Images of Honolulu
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Honolulu is the only city in the entire U.S. that’s home to a real royal palace. Iolani Palace is located right in downtown Honolulu at 364 South King Street. Before the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown in 1893, Iolani Palace was home to King Kalakaua and Queen Lili’uokalani. After the coup d’etat, the palace was used as a government building until it was restored and opened to the public in 1978. Today, you can go visit. It’s quite opulent.
While English and Hawaiian are the official languages of Hawaii, you’ll often hear people speaking something entirely different from both, even on television or in advertising. This less official language of Hawaii is Hawaiian Pidgin, a Creole language that developed out of immigrants from China, Japan, the Philippines, Portugal and other countries all trying to communicate with each other in the 19th century. Pick up a copy of Da Jesus Book (the Bible in Hawaiian Pidgin) for a good laugh.
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