[KAUAIBOUND]

Sorry, but my Hawaiian/English dictionary says otherwise, and spells Hawai’i with the ‘u’ina, which is an inverted comma, which indicates a glottal closure. Many other Hawaiian words have one or more ‘u’ina also.

The TV announcers here take special care to pronounce Hawaiian words exactly, and the effect of the ‘u’ina is very noticeable.

[jws3sticks]

Thanks for the clarification. My exposure to the language was four years in college with "Da Kin McKinley Boys" and a wonderful week in Maui a few years ago.

An amazing road south of Wailea.

Here's this wonderful old cane sugar factory, still in production after at least 100 years.

A neat blow hole and "echos" of prior sprays.

I call this "Fire in the sky 01".

I call this "Fire in the sky 02".