Our Cousin From Hawaii

Standing with my wife and I by the 1982 lava flow is our travel guide/bus driver. He told us that one of the reasons, people in Hawaii are so friendly is that they consider everyone to be their cousins! Throughout the bus ride, he would say, "Cousins, look out the left side of the bus . . ."

We also learned that his mother is Hawaiian, but his father was from the Philippines. Since my wife is from the Philippines, he may really be our cousin.

Hawaii is a beautiful place. But it is the people who live there that make it a joy to visit.