iHawaii on iPhone...not

Even though we are considered geographically the most isolated archipelago on the earth, the iPhone hype traveled across thousands miles of the Pacific Ocean and the iPhone itself landed on the shelf of the Apple Store on June 29. Hawaii was announced the last place in the world where the new top tech gadget went on sale. That of course did not prevent the local residents, and the transient touristic traffic from giving up the usual joys of beach bathing and turning it into lounging with all the snorkel and what not and joining the waiting lines in front of the store.
It is as if we are not already shielding ourselves enough from the beauty of the surroundings, with our eyes fixed constantly on the cell phone, the iPod, behind our sunglasses and from under the visor or the cap. Now you gonna carry it all plus your iPhone until you figure out how your new toy works.
I see this phenomena everyday, when the crowds from the tourist buses are lining up to take a quick shot at Sunset, a picture one of thousands, that will rest on the memory card somewhere in the home office drawer. So I always find myself encouraging everyone, if you're here for short time, for a moment in time, to take a picture with the display of your own eyes, engaging all your senses, awaking to the experience as the Island speaks to you, through the glistening oceanic water, through the breeze, the smell of tropics. Let those moments in, and I guarantee you even the all-inclusive iPhone with the 2-mega pixel camera will not fit all you will see with your eyes wide open.
Looking at the prices you might spend on your new toy, I have a recommendation to gift yourself with couple nights at Lanikai, in a cottage, right at the ocean site. Maybe Longs at Lanikai, or perhaps Cottage at Lanikai, or Beachwalk,barefoot or with flip flips, on the hammock, or on the ocean. Views so magnificent, surroundings breath taking away and underwater treasures of fish and coral, nothing can take it all in, not even iPhone. Only you.
So iHawaii, in the paradisum, in the Eden of the most divine surroundings, and I iPhone not....
To be continued...

Aloha
Angelika