THE WORLDS BEST GREEN PLACES

THIS BUDDHIST KINGDOM OF BHUTAN HAS BANNED PLASTIC BAGS AND THEY ARE GOING ORGANIC.  THEY HAVE PROTECTED 1/2 OF THEIR FORESTS.  THEY ARE TRANSFORMING THEIR PLANET.  THIS COUNTRY IS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN ASIA BY HIMALAYAS.

IT WAS ONCE A PATCHWORK OF MINOR WARRING KINGDOMS IN 17TH CENTURY WHEN THE LLAMA AND A MILITARY RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN TIBET UNIFIED THE AREA.  LATER BUTAN WAS A STRONG COUNTRY IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY WHEN THEY CONTACTED BRITISH EMPIRE WITH INDIA.  BY 2006 BRITAIN WAS 1 OF THE HAPPIEST COUNTRIES IN ASIA.  THEIR STATE RELIGION IS BUDDISM AND IT IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEARLY 3/4TH OF A MILLION FOLKS.  BY 1990 THEY EXPELLED OR FORCED TO LEAVE 1/5 TH OF THE POPULATION TO PRESERVE TIBETAN CULTURE.  THEIR IDENTITY CLAIMED THOSE WHO WERE EXPELLED OR FORCED TO LEAVE `1/5TH OF THE POPULATION TO PRESERVE  TIBETAN CULTURE.  THEIR IDENTITY CLAIMED THOSE WHO WERE EXPELLED AND WERE ILLEGAL RESIDENTS.  AFTER MANY YEARS OF REFUGEE CAMPS MANY FOLKS LIVED IN SEVEN CAMPS.

THEY HAVE MANY DIVERSE ANIMALS AND EXOTIC PLANT LIFE. THEY ARE PRESERVING THESE ASPECTS AS CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY BECOMING INDEPENDENT.  ONLY IN THE THE 20TH CENTURRY DID THEY ALLOW FOREIGNERS HERE.  THEY BELIEVE IN A GURU AND BUDDHISM AFFECTS ALL OF THEIR SOCIETY.  THEY HAVE A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION TO GUARD THEIR TRADITION.

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NAPALI COAST, KAUAII

HERE MY FAMILY HAS TRAVELLED SEVERAL TIMES.  AT ONE POINT YOU USE A STEEL ROPE TO CROSS A RIVER.  THEN AT TIMES THE TRAIL HAD A LARGE FROGS.  IT WAS A BIT OF WET TRAIL AND WE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE  WATERFALLS.  I THINK WE HIKED TO THE POINT WHERE WE GOT VERY WET THEN TURNED AROUND. 

WAIMEA CANYON IS LIKE A SMALL VERSION OF THE GRAND CANYON.  I THINK WE TOOK A HIKE TO THE AREA AND A GLIMPSE OF LAYERS OF ROCK AND WATERFALLS,

POIPU BEACH IS A POPULAR BEACH WHERE FOLKS SWIM AND SEE DOLPHINS BY SNORKELING.  THEY HAVE MANY BEAUTIFUL COLORED FISH HERE AT THIS GENTLE BEACH.  WE STAYED AT A B & B HERE.

KAUAII IS FULL OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND HAS FEW LARGE RESORTS.  WE ESPECIALLY LIKE THE QUAINTNESS OF THIS ISLAND.

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 RIVER IN WASHINGTON RESORT.  THIS WAS THE LARGEST DAM REMOVAL PROJECT EVER.  THE MUDDY WATERS HAVE BEGUN TO BRING KING SALMON. HERE AGAIN.  THEY WILL ALLOW FRESHWATER HERE BY 2018.  IN A TWIST THEY ARE EMPTYING A RESERVOIR WHERE THEY FOUND A SACRED SITE OF THE KALLUM TRIBE IN WASHINGTON.

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KAMAKOW PRESERVE IN MOLOKAI

THIS IS A RARE HAWAIIAN PLANT CONSERVANCY. THIS 2700 ACRE PRESERVE IS FREE FROM DEVELOPMENT.  OVER 200 PLANTS CAN BE FOUND NOWHERE IN THE WORLD.  THEY HAVE  A MONTHLY TOUR OF THE NARROW KAMAKOW BOARDWALK IN THE FOREST.  ANOTHER UNUSUAL PRESERVE HERE IS NOOMONI PRESERVE IN NORTHWEST MACKAI.  IT IS RUN BY THE NATURE CONSERVANCY. 

MOLOKAI HAS ANCIENT FISHPONDS AND WERE BUILT 800 YEARS AGO.  THEY PRACTICED AQUACULTURE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PONDS. THEY HAVE LAVA WALLS THAT WERE THAT LEFT ARE IN SEAWATER.  THE FISH PONDS WERE OPEN BY THE BRACKISH WATER.  THE FISH PONDS WERE OPEN BY BRACKISH WATER THAT HAD RICH NUTRIENTS.  THEY HAVE DIFFERENT FISH PONDS RECONSTRUCTED AT THE KOLUKU NATIONAL PARK AND BIG ISLAND.

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KAUAII

HERE OUR FAMILY TOOK A RIDE TO A CATAMARAN AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME TIME SNORKELING DURING A TRIP.  WE DECIDED TO GET A CONDO WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO COOK AND HAVE SOME FUN AT NIGHT SWIMS.  WE STAYED AT SEVERAL B & B'S ONE YEAR SO WE COULD SEE THE ENTIRE ISLAND.  IT IS ONE OF HAWAII'S MOST REMOTE ISLANDS.  WE ACTUALLY CAMPED AT A BEACH HERE AS WELL.  ONCE OUR SON WAS ABOUT 6 WE TOOK HIM TO KAUAII.  WE HIKED ALONG THE BEACHES AND WENT TO POIPU BEACH.  HERE FOLKS SWIM AND SEE DOLPHINS UNDER WATER.  THEY HAVE SNORKELING HERE TOO.  THE MULTICOLORED FISH ARE BEAUTIFUL.

AT NAPALI COAST IT IS A WHERE WE HAD TO USE A STEEL ROPE TO CROSS A RIVER.  THEN AT TIMES THE TRAIL HAD LARGE FROGS.  IT WAS A WET TRAIL AND WE DIDN'T  MAKE IT TO THE WATERFALLS.  I THINK WE HIKED TO THE POINT WHERE GOT VERY WET THEN TURNED AROUND.

WAIMEA CANYON IS LIKE A SMALL VERSION OF THE GRAND CANYON.  I THINK MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK A HIKE AROUND THE AREA TO SEE A GLIMPSE OF LAYERS OF ROCK AND WATERFALLS.