In Hawaii, directions such as North, South, East, and West are substituted with North Shore, South Shore, Diamond Head (East), Ewa (West), Makai (Ocean), or Mauka (Mountain). Don't worry about getting totally lost since you'll have the ocean on one side and the mountain on the other. Plus, many drivers now have GPS and Google Maps to guide them along. An app called Waze gets real time updates on traffic by those participants who are on the road ahead of you. Be thankful to those motorists who send in reports to notify drivers behind them whether or not the coast is clear.
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