Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Papayas

Right: Rainbow papaya from Diamond Head Papaya Co
Left: Strawberry papaya from Kumu farms

Interesting fact: rainbow papayas are transgenic, with a gene to resist the ringspot virus that nearly eradicated Hawaii's papaya crops in the 90's. The strawberry papaya was labeled as organic, which is supposed to mean GMO-free, but the strawberry papaya is supposedly a hybrid bred from the rainbow papaya...more research is required. They are all, however, very delicious.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Monday, January 9, 2017

University of Hawaii

Brendan and his friend Damiano arranged some sweet on-campus housing for our stay in Honolulu.

The elevators stop on every third floor only: