Becky (Rebecca)

Bergie (Kajsa)

Copenhagen airport

Miami

Los Angeles

Portland

Hawaii big island

Hawaii Oahu 

Kalani /Pahoa

Hilo

Honolulu

Waikiki

 

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)

 

Vulcanoes

Deserts

Rainforest

Forests

Beaches

Cliffs

Mountains and hills

New lava land

Lava glow nationalparks

Palm trees

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

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