Hawaii You Know Not Very Much About: Tourist Advice 2013

I recently returned from a fantastic two-week vacation in Hawaii. I went to Big Island, Hilo-side, and also to Oahu. Here are some first-hand travel tips for you:

• Food is about thirty percent more expensive than on mainland. This is because of shipping to the island.
• Your home grocery store discount card might apply--my Vons card worked just fine at Safeway
• Gasoline is very pricey too. The 'buy a tank' option was less per gallon, and one tank lasted me all week.

Here is your Iz break:

It is live on KAPA radio right now <3

• Drunk Driving is NOT TOLERATED! One violation and license is taken away for months! And huge fine. Second violation is years away, and third violation, you no longer DRIVE!
• Get a designated driver for sure, even if you are in rental car!
• Electronic Device use while driving in car is a huge ticket too.

when you see a kitty you might think of this

Really they might be Feral Cats--so approach with caution, ya?

• Many beaches do not have lifeguard. If you did not grow up on Island, you do not 'know how to read the ocean'. Some beaches look okay but are not safe. Instead of 'guide book', go to where lifeguard is there, and ASK if it is safe to swim. Be smart while on vacation!
• Remember that the channels between the island are treacherous. The ferry boat drivers plan according to the ocean weather and time of tides, and they do this for a living. Paddle boarding between the islands is not a good idea. High surf advisory and small craft advisory are words that mean, 'watch out water is not safe' too. 
• Put on sunscreen twenty minutes before exposure between ten and three, and reapply every two hours. Use 35 SPF to 50 SPF, even if you want to tan. (Higher than 50 SPF not shown to be 'more effective')

this is Hawaiian Goose, the 'Nene'--it is protected

this is 'Moa', wild rooster. If you have to chase bird, why not him instead?

• Moa are not the only things 'wild' on Islands! They have BUGS! watch for Fire Ant, Cockroach that FLIES, centipede (moves fast and is big, can bite a chunk out of your flesh), and brown recluse spider. Gecko is your BEST FRIEND--let them EAT : D
• There are NO SNAKES on island, isn't that good?
• Mosquitoes are everywhere--kind of invisible too. Always wear bug repellent.
• When swimming in ocean, watch for Portuguese Man Of War, a kind of jellyfish. If you get stung, have someone pee on it. It makes it better. Seriously!

• The people are VERY polite. Do your best to think of the GROUP first, no matter how hungry, cranky, or exhausted you are.
• Cost of living is VERY HIGH for Islanders. Many work two or three jobs just to make ends meet. Support the local economy, and don't forget to show your gratitude with TIPS.
• When you are on the Islands, be on your best like you are at someone's Home. Because you are. Pick up trash. Let people ahead in traffic.  Slow down a little, and make sure you share your appreciation for just how AWESOME Hawaii is. Remember, the people are deeply spiritual, and  children of the land. It is so much more than 'Real Estate' like back home.  Soak in that sun and Mana (life force)! It is good for you!

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Reiki at the Beach

Today was a field trip to the beach for the first graders, to celebrate the end of the school year.
We went to an isolated beach, one that is the teacher's favorite, and where locals do not want tourists to go.

It was freezing! The June gloom was in effect. One of the girls wore a pink parka over her suit. But once in the water, like all children and when their parents like me were children before them, playing on the shore makes all the cold from the weather go away.

I am a Southern California Native. Born and raised. At this time of year, we are taught to shuffle our feet in the water to allow the stingrays a chance to swim away before stepping on them and causing them to sting us. We are told to avoid the jellyfish, and how to treat its sting. And the dangers of rip tide are spoken, and we know not to swim against it if we are caught, but to swim parallel to the shore to get out of its grip.

I grew up brown and tan and sunshiny, spending most of my days at the beach. And today the water did me good, just to be near, to sit, and to enjoy the water and the squeals of delight from the class.

One of the joys of Southern California beaches are the sand crabs, gray, flea-like creatures the size of a marble, but hard, like a crab. They dig every time the wave goes out, and children digging like mad can sometimes catch one. They tickle. And are a miracle of sea life that you can touch in your own hand.

In the water, close to the shore, was a seal pup. A pair had been released there earlier in the day. Its eyes looked lost, big brown baby seal eyes, as it poked its head out of the waves and hauled itself up on the shore. It was a Harbor Seal, with no ears, no bark, and no movable pelvis to permit the tail to help it walk ashore like its cousin, the Sea Lion.  My heart went out to it, and wanted to get close to comfort it. There is a law forbidding touching a marine mammal, and we warned the children not to come too close. But I took pictures, and movies, and enjoyed Nature up close as one could get.

Once the children had gone down the shore, the seal followed me, from the water as I walked. Moved by its plight, I sent Reiki to it.

"You are kind" its spirit said, telepathically.

I felt its energy, its bewilderd state, and its sorrow at leaving the rescue facility. It wanted its family, and there was none in the water. The humans on land were the closest thing to it.

I gave symbols for emotional pain, both Karuna and Reiki. I also gave the Transition Symbol, to help it on its new life away from humans back in the sea.

It said more, but I forget exactly what. And I sealed the aura and protected it.

Later, he washed up on the shore. The lifeguard drove the kids away. And made a phone call, presumably to the Rescue Facility. And gave this poor creature Tough Love. The seal made a display that looked much like a baby bird saying 'feed me', gave up, and swam away from the shore.

Mermaids are strong healers. There is a connection I cannot explain that I have to the sea. As I stood on the shore, letting my feet get wet, I saw distant flashes from a life spent in Downtown Lemuria. It was not comfortable to me. I already remember dying in Atlantis in a great flood. But this was a first for the other continent that has been lost. Either way, the connection and the comforting I get from the ocean is hard to describe. I love it. With every fibre of my being. I had dreams while growing up of undersea cities, vivid ones.  It is one thing I hope to get to understand once Ascension happens and we all get to know the Truth of our History.

As the children showered off the sand, and dried off, getting ready for the trip back to school, I saw a fin in the water. And a familiar curved back. It was dolphins! Common dolphins! There were eight of them in a pod, swimming parallel to shore from west to east. Again the children squealed with sheer delight at their presence. You can feel them, dolphins. They have a wondrous energy all of their own.

Namaste,

Reiki Doc