Making of a president: Obama’s Hawaii a popular addition to Oahu tourist routes

If you’ve vacationed in Hawaii, you know the come-hither scent of flowers, the trade winds cooling the peaks and the warmth of the southern ocean.

Now imagine growing up here, where Barack Obama was born, exposed from the first to a culture where the impossible has evolved: a multiracial society, tolerant of differences and busily pursuing the delights and challenges of daily life.

— The Seattle Times