Here are some of your observations:

Observations in Kona (Pu‘uhonua O Hōnaunau & Kamakahonu-Kailua)

Mahalo to Chiemi, Emily, Kylie, Ngozi and Trever

Indications of Americanization

• Of Kailua-Kona
• All kinds of tourist attractions
• Lots of touristy stores
• Lots of ABC Stores
• Restaurants and Bars
• Key Chains and Hats
• Different historical sites but LOTS of stores
• Music isn’t local in Kona Canoe Club
• The buildings along Ali‘i Drive and the harbor
• The cars and style of dress
• The ethnic diversity
• Many ‘For Sale’ and Foreclosure signs
• English language
• Christian churches
• Encroachment of hotel on sacred space
• Of Hōnaunau
• They brought in white sand instead of leaving it how it was
• There were paths built
• Tourism was infringing on sacred space
  
  

Resistance to Americanization and/or Hawaiian and local influences

• In both locations
• Heiau (Hale O Keawe, Ahu‘ena)
• Types of trees and plants (such as naupaka)
• People in the ocean
• At Hōnaunau
• They made it so that you can’t get on the platform
• There were many preservations of hawaiian artifacts such as the wall and the canoes and also hawaiian plants
• In Kailua
• There wasn’t much resistance to americanization because the tourist attractions are where the money comes in

Overheard in Kailua…

• "Don't be such a smartass, son" - Dad to son(+/-6yrs)
• "Yeeaaaaaaaah!!!" - two girls driving along Ali'i Drive in a convertible
• "I dun know" - two ladies, looked like tourists (30yrs and 50yrs), they walked to the end of Ali‘i drive and turned around to walk the other way
• [to us] "Is this the trolley place?" No.. "Uh, well your all just standing there.. that's weird! hmm.." - a couple, looked like tourists in their
  mid-late 20's.
• People trying to sell weed
• A couple looking for a trolley
• A family playing in the harbor

Personal responses

• i just thought it was soo amazing how the hawaiians were able to build that massive stone wall without any concrete in only five days and how it was able to withstand numerous amounts of tsunamis and earthquakes and still be standing almost totally untouched today.
• i felt very proud to be learning about a part of my personal history and ancestry.  although i also felt ashamed at how we are all living today! spoiled and lazy compared to the old hawaiians who worked hard each and every day.   and also how disrespectfull we all are to ourselves, the people around us and the land we live on!!!
• There is a profound sense of serenity to be found at Hōnaunau that persists despite any intrusive forces