(UPDATE: SO SENSITIVE! This is not an “us or them” stance. There are unconscientious people both visiting and living here. This post was written for those that treat our land as a disposable playground. Let us know how you feel in comments, and we’ll get back to you. ALOHA to ALL!!!!)
Many visitors to Maui get ready for paradise by shutting off their brains and pretending anything goes on our island. Yes, this is one of the most beautiful and welcoming places to visit on the planet, but that doesn’t mean you can be careless or disrespectful.
We’ve listed 16 things we see bad tourists doing every day on Maui.
Disrespect locals
This is a no-brainer. Bring your ALOHA and you’ll get it back. If you don’t, understand that even though this is paradise, we have problems too. Some people are unhappy and grumpy, just like everywhere else. Smile and move on.
Use crap sunscreen that kills the reef
BUY REEF SAFE SUNSCREEN! If you use anything else, it will float off your skin and kill our reefs. This is a really big deal. Please also let it soak in before getting in the water. There’s little point to putting sunscreen on then jumping in the water immediately afterwards.
Drive like a mainlander
Let people merge in, be prepared for others to let you merge in, drive the speed limit, beware of pedestrians, and don’t honk! We don’t use the horn in Hawaii unless there’s imminent danger. EXCEPTION: Driving through the Pali tunnel between Maalaea and Lahaina. That really ought to be mandatory, seeing that it’s fun.
Let your kids go wild
Discipline doesn’t go out the airplane window once you’re on vacation. Don’t let your kids run amuck just because they’re also on vacation. You can ruin other people’s hard-earned trip as well as upset people who live here. It’s a peaceful place, and your kids should do their best to be conscientious, which starts with you!
Leave valuables in a rental car
Theft is a problem everywhere, and when you’re visiting a popular tourist destination (even if it’s in the rainforest), keep your valuables either on you or at your hotel. There are 3-4 pretty standard rental cars on Maui, and every resident knows which cars are tourists. If you leave your bag in view, your window can get smashed and your goods taken for good.
Bring Maui home
You’ll undoubtedly find beautiful shells, coral, rocks, sands, and other goodies worth taking home. You may not think taking a handful of sand from a big beach will amount too much loss, but consider the almost 3 million other tourists that come each year. If you all do this, our beaches become rocky shores. Plus, you don’t want to end up like the Brady Bunch. Bad joo joo.
Attempt to speak pidgin
Just don’t. It comes off as patronizing.
Litter
We see this everyday. ESPECIALLY from smokers. Don’t leave your chemical-ridden butts on the ground. Clean up after yourself. That can of Coke can be recycled. Our landfills are limited.
Tip like crap
We find that a lot of people tend to tip poorly, even when they get good service. It could be that visitors feel they won’t be back to that restaurant ever again, so why not save a few bucks? Or you could be from a country that’s not used to tipping. Well, many people survive on this expensive island from their meager tips. It’s hard enough to get by with average tips. If your server does a great job, 20+%. If they don’t do a good job, tip less.
Plan too much
“Let’s do the Road to Hana, Haleakala Crater and make dinner reservations for our first full-day on Maui!” No, you’ll end up hating yourself, driving dangerously, and upsetting everyone around you. It’s too much. Enjoy this island in a leisurely manner.
Drink and Drive
Alcohol is synonymous with vacation for many visitors. That’s fine, but plan ahead and get rides or stay close to home. There’s already too many bad drives on this island, adding intoxicated ones brings the annual death toll up.
Move to Maui and live in the bushes to do meth
Too many people feel that if they hit rock bottom, moving to Hawaii will fix everything. It won’t. You’ll just be poorer. It’s an everyday challenge to have empathy for these people who do meth and live in the bushes. If you’re prone to poor choices, deal with it at home and get help.
Ride a Turtle
If a green sea turtle comes up to you when you’re swimming or snorkeling, check it out without crowding it. If you swim to the turtle, you’re looking at fines and pissed off locals. If you try to ride it, there’s a good chance you can kill it. Keep your distance and enjoy these beautiful creatures calmly.
Rent motorbikes or scooters and drive like an idiot
Yes, you can legally ride without a helmet. Many people find this follicle freedom luxurious… until their scalp is being scraped off the pavement. Just because we rent scooters doesn’t mean you should drive them on the Pali at night. Use your head!
Trespass
This is a big problem. We still have some guidebooks that tell you to go where you shouldn’t. There’s so much to see on Maui without having to trespass. So much can go wrong, including dangerous situations like rock slides, flash floods, and angry locals.
Treat the ocean like a big safe swimming pool
Every time we go to Big Beach (Makena Beach), we watch at least a few tourists getting JACKED by the shore break. Because the water is pristine and perfect, people assume it’s safe. We’d love to get a record of spinal injuries per year at Big Beach. And we also see people going snorkeling in big surf. Bad idea. You won’t see anything good and you’ll likely drown. And then there are people that swim too far out without notifying anyone only to find themselves drifting out to sea.
Hike off trails
A little different from Trespassing above. You’ll find many parks that have great hiking trails, and even though it’s a park and totally legal, if you go off trail there are many dangers. Flash flooding is a real thing. People die. Stick to trails with signs.
Hopefully you’re not “that guy” and you behave on your vacation. What did we miss? Let us know in the comments below.
Aloha!
As a Canadian who returned from Maui just yesterday, I take great offense to your tipping like crap because we aren’t used to it comment. We tip more than fairly. Minimum 15% for crappy service which we had on two occasions there. However, normally we tip 20% for average service because we recognize this is part of the servers wages and they aren’t typically well paid. And, great service which we also had on several occasions was rewarded with 25%+. In Canada, our servers are rewarded the same and it is the norm. Maybe before you offend visitors from other countries you should consider your own advice and learn how to be a good and gracious host!
We apologize for the comment. The writer has been in the service industry on Maui for many years, and she explained that in her experience, it’s usually those from Canada. We cut the comment and changed it up.
I think you missed the point, this is for those countries where they don’t recognize tipping, not for those people/countries where is is practiced. That’s all 😊
The tipping comment about being Canadian makes me think you have not done your research. We tip more than anyone at home and abroad. We tip in countries we don’t have to because its ingrained into us. A small re-vamp maybe its your mainlanders who tip poorly. We know they do when they visit us we just smile and say its ok because were too damn nice. A single dollar bill doesn’t go far here either.
We apologize for the comment. The writer has been in the service industry on Maui for many years, and she explained that in her experience, it’s usually those from Canada. We cut the comment and changed it up.
So you comment because you didn’t like their insinuation of Canadians as poor tippers, and in the same comment you accuse mainlanders of it? Wow, and you call yourself nice. There are good and bad people (and tippers) in every corner of the world.
Just because some people think it is cool, jumping off BLACK ROCK in Ka’anapali isn’t a good idea. Even worse idea if it is a bride in full length wedding dress and train. Dangerous and not recommended by any of we wedding planners or wedding photographers who know better. Not worth it just to get a cool picture. Equally, don’t jump off any cliffs because you never know how shallow the water might be or how tall large bolders might be. Not worth the risk! Be safe.
Agreed. It’s incredibly dangerous to cliff jump, depending on tides, what’s under the surface and how many people are around. BE safe and use your head!
You should also understand that the USA’s lack of having a decent minimum wage is not the responsibility of tourists or patrons. For example, I have a minimum wage serving job in the UK (where I receive no tips due to the way the serving runs) – I scrimp, save and sacrifice many things in order to afford to see and experience another beautiful place so different from where I live. Tipping 3 times a day over 10-14 days is A LOT of money to me that I simply don’t have have to spare. That being said I do tip but please do not judge tourists as being rich with lots of money to spare.
Tipping decently needs to be in your budget if you’re visiting us. Tipping should be considered part of the budget of eating out. It’s not our fault that minimum wage is too low. It absolutely IS the responsibility of tourists and patrons to respect residents and customary costs of a visit. If this doesn’t work for you, consider visiting a less expensive destination. Save money and visit a vacation destination closer to home. That being said, of course we’d rather you visit us. We hope you understand how challenging it is to live in an expensive place and struggle with sub-par tipping.
I feel that tipping is a must!!! If I get good service I tip 20+%. What I really hate is when the place I am at automatically adds in a 20% or more tip and the service sucked ( which usually happens with this type of tipping…they know they are going to get it anyway)!!! I will be the regulator of my money!!! Watch out on crap service…I have been known to leave a penny because the persons service wasn’t worth two cents. Be fair and we will be also!!!
Well said, ben. yah, we see a lot of restaurants adding automatic gratuity to larger parties. The problem is that sometimes wait staff don’t tell you, and they often get double tipped. Also, we have experience with some of the more touristy turn-and-burn restaurants that rely on foot traffic which offer bad food and bad service. They survive because of their location and 1-time visitors. There are a few restaurants like this on Front Street. Garbage experiences. Read peer reviews before you go!
If you see a little pile of rocks or beads and trinkets on a cliff or by the ocean , don’t touch it . If I was told correctly, they are little memorials for someone. Correct me if I’m wrong. I have seen many of them on my trips to Maui.
The reminder not to litter is good but it’s been my observation since we moved to Hawaii in 1975 that the locals litter far more than tourists do.
It’s pretty bad on both sides, agreed!
We come to Maui at least three times a year and I am highly offended by several of your statements. About the rude driving, excuse me but we always see locals driving like maniacs and also see many locals getting pulled over. Our last visit there were two nights in a row where locals were killed in accidents at Kaanapali with no tourists involved what so ever. We find that a lot of the locals are very rude to us for no reason. We spend a lot of money to get there and spend a lot while visiting. I shop a lot and find it highly offensive how sales people sometimes follow me around while I am looking around. We always tip accordingly even when the service has been bad. You might want to consider how you talk about the tourists as if we didn’t vacation there your employment rate would go sky high and maybe we will see your people living in the bushes!
Not sure why you’d be highly offended unless you’re doing the bad things mentioned. We’re not saying locals are angels either. These are just tips to those that are not respectful.
Hawaii has always held a special place in my heart, it’s where my family vacations every year. We treat everyone there with kindness and respect, and care deeply about the wellbeing of Island.
Some of your responses in regards to accusing some of the commentators by saying “Not sure why you’d be highly offended unless you’re doing the bad things mentioned.” This kind of comment can leave the reader feel disrespected and may not want to visit Maui again.
I have experienced the feeling of not being liked by islanders, it’s real. My family and I have been good stewards to all the Hawaiian Islands and I’m sorry you feel this way about visitors. We are not all jerks, we have feelings just like you. Hope you will not paint us all with the same brush, everyone needs to feel they are treated with kindness and respect. Mahalo🐢🐳🌴
Hawaii has always held a special place in my heart, it’s where my family vacations every year. We treat everyone there with kindness and respect, and care deeply about the wellbeing of Island.
Some of your responses in regards to accusing some of the commentators by saying “Not sure why you’d be highly offended unless you’re doing the bad things mentioned.” This kind of comment can leave the reader feel disrespected and may not want to visit Maui again.
I have experienced the feeling of not being liked by islanders, it’s real. My family and I have been good stewards to all the Hawaiian Islands and I’m sorry you feel this way about visitors. We are not all jerks, we have feelings just like you. Hope you will not paint us all with the same brush, everyone needs to feel they are treated with kindness and respect. Mahalo🐢🐳🌴
We’re so sorry we’ve rubbed people the wrong way! Not at all how we wanted to come off. This post is important to us because there are quite a lot of bad tourists that come and crush reef, litter, and treat it like a disposable playground. This is our home, and respect is important. Again, I don’t see how our comments are rude or upsetting. People ought not be offended by this. This post speaks to those that are careless, unconscientious, and disrespectful. In hindsight, those people are probably not the types to read this post. Instead, all those that truly care about Maui, it’s culture and land, are chiming in. I’m really sorry for the upset! No harm intended. Quite the contrary.
Just leave the mainland attitude at home , I’ve lived on Maui for 6 months and it’s definitely an adjustment. But I can always pick out the tourist because it seems people come here with the mainland mentality and often are very rude , you’re here on vacation but people also live here and are trying to make a living . Just come here “Cruze “ enjoy what the island has to offer respect the culture and the land and RELAX you’re on vacation . 🤙🏻
Thanks Randy. You’re the first person to take the local side. There’s bad on both sides, but this article is meant to bring attention to bad habits that need to go.
To all the people taking offense at this article if you are not guilty of any of these things why are you offended? Many people call this paradise and , I admit its pretty nice , but in order to keep it this way everyone needs to respect the place and the culture and help out to make it feasible for the people who are here serving you to be able to afford to make ends meet. Rant over!
Thank you, Nancy. I’m not sure why people are offended. This is geared towards the bad tourists not the tourists that seem to be commenting. It’s almost like they’re taking a “us or them” stance. Not all tourists are created equal. Just like not all locals are created equally. I know people that live on my street that litter and trash the land. It’s how it is. ALL WE CAN DO IS SHARE OUR DISTASTE FOR IT, and hope it STOPS!
I feel this article was well written and very true. I have lived here almost 27 years everything you wrote about is spot on. Yes there are many who come here and are great tippers, respect everyone and keep their kids in check. People like this know who they are, obviously the article was not written for people like them. So there is no need to be offended. However there are so many people who behave exactly how you described in your article. It is the type of people who are bad tourists wherever they go.. when it comes to tipping it really is a rule, not an option. If you can’t afford to tip the server then you need to avoid a sit-down restaurant. There are many great places to eat and stand in line and get your food and you can leave them a few bucks in the tip jar. Or rent a condo where you can make most your meals and bring with you during the day. Then when you want to go out to a nice dinner make sure you add to your budget a proper tip, is is just how it is. Can I add another point? Don’t complain about the exchange rate of your currency versus US currency. We can’t give you a discount because the exchange rate isn’t good. Just like when I go to London I don’t ask for a discount because the Pound is higher than US dollar….. I just pay 20 bucks for some Fish and Chips and yes I still tip 20 percent! 🙂 and I enjoy it
Dang Sue. Hallelujah! Well said. OK, glad you’re reading and replying. Got such a barrage of upset comments, I thought I’d crushed some souls. Thanks for your input!
We love Maui. Return often .we tip well for good service and accordingly for crappy service. We respect the reefs and wildlife. We Always leave our beach cleaner than we found it. We drive safe as to enjoy what we see. We realize that not all, but the strong majority of locals are very warm and welcoming. This is good advise. See you again soon!
Thank you, Mark! You’re the visitor that doesn’t need to read this post. You’re in the majority, in my opinion. But there are quite a few that don’t have your respectful view. We greatly appreciate you coming to Maui! Next time you visit, we’re buying you a mai tai. Send us a message before you come and we’ll make sure to make it happen. Mahalo!
ooh slightly nervous about the tipping rules, seems to be a sore point! As a Brit visiting this year what are the rules?! We have minimum/living wage and free health care so this is less ingrained in UK culture and even when we do tip it’s usually only for restaurant service, maybe a bar, and usually only 10%.
Other then food service when do you tip and is 20% standard for everything or would you tip less for an Uber, housekeeping etc? Be good to get some tips from you and not be that guy 🙂
Awesome questions! Much appreciated! Yes, for good restaurant/bar service, we tip 20%+. Not sure about Uber, as we haven’t used it on Maui quite yet. For those that mention they don’t have the money for 20%, then they should consider eating out less, rent a place with a kitchen or go to less expensive places. Tipping should be considered part of the expense of eating out.
Canadian visitor here. Have been to HI many times, starting in 1984. For me, “maui nō ka ʻoi” but wherever I go, I am aware that it is not my home and I am a guest. I’m also aware that I’m not always a welcome guest and I accept that, given the history of the islands. As has been repeated here, ignorance knows no boundaries when it comes to nationality or ethnicity. All of us have made mistakes or misbehaved at times. What is helpful is to be reminded and educated in a friendly way and to then respond, not by taking offence but with increased awareness and knowledge. From this post, I’ve learned about reef safe sunscreen,of which I was ignorant. (Luckily, I don’t spend much time in the water.) Mahalo for this. I have now begun researching this so that when I arrive in February, I will be properly prepared. If I might make a suggestion, you could include a link or two to some info about this. Here is one I found:
https://www.vogue.com/article/reef-safe-sunscreens-oxybenzone-free-sea-turtles-environment-stream2sea
My wife and I are making our 6th trip to Maui this month. Thank you for the advice. We are always wanting to learn more about our favorite Island.
I really cannot afford to eat out much or tip that goes along either so I cook my own meals. If I eat out just go to counter service casual places because I know my budget and need to stay in it. I also do the same at home so no difference for me.
Well said! We can’t afford to eat at Mama’s 7 days a week, so we don’t. pretty simple.
Don’t move to Maui to do Meth? Who wrote this crap? I was looking for good advice for my upcoming trip. I’ll look elsewhere.
It’s a real problem here. We have people flying in and living in the bushes along the beaches that are meth-heads. Please feel free to look elsewhere. I’m sure you’ll find a post somewhere that encourages meth use.
We have been to Maui for 26 winters and consider this our second home. I agree with a lot of the comments on all sides BUT you have to remember that we are visitors and this is their home. Respect their lands as you would respect your own. There are good and bad everywhere you go. I must state however that I would move to Maui in a heartbeat. I love the people, the culture, the land. We in all the years have never had a bad experience in Maui and never once not considered coming back. Mahalo!
I love this article!! I am Hawaiian, live in Washington, own a travel agency that specializes in Hawaiian vacations. And our favorite island to visit is Maui (don’t tell my family on Kauai) All of these tips are perfect! The biggest tips I give my clients is that if they respect the locals they will respect you back, bring your Aloha spirit and slow down, it’s called Hawaii time for a reason! For those that are offended……relax. 🙂
Thanks Steve. Not sure why people are offended. This speaks to only those that trash the land and treat the people with little respect.
I have been to every corner of Hawaii and have found that it’s a vastly different place than the Aloha spirit of old. It’s a grind to get your money and not with a smile. Your island issues are not my problem. There are too many Americans there.
Ahhh 20+% tip. I will remember when i visit in march. It’s not commen for us (netherlands ) to tip. Thanks for the ‘ warning’ and i will behave perfectly 🙂
20+ for good service, mind you. Thank you for your comment!
After reading all the Maui Hawaii comments, I’m not bothering with your little island.
Fred, we just reread our comments to make sure we were being honest and not hurtful. Turns out we stand by our comments. Sorry you’re not coming to Maui! We hope you have a great vacation elsewhere.
No comments from Alaskans. We will be visiting Maui soon and look forward to our visit. We encounter many visitors here too and understand what you go through, your suggestions were good and appropriate. Thanks.
Maui is beautiful around the hotels, I run along the highway, either north or south of Kaanapali and along the edges of the road there is so much trash and shopping carts. Lahaina has houses with tons of trash in there yards.i think some of the natives should take pride and walk along the roads and do some cleaning
Agreed. Litter is certainly not solely a tourist issue. It really starts at home.
I started staying in kanapoli in 06, I have mentioned this several times since, all I see is. Yeah it is not as clean as it should be, and the carts and trash has remained there all these years. Talk is cheap I could have cleaned up myself
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Holy smokes! What an interesting article. I consider myself to be quite well-behaved at home and abroad and, for context, I am a Canadian living in Toronto (one of the more expensive cities in North America). While planning my upcoming trip to Maui, I have purchased reef-safe sunscreen, a rashguard (minimize sunscreen use), reusable nylon bags (for any shopping), and a water bottle that I can use for travel. I have also researched local groups that do beach clean-ups so that we can participate and help with the litter problem while we’re on vacation. To that point, I heed all of your advice, although the tipping thing hits a sore spot. At home, I always tip between 15%-18%, and I plan to do that while on vacation as well. My apologies but 20% USD is steep for visitors that may be eating out more than they are accustomed too…that plus tax and we’re looking at a 35% increase on menu prices for each meal. I have to say, surely a server would be happy to have an 18% tip and a full restaurant than an empty restaurant and no tips?
That’s amazing, Katie! Well done on taking all of those steps, especially when traveling. That goes above and beyond the majority, and everyone appreciates the effort you’ve put forth. To your point, yes, a server would much rather receive an 18% tip from 8 tables than a 20% tip from 2. Your server is unlikely to be disappointed over losing the extra 2%, especially considering most have to tip out other employees at the end of the night anyway (or even worse, pool their tips). However, when you’re talking about the difference between 18% and 20%, you could also make the point that if a customer is prepared to leave $18 on a $100 tab, they’re also capable of leaving $20. 20% is pretty standard across the board these days, as has been for a while. While servers in Hawaii, on average, make more per hour (minimum wage for tipped employees is currently $7.25/hour) than they would make in say, Texas (currently $2.13/hour), in either place, 20% is generally what’s expected, and what’s appreciated. That being said, no one is going to write you off as a bad tipper over 2%… but if everyone starts tipping 2% less on every meal, that adds up. Hope that helps, and thanks again for all you’re doing to keep Maui a beaut!
Wow this article is passive aggressive. The tourists who are disrespectful and careless as noted in this list, are most likely not the people who will be reading your article. Remember who your audience is when writing, and be true to them. Nonetheless, you should be grateful for all of us tourists, clueless or not, as we can make or break Maui’s economy. Without us, you couldn’t afford to live there, you’re better off living on the mainland and visiting Maui like the rest of us but that’s just me.
I’ve had friends and family in the service industry. I’m not the kind of tourist you’re talking about. However I don’t like somebody telling me that I really really need to do this. It gratuity, a thank you. Good service Deserves a good tip. On the other hand, with the people that I’ve known, you don’t tell somebody from another country who is not used to doing this that they have to do it. Not very welcoming
Sounds like you don’t like tourist at all and”behave yourself ” this site is plain rude and insulting and shouldn’t be included on this type of site.
Thank you so much for ALL of the insight! We are going to visit for a week in May and personally appreciate all of the information. I spend time in other areas of the world as well and thing that being sensitive to where you visit is very important and respectful. I had no idea about Reef Safe Sunscreen among other things in this article. Looking forward to exploring your beautiful island.
That’s great to hear! Yah, Reef Safe Sunscreen is CRUCIAL! Everyone needs to switch to safe our oceans. Mahalo for your comments! have a great time on Maui!
This entire piece is condescending. I’m in a restaurant in Lahaina yesterday and ask for a straw. The server proceeds to tell me “you need to invest in a reusable straw.” I told him “don’t lecture me bro.” This piece reads as a lecture too. Although your points are ALL valid, it doesn’t read that way. It sounds like you’d rather we stay home. I’m not going to because I know what you mean and I’ve been both a resident and visitor to Maui but chill out bro. We’re not your enemies. We LOVE the place and as someone else said, locals are as guilty of some (all?) of these things as the tourist. I THINK Hawaii is going to need tourist dollars more than ever in the coming decades. If I am right, the folks here would be well advised to get over their love/hate relationship with tourists. You need them. Live with it. Aloha. Oh, yes, I tipped the punk who told me to buy a straw. He did not deserve it but I tipped him because I am hoping he’ll learn to NOT EVER lecture a customer over anything. Alright, peace out.
We just came back from Maui today after 7 days on the island – we are from North Vancouver. Our attitude, when travelling, is to not only be respectful of other people and cultures, but also try and learn as much about them while visiting. We went to the sugar museum, drove part of the highway to Kula, snorkelled with a local outfit that was awesome, learned about the importance of the Iao needle, and tried to buy local everything – love the mangos and pineapples from local vendors! We even stopped at a local fundraiser car wash for a Catholic church to have our rental car washed, even though it was not dirty, just to say thank you for letting us stay here and help out where we can while we are here. Our experience, overall, is that people on the island were very friendly and helpful. There were a few who definitely made it known we were trespassing on their home, but the majority were fantastic. Living in Vancouver, we see our fair share of tourists and we always try to as welcoming as possible and take the time to speak to people when we are out hiking some of our local trails where tourists also attend – Lynn Canyon suspension bridge. There was one evening when my wife and I were out for a walk in Kihei and we had someone pass buy in a very loud truck shout a stream of obscenities that we inappropriate and a bit scary. Whether you are travelling in New York or a remote tropical island, I think all should go with the attitude that you are a visitor – be gracious, be willing to engage others, and don’t act like you are better than anyone else. There will always be those, in every country, who resent visitors, but the majority are fantastic people who want to share their culture and customs because they are important. Hawaii is more than just nice beaches and warm waters – if you take that approach, you can’t go wrong. Mahalo.
Very much appreciated! You’re right, there’s always bad apples on both sides. We have to enjoy the good ones and do the best we can! ALOHA!
Tourists are idiots. It isn’t a bad thing to just come out and say it. They do the dumbest things and they have zero clue that they are annoying as hell. Lately, what we are noticing.. They crowd against others when there is plenty of room on the beach. We purposely move away from others and try to stay as far away from anyone as we can. We get our beach setup all together and in no time flat we have multiple groups crowding up against us. Why? Same goes for sitting in our hammock to watch the sunset. The beach is huge and it is the same view anywhere along it. Why stand in front of others who are minding their own business? Why do people think it is a great backdrop for a photo opportunity with what other people do to enjoy their time while in Hawaii?
Tourists suck, and I feel really bad for the locals who have to endure their crap 24/7. Society is going to hell everywhere and the entitlement that people have is running rampant. It is so noticeable while in Hawaii. I do appreciate the call out to the parents who let their children act like screaming idiots. Nothing is worse than having children screaming in the water, at the pool, or at the beach acting like someone is raping them anally with a coconut. The parents tune their kids out and let everyone else have to endure their kids.