During high
However, despite all of this, I had a small group of friends who would sit with me at lunch, even though I mostly did homework during lunch and ate protein bars on the bus to Elkhorn Crossing School (a magnet school I attended). I managed to not take a summer off during high school and graduated in three years.
During my gap year between high school and college, I had the opportunity to travel. I loved every minute of it. My gap year was the best thing I ever did for myself, even though everyone I met told me not to do it. I overcame being this incredibly shy and awkward person. My mom likes to say I "blossomed". Being in another country really changes you. It opens your mind up
Back story time is over. Now, on this week's article. Because I love to travel so much, I decided to tell you guys about an opportunity called WWOOFing. WWOOFING or World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, is an amazing way to travel on the cheap. To quote the official website: "WWOOFers are revolutionary-minded individuals who are driven to do their part within the worldwide organic, eco-friendly farming movement. They sign up through WWOOF Hawaii to lend a hand on scenic farms of their choice throughout the five main Hawaiian islands. During their WWOOFing journey, they take part in exciting educational organic farming activities and experience the joy of travelling to new places, where they meet a vibrant collection of people from all over the globe. WWOOFers typically participate in
Within the WWOOF Hawaii movement, there are easily over 200 farms to choose from, some are mostly fruit and vegetable oriented, some a tea
How do you get to Hawaii in under $300 you ask? I will tell you.
Allegiant air is a relatively inexpensive way to fly. If you have more time than you
Here is where it gets pretty tricky. Allegiant Airlines has a flight from Cincinnati to Honolulu costing at the cheapest $160 if planned right. But it may not match up to your flight from Cincinnati to Las Vegas. You may have a few days to spend in Las Vegas, but hey! It's Vegas!
While you are stuck in Las Vegas, I have a few recommendations:
~ Antelope Canyon. It is roughly a four and a half hour drive, but totally worth it in my own humble opinion.
~Hoover Dam. It is a whopping 30 minute drive! I know, so incredibly long.
~Grand Canyon. Roughly a four hour drive, but an incredibly beautiful drive.
~Santa Barbra. Five and a half hours of driving on mostly interstate. But, if you have an incredibly long layover, you could drive to Santa Barbra, take the ferry out to the Channel Islands and camp! It would totally be worth it.
OR, you could just stay in Las Vegas. It is Las Vegas after all.
Now, once you finally get to Hawaii and either decide to WWOOF or not is up to you. I do have some useful information to go with WWOOFing or not. Hawaii has an amazing bus system called "The Bus" (I know, super original). A monthly pass is $60 and a one way ticket is $2.50.
Here is the WWOOF Hawaii
Here is the web page for answering questions about WWOOFing in Hawaii:
https://wwoofhawaii.org/what-makes-great-wwoofer
*This is only how to get to Hawaii. Prices may or may not be the same for return tickets. The prices listed are one way tickets.*