Talk:Hanauma Bay

Note
Just a note to the author of the article on Hanauma Bay: The correct pronunciation is not "Ha-NOW-mah." That is a modern and unfortunate corruption of the original Hawaiian. The correct pronunciation is "Ha-nah-oo-mah." 'Hana' means 'bay' and 'uma' means 'shelter,' therefore: Shelter Bay, which is obviously true of the natural features. Also, Hawaiians do not call it 'Hanauma Bay' as this would be redundant because it translates to 'Shelter Bay Bay.' We simply call it 'Hanauma.' <--This is incorrect. Just because the letters "au" are together, it's not always pronounced ah-oo, it's still Hah-nau-mah. Diphthongs (blended vowels) do exist in the Hawaiian language. Typically, an 'okina, or phonemic glottal stop, will indicate such a break (by the Latin script mark, ` or ' depending on the character set).<—- additionally, the word “Hana” is generally understood to mean “work.” “Bay” translates to “hono,” not “hana.” I am writing this note because of my sorrow at the present situation and condition of the bay, what with its over use and over commercialization. When I was a kid fifty years ago I used to take the HRT bus with friends out to Hanauma on weekdays during the summer. It was so wonderful then because it was beautifully uncrowded and always clean. Weekends, though even then, saw heavier use of the bay by local families and a few tourists, which is why I usually visited only on weekdays. So delightfully uncrowded was the beautiful little bay my boy scout troop spent a whole week encamped there one summer. Words cannot express the happiness that we city kids felt to be 'roughing it' in our tents pitched on the grassy shore under the swaying palm trees, refreshed by the cool, sweet tradewinds that dropped down from the ridges above, and soothed by the soft swooshing of the waves as they caressed the sandy beach. During the day we fished with line and spear-guns then cooked the catch over the evening fire. Few things taste as good as that which we enjoyed then. What made it even more terrific for us kids was the close-by drinking faucets, showers and restrooms. Compare this memory to what is now there and it becomes apparent why I do not appreciate the corruption of the name of the place.

Over-hyped, over-used, and over-taken by the hoards of tourists who flood the place everyday, polluting the water with their suntan lotions and other fluids, and who crowd the beach leaving no place for the crabs which once populated the sandy shore. 3,000 bodies every day stomping on the coral reef and thereby destroying it and with it the food supply that attracted the colorful reef fish there in the first place. All this to satisfy a tourist industry that that only knows one law: More is better. Local families don't go there much these days because of the crowds of tourists. Local kids don't have the same opportunity to enjoy that special place as I did long ago. It is too sad for words.

--unsigned essay by 12.44.115.43, 07:29, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Another note to the author. It is not true that people have died at the toilet bowl, AFAIK. I played there as a young man, and never saw an injury. Your citation of the Post-Intelligencer is a mistake. Here is a closer source: https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g29222-i37-k100543-The_Toilet_Bowl-Oahu_Hawaii.html

If you search the archives of the Star-Advertizer, you will find ZERO articles about deaths at the Toilet Bowl, but Hanauma bay kills some from drowning: http://www.staradvertiser.com/?s=Hanauma+Bay%2Bdrowning

Lynn

PS: You also can't find any articles about injuries in the star advertiser about toilet bowl injuries. The citation is not a close or reliable source.

Cleanup
I threw a couple of tags on this article, because I am doing a little work for WikiProject Volcanoes. Though the article is fairly interesting it reads like a personal travel essay or even a travel guidebook. An encyclopedia doesn't need to write about parking problems, unless it has something to do with the aesthetic or environment or something similar. I'm going to try to edit out the personal essay nature of the article. Orangemarlin 01:03, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

This article should be pulled. It is not a blog site and the guy needs to be welcomed into the year 2007. Wake up and smell the Kona Coffee and blog on myspace, not here please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.109.72 (talk) 14:27, 3 October 2007


 * I don't think it's a blog. You'll need to be more specific.   Orange Marlin  Talk• Contributions 21:57, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

What does this mean: "The humuhumunukunukuapua'a (Reef triggerfish) is the fish of Hawaii/Hanauma bay." It sounds like it means it's the only fish, or the official fish, or something. Is it just more common in this bay than elsewhere, or what? Mcswell (talk) 14:27, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

People who "look" Hawaiian? WTF is that about? Helloooo racism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.18.50 (talk) 20:11, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

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