Today’s post is a collection of questions I have been asked or heard asked in and about the state of Hawaii. And I promise I have not made any of them up.

The inspiration came from a manager from the Four Seasons Lanai, who told me that when he talked to a guest about spear-fishing, was asked

“Can you swim all the way under the island?”

Another true questions, either asked of me personally or vouched for by hotel or boat staff:

“Is there water on the other side of the island?”

And to hotel employees regularly,

“Do you live on the island?”

Along with,

“Where do you get electricity?”

Asked to me as a travel agent,

“Can you use U.S. money in Hawaii?”

And its corollaries,

“Do you need a passport to go to Hawaii?” and “Do the natives speak English?”

“Can you drop off a rental car on a different island?” (The person in question thought it was like the Florida Keys with bridges.)

Asked on a catamaran off Maui,

“What altitude are we at now?”

“Where do the whales sleep?”

And of an island in the distance,

“Is that Catalina?”

And my all time favorite:

“How do they keep the islands from floating apart?”

(The person in question here was commenting on the “nice” formation of the islands, with Hawaii as the most southeast, Kauai on the west. The hotel employee who told me the story said he still wishes he had told her they were all anchored to the ocean floor with really big anchors.)

Although if any TripShake readers have heard questions to match or top these, please feel free to add them in comments.

Photo from the Fairmont Orchid on the Big Island of Hawaii.