Where once stretch sailor yarns, rebounded today American business acumen to Aloha Spirit. Waikiki, Honolulu's heart, seething. In hot dance nights military guys to pounding house, splurge sweating with muscles and tattoos. During the day, surfers running with their boards under their arms through the streets, where Japanese tourists, with Gucci and Prada bags loaded, press.

To the east of the island can still be the original flavor of Hawaii to discover. Of fog-shrouded mountains line deserted Palm Beaches, gondolas in the crystal clear waters turtles. At the weekend meet locals in the Beach Park. They come with ohana, the family.

Moderate men strum their ukuleles, reminiscent of hot-washed guitars. Without wasting the slightest thought of cholesterol, they fill ono food (good food) in their fat bellies: Poke (raw tuna salad) and beer.

Man greets with a long-drawn-out "How'z it, braaaah?" Shaka and the greeting, which means something like "Keep it cool!". Here are the thumb and little finger splayed on the Faust. Further details of the interested man learns by the language of flowers: a flower behind the right ear means "I am free", from left to say, "My heart is forgiven."

Big Iceland - Mystical Majesty

A walk through the lunar landscape of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to Kilau, the most active volcano in the world fascinated. An impressive sight when the fire goddess Pele stretching their red-hot lava arms to the roaring, snarling sea. Almost every day brings forth the new volcanic country, the 149 km long and 122 km wide island is growing steadily.

While it was Kahunas, Hawaii's priests, who held their rituals on the Big Iceland, now spread yogis, gurus and masters of all stripes their spiritual teachings. Instead of bloodthirsty ceremonies now common meditations are held. Where once Nachtmarschierer, ghosts of dead warriors who stamped on steaming lava fields turn today Sufis (adherents of Islam who strive for spiritual purity and union with God) are circling.

From December to March are their heaven skiers on the snow covered slopes of the 4205-meter Mauna Kea. For après ski, you glide into the best bathtub warm water of the white and black beaches of the island.

Big Iceland offers twelve by fourteen climate zones. to help Pacific wellness products such as kava kava root, which has anti-spasmodic and calming, or noni fruit, the juice from all possible ailments that thrive on the lush volcanic soil just as well: Here you can pick not only orchids and cracking macadamia nuts as Pakalolo (marijuana), Big Island unofficial export.