Guest blog post by Yanmei today.
One day tour of Honolulu (April 15th)
In Chinese, Honolulu is called sandalwood hill. A farmhouse revolution leader/hero, Sun Yat-sen lived there before. That is why I was very interested to see Chinese people's life there. Also, I wanted to buy sandalwood as gift for my family and friends. I was trying to get some sandalwood as souvenirs as sandalwood can make people feel better from depression, etc. unfortunately, I did not find any. At China town, all I saw were small grocery shops. Similar feeling as Oakland Chinatown, old, short, messy and poor. It is even hard to find a souvenir shop. I was disappointed.
But we had a great free tour at Pearl Harbor in the morning and a vegetarian dinner in the evening.
In the morning, we visited a Pearl Harbor, which has a kind of sad history in the US. I was so impressed by how Americans look at their history objectively and with an international perspective.
Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. A beautiful Sunday morning at Honolulu. The radar detected attack flights, but the leader of the army said it was a flight from California. Chinese saying, you underestimate the strength of enemy, then you will lose. Over 2000 sailors and marines died. The most damage was to the battleship Arizona, which exploded and sank. After that, US declared war with Japan. Then later on, the US dropped the atomic bomb to force Japan to give up the war. This is definitely a very crucial incident in history.
We found a vegetarian restaurant and I really enjoyed the veggie noodles. Seemed every dish I saw is great, I told David, I wanted to have a chain restaurant like panda express but vegetarian and will have locations around the world.
General speaking, Holunono is a city, not like Maui, which is very natural. She has tall buildings, shopping malls, heavy traffic, instead of trees and flowers, and beautiful sunshine and fresh air, but it still can be beautiful.
– Yanmei.
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