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Travel Tidbits: The Merry Month of May… Maybe

HAWAII May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii. And this year visitors to the 50th State were given a chance to help the Islands make history. A call out was sent to hotels on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu asking tourists to team up with locals to help create the world’s longest lei. Thousands gathered at Kapiolani Park in Waikiki today to string together a flower garland that stretched for more than a mile. When all was said and done the lei measured 5,336 feet in length and video, photos and witness statements documenting the project will be sent to … Continue reading →

May Day! Marriage! More!

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Today is May 1st and in many parts of the world, today is known as May Day or Beltane. When you think of the name May Day you probably imagine flower baskets, flower wreath crowns, dancing a sun splashed day around a May Pole and twining the ribbons together? You are not alone imagining those things, but there is more to May Day than just that festive image that seems to come straight from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Marriage & May The month of May is filled with numerous events for couples and families all around the world. Mother’s … Continue reading →

May Day Is Lei Day In Hawaii

Take a trip to Hawaii and you will likely be greeted with a traditional flower lei (a garland of flowers worn around the neck) and a kiss on the cheek. (Remember when the “Brady Bunch” clan visited Hawaii and Greg got lei’d?) Take a trip to Hawaii on May 1st and you (and your fellow travel mates) won’t be the only ones donning the fragrant necklaces. May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii. If you happen to be in the state on May 1st, you’ll know it. Each May Day nearly the entire population of Hawaii gets decked out in … Continue reading →