Hawaii, April 2004 Photo Gallery by explore-america tours at pbase.com

Hawaii, April 2004

Aloha, Cousins! What a week! Snorkeling, catamaraning, shave ice, leis, beaches, palm trees, coconuts, pineapples, hula dancers (even one very big bald one), roast pig, the somber memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hard Rock Cafe, Dave and Buster’s, the North Shore, Haleiwa, Diamondhead, and more and more and more! How many things could we fit into one week, and yet there was still time for shopping and surfing and shopping and – well, it just about takes my breath away thinking about it! And we were so lucky with the weather – every day just perfect. It was a great opportunity to see America’s 50th State and to make lots and lots of new friends. ………. Enjoy your visit to our little photo site. If you want to make a photo larger, click on it, and if you want to save one, just right-click on it, then choose “Save Target As…” ------ Most of all, please send me some of your own photos to add to the site – that makes it really valuable and fun for everyone! --- Just hang loose ... Just have fun ... Mahalo!

hawaii group.JPG	:: Arrival Day ::	:: Haunama Bay Snorkeling Trip ::	:: Catamaran trip ::
:: Hard Rock Cafe ::	:: Diamondhead ::	:: Circle Island Tour ::	:: Dave and Buster's ::
:: Pearl Harbor ::	:: Luau! ::	:: Birthday Ice Cream Party ::	:: Farewell Dinner and Dance ::
:: Here's where YOUR photos are! ::

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Nils from Hawaii		25-May-2004 01:00
Hey guys! how is everything going?dude i can`t believe to go back in 3 weeks! Don and sarah thanx ya so much for showing us around in hawaii!it was the best week ever since i`m here in america!Don i hope i get to visit you one time in florida,to cruise with you boat!that would be nice!Luuk,Robbie,Chris,and me are already planning a trip back to hawaii to see ya`ll again!i`m alrady done with my school here so it is kinda boring!Don do you have MSN messenger if yes could you mail me you address!so we can stay in touch!the weather is awesome here in Tennesse,today it was 96 degress!i`m thinking so often about the time in hawaii,expecially when i look at my pics! well i hope everyone is doing fine! Chris you know we too have to meet back in germnay!!!! Luuk my friend i hope i get to see this summer too!!!! Alright my friends i wish ya`ll a good summer break!!! Nils Room# 217

luuk		18-May-2004 13:41
Yoyoyoyoo wassup my Hawaiian friends! I think everybody is gonna leave u.s.a. pretty soon, but going to Hawaii was my best time here, Robbie Nils and I already talked about starting a school for Exchange Students at Hawaii!!!!!!!!!! Yeahhhhhhh what do you guys think of that??!! i'm glad to know a lot of you people and we all should keep in touch! I've got 5 more schooldays and after 3,5 weeks I'll head back to The Netherlands. Hope to you see you in the future Take care! Luuk A.K.A. 'Tall Dutchman'

Robbie of Sweden		17-May-2004 06:32
Wattsapp errebady??? Well it's been a while now, can't belevie how much fun I had in Hawaii... it was tiight... and all the awesome friends I made... I luv all of you guys = Tini, Juliane, Eesti, Sofi, Vicki, Stephanie, Jolina, the Norwegians, Xris, Micke, Nils, Adrian, Luuk, Solo and the list goes on!!! Ohh yeah Sara and Don too!!! Alritey I didn't wanna be a pooper and not leave a message on the messageboard, you know thats what it's thurr for, take care errebady... Yours, Robbie.

bigi		16-May-2004 15:47
hey! I just wanted to say that I put some of my picts on the web, too. so go to my page: www.bigizuber.ch.vu. for all those who can't speak german: then go to galerie and then to hawaii. then you should see all the pics. I miss you all! kisses bigi

Nemanja		27-Apr-2004 06:32
Jeff, thanx for those lyrics man-I've always wanted to learn that second song... Anyway, this trip was tight-and it was so much better with all other foreign exchange students. It just sux that we had to leave that paradise. At least the party in the end was wild... Greetings from the crazy Serb :>)

Pooh		26-Apr-2004 18:26
Does anyone remember the name of the freakin bird by now?

Kristine		24-Apr-2004 08:11
Hi everybody.. Just wanted to let you know i had the time of my life and i really miss you all.. i'm home in Denmark now.. That's bad but hey al my (drunk) friends are here and I'm just gonna have to ajust (which we all know isn't gonna be hard :o)) the weather is a b****, nothing like Hawaii... Anyways you're all great and i hope the rest of your year will be just wonderful.. aloha from Kristine (Denmark)

Hege		22-Apr-2004 04:15
Aloha! The pictures here are so great! Mahalo for an AWSOME & exciting trip to Hawaii. We really had a lot of fun. Was so sad to leave, but I hope everybody got back safely! This was definitly one of my best weeks from the year, you people are so great and all of you made the trip SO much better! Mahalo.. and warm greetings from Hege (Norway)

Nat		19-Apr-2004 21:54
Hey everybody!! How are you guys? I'm really good!! Hey Don, I didn't get any of the E-mails from you (could be because my account is full, but it's empty now!!) I just got this address from Andrea... Would be really great if you could send me those e-mails (again). Thank you so much!! Hang loose everybody and we should have a hawaii trip 2004 reunion in Hawaii of course sometimes ;-)!!

Jeff Des Jarlais		16-Apr-2004 10:14
Howzit everyone! I'm still here in paradise, but I miss having all of you to enjoy it with! Please make note of my email address (jeffdj@stanfordalumni.org) - when you come back to Hawaii someday, send me an email! Here are our song lyrics - if you forget the tune, you'll just have to come back to Hawaii: Just hang loose, just have fun, Sittin' on the beach, lying in the sun Don't try to fight it, it ain't no use Cause when you're in Hawaii, you should just hang loose! I'm sad to say, I'm on my way I won't be back for many a day My heart is down, my head is turning around I got to leave a little girl/boy in Honolulu town! Aloha and malama pono (take care) \ooo/ (that's a shaka, hang loose) Jeff

Guest		15-Apr-2004 22:32
I think everybody got the last email from Don about Instant-Messengers, the chaperones email-addresses, and so forth. well, this may sound like self-advertising, but we could use the forum for that too. because I think not everybody wants his nicknames, emails or whatever published so openly here. but just a thought...by the way, I would be really happy if somebody would actually use it. and it's better viewable than this guestbook. ;))) Link again: http://users.boardnation.com/~yojo/index.php

Guest		15-Apr-2004 05:30
Hey everyone; isn't it great to see all these great pictures! I have put all my pictures up on the web also. go to www.pbase.com/sjdownes/hawaii2004 check it out. Steve

Don Adams		14-Apr-2004 05:04
Aloha! I have just added the group photo. My student Sergiy scanned it at high resolution so you can see each individual face, but I had to reduce it to fit on this website. If you would like a copy of the 1.6 MB file, just e-mail me, and I will happily send it right back to you. Mahalo! Don

Kitti		14-Apr-2004 02:23
Hey, Anna from Germany, do you remember me? Which one are you of the so many Annas, Annes, Hannas? Write me!!! Is your arm ok now?

Kitti Horvath		13-Apr-2004 21:27
Aloha, everybody!!!! Watching these photos...aren't we the luckiests ever? We had such a perfect time, all of us. I'm so glad I met you guys (kids and staff), it was just so awesome. The problem though: I don't really remember the names, not at all, but I really want to keep the touch with many of you. So if you recognize me, you know the Hungarian girl who got stuck at the airports for a whole day and who didn't have skin on her chest because of surfing, SEND ME AN E-MAIL please . I hope I see you guys one time again, we should have a Hawaiian afterparty during the summer. This trip was just the best! Aloha

Philip		13-Apr-2004 19:14
Thanks all you guys for such an awesome trip: Chaperones and kids - it was a lot of fun!!! This really is a motto for me now: "Just hang loose", and guess what... it works! So c u hopefully some day soon, take care, Philip H.

Johannes		13-Apr-2004 18:36
Hey guys, hope you all made it back in one piece. still cold here in missouri. well anyway, i got a forum set up, only for our trip. the link is : http://users.boardnation.com/~yojo . hope, we can get a little life in there now. suggestions concerning design always welcome!

Eva		13-Apr-2004 04:08
Aloha!! Thanks for pulling this gallery up, Don!! It's so much fun to look at all the pictures! And of of course MAHALO to all of the chaperons and Explore America!! This was just an AWESOME trip and you guys made that all possible!! I'm having a really hard time going back to my "normal" life here... I miss the whole group! Thanks to all of the "kids", it was so much fun with you! There were so many people, that it was pretty much impossible to talk to everybody... :) I couldn't say good-bye to many of you, that's really sad! I hope you guys all got home safely! Mahalo to everyone, aloha, Eva (from Germany)

Susan Bolton		13-Apr-2004 00:18
Aloha Guys! It is hard trying to get back into normal life, whatever "normal" may be! For me it is housework, cooking, paperwork, and preparing for my next tour. I leave Monday, April 19th for San Francisco to pick-up a group of British people and then we are off to tour the coast of California. I had a great time with all of you. Can't think of nicer group to share paradise with. I made many wonderful memories and got to meet some incredible people. Thank you for making my job so easy. Over and over, where ever we went, people commented on how well behaved, polite and friendly the students were. I was so proud to be a part of such a fabulous group. Hugs'n Kisses to you all. Mahalo, Susan

Don Adams		12-Apr-2004 05:41
Well here's a little gift to all my Ohana - thanks for making this trip so much fun for me. To Susan and Uta, Jeff and Sarah, Sherry and Sandy, Steve and Ladda, Brad and Karen, and to ALL of you whose smiles and laughter made me smile and laugh... Mahalo! Please enjoy this site, send me your photos if you want me to add some, and above all stay in touch! Aloha! Don

Sherry		12-Apr-2004 01:01
Don, The pictures were great. I think I speak for all of us, we had a great time. Thanks Explore America. Thanks to all the kids for making this a great trip. Sherry Chaperone

Steve Downes		11-Apr-2004 19:42
Hey gang it was really a great priviledge to be a chaperone on this great trip. You were all great young people and I enjoyed getting to know all of you. Good luck on the rest of your exchange year and good luck in your future. Remember what Sarah said 'Spread the Aloha' Hang Loose Steve

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