BORICUAS coming over

[kiko]

we are coming to puna soon i come from cuba and my wife puerto rico we lived in miami for 5 yrs and are tired of the polotics (if you cuban you know what i mean) i was 18 when i left cuba and i looking for my paradise again.Hawaii is the only place left for us in this country i hope this is the place in cuba we are called guajiro or jibaro that is people who live off the land and take only what we need it sound like a lot of people in puna are like that OJALA

[Kapohocat]

You'll have to meet Sonia & anthony who write for the HIJ every few issues. Sonia immigrated (essentially fled) with her then 5 yr old son from Cuba when Castro came to power.

(Sonia is also the moderator for the Hawaii island Freecycle group!)

[mella l]

Good luck to you on your new home! Once in Oahu, waiting for a plane connection, I met a young man from Mexico, headed to Kona for the coffee harvest, a lovely younger person, full of life! One day he too hopes to make the move permanent!

mella l

[Daniel]

Aloha Kiko,

Van a comprar un terreno aqui? Muchas personas viven naturalmente aqui en puna. Le gustara mucho a puna. En que trabajan? Que esperan encontrar aqui? Bienvenidos a la isla grande.

Un gusto,

Daniel R Diamond

[kiko]

well we will rent when we get there we come in june i am a plumber for 14 yrs and in moving there what i am looking for can only be explained in feelings not words as latinos and caribenos we have a certain passion in life that i never realized until i left my island the american dream can be a tricky one and i see how people could lose there self thinking that they are reaching it. i come from a simple place and i need that again but i also to look out my window and see palmas and feel the sun and smell the rain and feel a peace that only comes from a tropical place and when i herd you have coquis i was hooked (even though you dont like them)

[cubanishi]

Hola Kiko,

Asi que se mudan para Hawaii? Bienvenidos! Yo soy cubana y vivo en la isla de Hawaii (The Big Island) y hace 3 anos que vivo aqui. Asi que cuando lleguen avisenos. De que parte de Cuba eres? Yo soy de Guines.

Maritza

[kiko]

OYE YA PRONTO NOS VAMOS. YO VENGO DE UN PUEBLITO KE NO PARECE NIGUNA MAPA DONDE SE JUNTA LA SIERRA CON EL MAR ()ALADO DE RIO PLATA, Y COBRE() YO SOY MAS GUAJIRO KE EL MONTE. VENGO EN MAYO CON MI ESPOSA DE 11 ANOS Y MI DOS NINOS. MI ESPOSA SE LLAMA ILIANA OJALA KE AI COMIDA CRIOLLA ALLA

[Johnnycake]

Kiko Bienvenido, yo espero que tu y su familia encontrará su paraíso, y su segunda casa. Yo también soy cubano y estaré haciendo Hawaii mi hogar. Vivo actualmente en Nueva York pero tengo un hogar que nos aguarda. Espero en julio o agosto temprano que vendremos. ¡Y Cubanishi yo no puedo creer tu eres de Guines!! Nací también allí. Por supuesto esto fue muchos años van desde que mi familia y yo dejaron en 1962. ¿Quién dice que esto no es un pequeño mundo? ¡Y cubanos viajan! Aloha, Juan