HAWAII: My trip to heaven

Upon exiting the plane, I have passed Agricultural duties(that checks are you carying "something" that could endanger their flora and fauna).

Although it was my first time, I felt Hawaii, - 25C, perfect humidity, it's full of healthy  green forest, that is the sound of birds, clouds hanging over the mountains, i felt like i am on a earth paradise.

Upon entering the car, my friends gave me a necklace of fresh hibiscus indescribable colors and then we went right on the beach. Honolulu, the capital of the state of Hawaii is the only urban city which can be seen in this group of islands.

I immediately headed to one of the most popular beaches in the world, Waikiki Beach, which holds in plain view of Honolulu.

Next to Waikiki is Kalakaua Boulevard full of luxury hotels, boutiques, shops and tourists, mostly Japanese who buy like that for free. The city is a combination of relaxed Hawaiian natives, riant Americans and Japanese organized harmony.

At each step, everyone is relaxed welcome with specific greeting - throw the thumb and little finger (Shaka Sign) anything you do.

It could not understand how are all the locals obese cause they live in the center of the Pacific.

While fillets of swordfish were roasting, the crew peeled beer, grilled pineapple, and Ahi Poke (Hawaiian appetizer best - Pieces of marinated fresh Yelow Fin tuna in soy and sesame sauce with lemon and seaweed) that simply melts in your mouth.

Swordfish steaks looked like a sausage topped with Japanese teryjaki. Cops on bikes were greeting  us and checking did we camouflage beer bottles. The best is that the locals are gathering like this every weekend.

After dinner, instead of a luxury bar in Waikiki we went to the old part of city Honolulu, and we popped down to some pubs where American Vietnam veterans in aloha shirts were tearing beer early in the morning and debating about Pearl Harbor.

With beer, I had to try Spam (aka pork from cans that Hawaii is producing since World War II), I must admit I was awful but i ate can to the end.

I wanted to go to bed earlier and not to miss that famously morning in Hawaii, but I was not able to do that. At 5 in the morning I descend into Strarbucks espresso caffee, thinking it was empty but then i got surprised.

Coffee table was  full of people who also want to see one of the most beautiful dawn , and the ocean is full of surfers too, they were  floating like buoys waiting to ride the wave.

We rented a broken down jeep, like, Nick Slaughter and began a tour of the island. As we all know that Hawaii is mecca for surfers of the world, we went up to the North Shore.

The waves can reach up to 15 feet and  when slam on the beach you can feel them under your feet.

We have continued  patrolling the island, and finally we got stucked on a shrimp farm - broken car trailer all drawn with graffiti, which are drawned by customers from around the world. "Giovanni's Truck" is a trailer that sells the best shrimps with garlic.

When I saw the Japanese in a limo from the Sheraton Hotel to sitting on plastic chairs in addition to trailers and eat everything got clear.

On the way back to Honolulu we took a couple of fresh pineapples and coconuts from the locals that are selling them by the roadside to refresh and "kill" garlic.

Eating shrimp wrapped in paper with a "sweaty" Corona and watch the surfers riding the waves of the Pacific is priceless.

Travel story: Nenad Prodanovic
Photo: Honolulu, Ivan Cimbaljevic