A great place to swim with dolphins in the wild is in the waters off of Big Island, Hawaii, especially along the Kona Coast. The most common type of dolphins to spot in Hawaii are spinner dolphins. Some locations offer packages to swim with captive dolphins, but the best experience is a dolphin snorkeling tour, where you can see dolphins in their natural habitat, rather than in a pool.

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To reap these benefits and help you overcome the challenges of acclimating to life in a foreign country, creating a community for yourself and your children is essential. A network of friends, which can include other expat families, can help you cope with homesickness and the lack of nearby family support. They can provide the support and connection you need both as an individual and as a parent to help solidify your roots in your new home. There are a number of good ways to help you find your community, including searching for local expat groups on Facebook, joining a local mommy-and-me group, checking with a nearby military base for an expat community and contacting your home country’s embassy for the many often overlooked resources they provide. 

Try to create a community of both fellow expats AND families from your new country. Fellow expats can help you cope with homesickness by being able to commiserate with them over missing family back home and discussing similar frustrations you may feel about adapting to life abroad. This is a valuable connection to have for obvious reasons. But also having a connection to families from your new country is helpful because they can offer help in figuring out or clarifying things you might need to know that only a local might understand. They can help you adapt sometimes even faster by showing you how things work in your new country.