
Fontänspel / vattenspel pga mourning
30 seconds to Mars
Palatset i Abu Dhabi
F1-tidningen 
 
Inköpslista 
Guldfalk
En persisk matta
Stor väggtavla med Sheikh 
Silverkäpp
Vattenpipa
 
Mat & dryck
Köttbullar 
Caesarsallad utan ansjovis med ansjovis 
Muffin of the day
No café latte
Ananas i ananas
Kiwidrink 
Mocktails
Diet 7-up (aka Gin & Tonic)
40-AED kaffe med småkakor på guldfat
Vatten 
No Fries, no salad
Moon cake 
Proteinbröd (9 paket)
Kajsas droger för magen 
Hummus 
Shisha
Fishermans friend 
Lagom mycket mat vid varje måltid... (Not)
Tjex (kex)
 
Färdmedel
Taxi
Bil
Hiss 13 personer
Hiss 21 personer
Hiss 26 personer 
Uppblåsbara flytringar
Rulltrappor
 
Se upp för
Nicaraguas konstsimslandslag 
 
Smeknamn 
KK
Kaiser (Soze)
Lindi
Wife 1
Wife 2
Wife 3
 
Språk 
RiksSvenska
Dalmål 
Engelska 
Persiska
HittepåNorska 
 
Events - händelser
Lindas birthday med gratis inträde på Aquaventure
Eid Mubarak
Shejkens sons död med tillhörande 3 days of mourning
 
Sportrelaterat 
Unsynchronized Konstsim (artswim)
Jogging
Lounges i strandklänning och Dubai TimeOut
Stå på huvudet i poolen
Bärandes på baby
Träningsvärk pga aquaparken
F1-snack som ingen bryr sig om 
 
Quotes
Men du
Thank you ever so much
I appreciate your presence
Representing Sweden 
Let's get one more salad
Como estas el dia de hoy?
Bend over please
Talk to the face...
Kajsa, we've got good and bad news for you 
Vale vale
Så att man blir avsugen (*osugen)
That's ma house
Gul bil
Smurf
Shake shake shake (sheikh sheikh sheikh)
 
Personer 
Sheikh Khalifa (Kajsas nya man)
Bassim 
Sydafrikanske servitören Mike på Fume
IncheckningsMannen med rösten på Heathrow 
Mariams eminenta och trevliga receptionist / janitor
Kinesiska servitörerna på Shangri-La som hela tiden kallade Linda för Miss Maria
Amerikanske killen i poolen 
Vattenparksbadvakten Omar
Laserturken
Dom hjälpsamma customer service/ call centre medarbetarna på Emirates
Indierna som hade party bredvid eller ovanför oss i Abu Dhabi
Pomlemos
Bombalone
 
Dagens lögner
Partially enclosed vattenrutschkana
Ingen sallad eller pommes till chicken swarman
Toaletten ligger utanför till höger
No music idag på grund av sorg 
 
Kroppsdelar-relaterat
Lock i örat
Vatten i örat
Bruten tå
Långa ben 
Korta armar
Matchande naglar 
Blåmärkesben
 
Översättningar
Sea shield toad
Artswim
Not all horses in the stables
In the time if the duke 
 
Talanger
Mariam - musik fast utan instrument 
Mariam - poledance
Kajsa - blower (som i att blåsa upp uppblåsbara grejer, inget annat)
Linda - aka magic Linda som kan trolla bort sitt kort och sedan trolla fram det igen 
Linda - sarkasm till lillkillen med tydliga learning disabilities
 
Dress code 
Bikini
Moskekappa
Solhatt (som fungerar bra på playan och på ranchen, och som du är into amish)
Trucker-keps
 
Annat 
Toalettletande på Dubai Mall
No music pga mourning
Hashtag abuse #slut
Matching melons som senare blev Massive matching meatball melons & mini mango
Female parking i Abu Dhabi
Kojbygge utav kjolar, saronger, bh-band och barstolar 
Matchande naglar
Zoomerango
Boobshock
3 wifes and a baby
Speedbumb pleasue
Kajsa djupdyk i Abu Dhabi poolen utan att se sista trappsteget
Lindas bortglömda kort på Riva 
Bomben
Vit september
Kylskåp för barnmat på hotellrummet
Saudiflaggan som konstant vaja på hel stång trots mourning
Poolhäng
Garagehäng
Dry night
Pole dancingDesignen på nagelsalongen
Selfiesticking
 
Kvar till nästa gång
Lindas sjölejon
Burj Khalifa 
Inside skiing
 



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