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            Last summer, my family and some of my sister’s friends took a trip to Hawaii to visit my sister’s family. I was born there, but don’t remember anything because we moved to Cleveland when I was like 15 months. I had hands down the best time of my entire life. We flew into Oahu, and it was the most beautiful place I had ever seen, and from the moment we got there, I knew I would one day retire there. For the first half of our trip, we stayed with my Uncle Ceasar and his family. The weather, the scenery, and everything about it was amazing. We got to experience the local life and see some unforgettable places. We went hiking on a trail into the mountains, which was pretty rough. It took us about an hour and a half to finally get where we were going, but when we reached our destination we knew it was worth it. Deep into the forest, with some crazy looking trees and plants, we arrived at a 30-foot waterfall pouring into a small lake. We all climbed up the side and sat on a ledge as the waterfall splashed on our backs, then we chilled there for a while and took turns jumping off. One of the most awesome things I have ever done in my life. We also went camping for the 4^th of July, in a private beach on the east side of the mountains. The water was strait aqua, the sand was so smooth, and the sun felt so good. We stayed the weekend there and I got to sleep on the beach, and I was woken up by the amazing sunrise over the beach. We camped and partied with my sister’s huge extended Philippine family all weekend, and cooked some amazing food on the beach. One of my cousins caught a baby shark in the water! It was pretty sweet. We also hit some other amazing sights, like Hanauma Bay and the North Shore, where we jumped off of this huge 30-foot rock into the ocean, so bomb. After experiencing the local life for a week, we got a hotel in Waikiki and partied it up for five days. This was the first time I had been back since I was born, and the first time I met my sister’s family, and it was by far the best two weeks of my life. I can’t wait to go back there the summer after next, I’ve been looking forward to it since I got on the plane ride home.