Hawaii: A Lost Paradise

Hawaii: a lost paradise in the middle of the Pacific or the pearl of the Pacific that was for 25 million years, the Hawaiian islands has emerged as a result of volcanic eruptions under the sea.  Located 4,000 km from the eastern U.S. coast, Hawaii is the 50th state of the Union.

Hawaii or in Hawaii is an archipelago of islands known worldwide for being a tourist destination of your dreams. When we think of the beach and sun, many times we thought we bask on the sand of Hawaii.

Formed 25 million years after a stack of hardened magma in the ocean, Hawaii is now a wonderful place to visit when contrasting the beauty of the insular nature, the charm of the sea and the fiery blaze remained active volcanoes on the islands.

Thus, slowly formed by a stack of hardened magma under the sea, gradually formed the oldest islands Hawaii, Kauai. Then came her seven younger Niihau, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Kauai, Hawaii and finally, the Big Island, which is also the youngest of all the islands in the world with an age less than the million years.

At this time, a little is being “gestation” in the sea because of the submarine volcanoes in the area. Range of 16 600 km ², the eight islands are arranged in a diagonal from northwest to southeast and have the administrative capital Honolulu, located on Oahu. The archipelago is dominated by a tropical climate subject to winds from the northeast.

However, at high altitude, the temperature turns out to be cooler. The range of low temperature with a thermometer between 18 and 28 degrees Celsius between November and March and between 23 and 31 degrees Celsius between April and October.

Story of a paradise coveted

Originally populated by Polynesians who came by canoe to swing in the fifth century, the current Big Island or Big Island received for the first time his name Hawai’i. Charmed by the wild beauty of the island, they are implantèrent and vivèrent only until the arrival of the British led then by explorer James Cook in January 1778 and who also discovered the rest of the archipelago. Hawaii was the object of lust among three powers in the nineteenth century: the United States, Britain and France.

Independent on 4 July 1894, the archipelago was annexed by following in the United States on 12 August 1898 at the request of Hawaiians, to be finally integrated as 50th State of the Union on 21 August 1959.

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