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Hawaiian Voyaging Canoe

Hikianalia berthed at 

Sand Island, Oahu

Hikianalia, San Francisco Bay

Master Navigator Nainoa Thompson (L)

History - Me - Yesterday ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Mural - Honolulu

 "It is believed that the Hawaiian Islands 

were uninhabited until around 400 – 500 A.D., 

when the Polynesians arrived. Skilled mariners, 

Polynesians had a long history of exploration and 

settlement of other lands."

Link

In the 1970s, Hawaiians built 

their first modern voyaging canoe,

HOKULE`A  and voyaged to Tahiti!

You can learn more about this 

wonderful revival, even hear the song:

Here

Yesterday Sept 16 2018 the second

Hawaiian Voyaging Canoe in known history

entered San Francisco Bay!

The voyaging canoe Hikianalia stopped in 

Marin [unannounced] at the 

Coast Guard Station Golden Gate before 

entering the city for the welcoming celebration 

by the local First Nation People 

and other dignitaries. 

Master Navigator Nainoa Thompson (L) Link

The canoe and crew were still kapu. ["Taboo"] 

which means that until they are officially welcomed 

by the people of the land they visit, they are considered 

to still be in the realm of the gods, not fully back 

into the world of human activity yet. 

They have made a mystic voyage!

Husband and I got to be at the canoe 

with no public, just us, and to 

interact respectfully with the crew. 

Friendly “Alohas” were heard.

 I even got to pull the Rope as they were leaving, 

and Shout Mahalo Ke Akua* as they 

pulled out into the bay, getting 

quite a nice response 
from some of the crew.. 

We were even waving our Hawaiian flag. 

What a day! I'll be telling the story 

for the rest of my life! 

But I'm telling YOU first!

“True friends are always 

together in spirit.” 

               L.M. Montgomery

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𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐑅

Thank YOU

Friend!

              Fondly, cloudia

Storms Hope Solitude

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Mural Detail: Polynesian Voyagers approaching volcanic

HAWAII

"Storms draw something out
of us that calm seas don't."

                       Bill Hybels

"You can't live on Hope alone, 
but you can't live without it." 

                          Harvey Milk

"There are voices which we hear
in solitude but they grow faint 
and inaudible as we 
enter into the world."

             Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Thank YOU
Friend!
                Fondly, cloudia

Voyager Be

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"If I knew what the photograph 

was going to look like, 

I wouldn't bother taking it. 

It's the voyage of discovery 

that fascinates me."

               Lois Greenfield

Hawaiian Voyaging Canoes like this

have navigated around the globe!

"What was most significant 

about the lunar voyage 

was not that men set foot 

on the moon but that they 

set eye on the earth."

                 Norman Cousins

"Happy the man who, like Ulysses,

 has made a fine voyage, or 

has won the Golden Fleece, 

and then returns, experienced 

and knowledgeable, to spend 

the rest of his life 

among his family."

           Joachim du Bellay

Read more about

traditional Polynesian

Navigation and Voyaging

at this Link

Today's photos were taken at

Ke`ehi  Lagoon on Oahu

Link

Hokule`a is the happy star the
first Hawaiians followed to Hawaii,
and also the name of the first
modern Hawaiian Voyaging canoe
which has circumnavigated the globe!

Hawaii Photo of the Day

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Voyaging Mural, Hawaii Convention Ctr.

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