Expansive stretches of romantic secluded beaches, rainbows and waterfalls, surfers of every persuasion, lush tropical jungles backed by green mountain cliffs, luaus with hula girls, native drummers, poi and imu pig... shave ice, fragrant plumeria leis, pineapples, mangos and bananas... ecstatic sunsets blazing across the sky... These are some of the images and concepts conjured up when I think of Hawaii, a magical place... or rather an alternate reality.
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