Minus 8 freshly open tabs (tl;dr … yet), I have caught up on tumblr.
Things about my 10 days in Hawaii:
Both of my feet were cut open to various depths without getting some kind of bizarre tropical infection.
I managed not to cover my entire Irish-white body with sunburn (My Achilles’ heel appears to be my actual Achilles… snorkeling burn).
I traveled with a Mexican who informed me that nobody should ever order nachos in Maui. The fish tacos received a passing grade.
I can spend 6 days on vacation before I fantasize about returning to work.
I sat through my first time-share sales pitch (saved the group about $600 on various tourist activities). I am thinking about making a can-you-spot-the-fallacy post based on the pitch.
Hawaii is not the place to travel to sample micro-brews. The Maui Brewing Co is actually kind of terrible. Also, I found out about a recommended rum tasting after I left Kauai.
Hawaii has high “screwed” potential: Tourism faces risks due to oil/air travel prices. Tourism is the #1 component of GSP. Ag exports are likely screwed due to the dying domestic sugarcane and pineapple industries (and a good chunk of the remaining ag is dependent upon tourism, so carry oil risks here). Ag trails the top two components of GSP by a significant margin, though. Government spending is the #2 component of GSP. At some point the US must cut back on military spending. This will hit Hawaii hard.
