Observations through our eyes

One thing we like to do while traveling is to note similarities and differences to home. I guess you could say it's a "compare" and "contrast" type question on a grade 9 Geography test. (Shout out to anyone who has taken, is taking, or is teaching Geography!)

So check out these similarities and differences between Belleville and Oahu.

SIMILARITIES

* cars are the backbone of transportation,  and if you read between the lines, this means there are a lot of them, and traffic was quite slow at times

* food trucks are popular and delicious

* recycling happens and is collected by trucks

DIFFERENCES

* place names are super hard to pronounce when every place starts with a k and has some crazy combo of a, u, e, i, with the odd m thrown in for good measure

* beaches are public, plentiful and pretty darn amazing 

* stray chickens seem to be everywhere (I'm standing outside McDonald's right now in Honolulu and have 4 within sight)

* some beaches are closed on Sunday.  Wait - what?

* churches are around every corner. There are a lot of corners, so there are a lot of churches

* public transit is amazing as it covers the entire island of Oahu

* budget hotels and motels do NOT exist, and if you know us, this was VERY disappointing 

* surfing, snorkling, and hiking are not just possible, but are expected