don’t be a f***ing haole in Hawaiʻi w/ Celest

About this episode

Lydia Schultz and guest Celest discuss respectful travel practices in Hawaiʻi and share insights from Celest's experience living on the Big Island.

“You’re always gonna be a haole, just don’t be a f***ing haole.” What does this even mean? Listen to find out… if you plan to visit Hawaiʻi, it’s the key to being an unproblematic tourist. Celest and I met on my first visit to Hawaiʻi in May of 2022. We reconnected to talk about her experience living on the Big Island for 5 years before recently moving back to LA. on this episode, we chat about: - what Celest learned from living in Hawaiʻi - how to a respectful traveler/tourist to the islands - important Hawaiian words and cultural norms to know before visiting featured questions: 1. What are some ethical guidelines to know before traveling to Hawaiʻi? 2. Did you ever experience resentment as an outsider during your time living in Hawaiʻi? 3. What’s the greatest lesson the islands taught you? ━━━━━━━━ ⟡ ━━━━━━━━ connect with Celest here! ✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celestdablessed?igsh=bmlkdjd6a3ljd2x0 ━━━━━━━━ ⟡ ━━━━━━━━ learn more about Hawai’i here: 🌺 Hawaiian words to know https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org/media/1682/maemae-glossary-of-common-hawaiian-vocabulary.pdf 🌺 https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-dark-history-of-the-overthrow-of-hawaii-sydney-iaukea 🌺…

People in this episode

Host: Lydia Schultz

Guest: Celest

Topics covered

• travel etiquette
• Hawaiian culture
• tourism
• respectful travel
• cultural norms

Keywords

• Hawaiʻi
• tourist
• cultural norms
• travel guidelines
• Hawaiian words

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hawaiian words to know, PBS, Lonely Planet

Places: Hawaiʻi, Big Island, LA

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