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Mark Twain said of Hawaii that it is, “…the loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean.” Every year thousands of people make Hawaii their vacation destination choice. Although Hawaii is one of the most geographically isolated areas on Earth, it remains one of the most continuously populated. The state capital, urban Honolulu, is a cosmopolitan metropolis with more than 370,000 people. With the added tourists, the remoteness of Hawaii mixed with the high population, makes it a profound contradiction.

It is little wonder why this isolated area attracts so many different people. There are 137 islands, islets, and shoals that constitute the Hawaiian Island chain that is situated at the northern tip of the Polynesian Triangle, a stretch of ocean that is roughly the size of Europe and North America combined. Eight main islands constitute what is today known as Hawaii: Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, Kaho’olawe, Lanai, and Ni’ihau.

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