It has been nearly a week since I arrived in Honolulu. My flight from Sydney,Australia to Honolulu was delayed. I needed to spend eight hours at the airport. This made a total of nearly 20 hours getting from New Zealand to Honolulu. The funniest part is arriving in Honolulu on Friday 12:00 noon having left New Zealand Friday 1:30pm. I spent a full Friday in NZ and Australia and another full Friday in Honolulu.
It felt so good to come home to sunny,balmy,breezy,warm wonderful green colorful Hawaii.
Although I see in both Australia and New Zealand many people of different races;native Maoris,Asians from Japan,China,Korea,Thailand,Middle Easterners,Iran,Afganistan, Africans,Indians from India, Pakistanis,Europeans from England,Netherlands,Germany,Italy,Spain,Greece,Mexico,and few Americans,etc. It is a totally different feeling from the mixture of races we have in Hawaii. I think we are very unique. There seems to be greater warmth,relaxed friendliness even among total strangers.
My two feet seemed to have been affected from the cold weather in China,Japan,Australia and New Zealand. I first noticed the skin around all my toes peeling and deep cracks forming between and below my toes in Japan. Since this was a condition I never had I decided it must be the cold weather and the need to wear shoes all the time. I began treating them with the aloe plant in NZ, but it didn't get better. Here in Hawaii my daughter Shari had me soak my feet in salt water then covered with ointment and bandage. After three days of treatment it is good. When I get home I'll walk on the beach and have the sand and ocean water help to restore the skin back to how it used to be. I look forward to swimming at Salt Pond. I didn't get much chance to swim this past year.
I had my grandsons age 7 and 5 walking from Makakilo to downtown Kapolei two times this past few days. They decided they have had enough walking for a while and refused to walk down again today. They don't often nap in the afternoon but they did twice this week. My daughter said "Good Job,Mom. It is hard to tell who is 5 and 7 and 77"
I am enjoying my two grandsons and my daughter is enjoying being spoiled.
I have three more days here and then I will be back on Kauai.
Joanne
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Got your phone message. I got your blog space from Addie Fleming. I think I asked her about you a while back and was able to read it only a couple of times. Contact me on my email-- mauimafung@hotmail.com or you can call. What a journey you have had. Addie is planning to visit me on Maui maybe in October/Nov. Come over too---tho it is nothing like the world! I will be traveling to Korea, (Heather lives there) Singapore, Thailand, HK and Taiwan in august. Going with Heather while she has a break from teaching. Wish I had kept up with you---could have given you the names of New Zealand relatives. Take care and keep in touch. Myrna
Hi Myrna,
So good to hear from you.
Got back to Kauai last night.
My phone is still on vacation status and I can't use it till Friday so I will try emailing you.
Good to be back on Kauai.Went swimming at Salt Pond today.
Sorry I missed seeing you on Kaua`i, but it was nice talking with you over the phone. I started reading your blog (I'm just half-way through it)only after you got back home. Thank you, Joanne, for sharing your wonderful, inspiring adventures. You're an amazing person, truly Kaua`i's ambassador to the world! Take care; hope to see you soon! Miles
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