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Secrets of Hawaii : Central Oahu |
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| Landscape -
Central Oahu |
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Outside
Waialua, North Shore Hawaii |
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Dole Plantation
Photo courtesy of
Aukipa |
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A typical tourist stop is Dole Plantation. Now this is a tourist
trap completed with it's overpriced store, train ride to nowhere,
and garden maze. It is worth a quick look on the way to the
North Shore. You might even learn a little bit about pineapple
growing in Hawaii. When you stop here try the pineapple ice
cream, it is really quite good. |
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| Landscape -
Central Oahu Pineapple Field |
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| Pineapple |
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| Above a
pineapple field in Central Oahu. When agriculture was king in
Hawaii, pineapple and sugar cane where major crops in Hawaii
and drove the local economy. Many early immigrants from China,
Japan, Portugal and the Philippines came to work on the sugar and
pineapple plantations. These groups along with Native Hawaiians
began to meddle together giving Hawaii local pidgin and its unique
culture. Pineapple is still a major agricultural export for
Hawaii, but tourism and military spending are now the driving forces
behind the local economy. |
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| Some photos from the
days when sugar was king in Hawaii. |
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