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 Finally getting into the swing of things

For over the past two weeks I have been adjusting to living in Hawaii. My first week felt hard but manageable and the next got better but right now I feel pretty good. Still every day I wake up and can't believe that I am in Hawaii. The managers have been amazing, and they are great people to converse with. Everyone else in the house has been great. Not surprising to anyone but one of the hardest things for me is keeping my side of the room clean. All I can really say is it feels like a constant battle. So far, I have liked the work, it has been easy to learn, and the guests are always some of the coolest people to talk to. Now not every day is like a vacation, but I try as much as possible to go places and here are some that I have been to in the last couple days.

The view and parking lot of the church I went to on easter Sunday

The beach that we as a group went to for snorkeling and to go look at some tide pools

The rocks were covered in these black crabs

on are way to a shopping center we passed some wild goats, and they were causing constant traffic jams.

the pond/river thing that ran through the shopping center

 MASSIVE DISCLAIMER

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The posts before this are going to be of lower quality, but I am planning to set aside not time to make better and easier reading posts. If you have any questions and or want more info just text me and I can text you back and put that info in the next post. As for now thank you for your patience and more will be coming soon but a posting schedule has been made yet.

week 2 pic dump

 

A mural on the side of the road near Kona.

lava field north of Kona

A beach about one hour north of Kona

A mongoose and there is a lot of them

A fruit tree full of orange's and there are many on the property.

a part of the trail around the farm going into the fruit trees.

The of the workshop and coffee processing building

I know the picture is bad, but this is some pictures of the sunset and at the farm where we had a rib diner.

This is ox tail soup and fried dumplings I had at a Chinese restaurant in Kona.

My first two weeks

    Sorry for the lack of posts and pictures but the last few days have been exhausting and packed with many inconveniences that I might go into at a later time.

Giving you guys an update and somewhat proper post after being in Hawaii for just over two weeks and so far, it has been good. The first week was full learning the works and getting acclimated to living on the farm which I am slowly finding out that I might not be as settled in as I originally thought.

 Getting used to living in a house full of people that I didn't know not too long ago and that are in some senses still strangers to me has been one of the most interesting parts of this experience. As one would expect you have your favorites and definitely some not so favorites but luckily for me my roommates are more than arguably some of the best people on the farm. I share a room with two other individuals, but the space is big so it's not to crowded in addition we also have our own bathroom as well. Some people still use it, but it hasn't been too bad.

With the work side of things, they have many different duties that you can be on such as opening or closing hilltop, which is the main building on the farm, field day, tour guiding and even working at the coffee shop. For the hilltop you greet customers, fulfill orders, package/sort all sold products, keep the coffee flowing and the setting areas clean. Field days are everything from weed whacking, coffee/fruit picking and pretty much what ever Cooper the field manager wants us to do. As for the tour guiding and coffee shop stuff goes you have to be at the farm for over a month to start that.

So far on my days off I have gone snorkeling, going to local beaches, walking the town and have been to a wide range of local restaurants. My next post will be another photo dump, and I will give you some context to pictures at the bottom of each one.

some pics

 

Two pheasants I saw fighting.

The fully staked fruit stand for visitors.

 

Sunset at local viewing spot on another coffee farm.

Baby pineapple

Tables looking over the sunset

Front of a neighboring coffee farm

Some gray beach somewhere.

a crap photo of a dolphin jumping.

The lookout before the beach

The signage and food from a restaurant named Willys.

A painted surfboard at Heavenly Hawaiian

Two chameleons and a gecko

The farm managers dog Charlie

A crab spider which the farm is covered in and

their webs have to be removed daily.

the place where we make the coffee samples.

The movie theater where I went and saw the Minecraft move.

The farm trail lookout deck

 

the Heavenly Hawaiian entrance sign.

Green coffee cherries

A tree on the farm trail. IDK what type it is.

The lookout at the coffee tasting

  

The hill I walk up and down every day