Without a compass: giving directions the Hawaiian way - Eavesdropping Traveler I went looking for good shave ice on O'ahu. When I asked for directions, I didn't get the normal East-West or right-left kind of answers. I got a very Hawaiian answer instead. And now I share it with you. Turns out, your language says a lot about how you've been taught to think about directions. Webpage with text and links to info: http://www.nativlang.com/eavesdropping-traveler/04-hawaii.php Music, audio, art & photography by nativlang Maps from demis.nl Compass and other stock images modified from morguefile.com Human with Cartesian axes modified from Wikimedia (public domain)