HYA 2018: Travel Blog

Mahalo nui to Anianikū Chong (with the help of Kamehameha Schools Kanaeokana) for an amazing video about this year’s Hawaiian Youths Abroad program!      

na Kaipulaumakaniolono Baker, mēkia ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi & ʻŌlelo Haole E holo ana ʻo Kalākaua E ʻimi i ka pono o nā moku I Kahiki a hoʻi mai I Kahiki-aʻo-Pelekāne I Kahiki-wāwae-pahu I ka ʻohe kāʻekeʻeke I ka pahu kani a Lono ʻO Lono-i-ka-makahiki Hoʻoheihei kani moana Kani Hāwea pahu aliʻi Eō mai e Ka Lani […]

[coming soon] by Catherine Ferreira, English major  

“Places Here are So Familiar to Me” by Christina Kaleiwahea, Finance major We are in London, and I can hardly realize the fact. It seems like a dream, and, what seems more strange, the names of streets and places here are so familiar to me—having heard and read of them from my childhood. It seems […]

Dr. Makalua Inspiring the People & Board of Health’s Medical School Establishment by Nalani Balutski Matthew Manuia Makalua was one of three students in the Hawaiian Youths Abroad program who studied in England, along with Abraham Piianaia and Joseph Kamauoha in 1882. Makalua was the longest supported student in the program, as he continued to […]

Today, July 20, was a heavy day. We traveled very far to the outskirts of downtown London to one of many of the British Museum’s store houses. We learned today that the British Museum, one of the largest museums in the world, has 7 million items in its collection. But because they only display about […]

Today, July 19, we traveled to Windsor Castle for a special visit arranged with the Royal Archives staff. We arranged for this visit primarily to see the original letter from Kamehameha I to King George III in 1810. The Royal Archives is physically housed in one of the oldest parts of Windsor castle. The soaring […]

Today, July 18, is our first day in downtown London and we visited the British National Archives in London, England.  The England air is crisp and cool in the morning and sun stays up until 9:10pm. We started our journey by bus and train to Kew early in the morning, and arrived to a quaint […]

We traveled on the Eurostar train from Paris to London on July 16 to head to our new home for the next week at the University of Roehampton. There were quite a few in our group who had never been on a train before, so it was a unique and enjoyable experience overall. We are […]

By Anianikū Chong, UG Student in Art & Hawaiian Studies On the morning of July 16th we set out early to visit the Louvre Museum. The Louvre was originally built as a fortified enclosure in 1190 and used as a display of King Philippe Auguste authority as he was preparing to leave the country to go […]

by Kamuela Park, UG Student, Hawaiian Studies & Political Science & Wyatt Souza, PhD Student, English Today, marking our second day in Palisa, we ventured out to Versailles to visit Chateau de Versailles (Palace of Versailles), which like our own ʻIolani Palace, originally symbolized the center of a monarchy while simultaneously used as a statement […]

Aloha mai kākou mai Palisa (Paris)! Between 1880 and 1892, 18 Hawaiians participated in the Hawaiian Youths Abroad program in six different countries around the world: Italy, Scotland, England, China, Japan, and the United States. The 17 young men and 1 young woman were selected by King Kalākaua to become future leaders of an independent […]