Hawaii: Wednesday and Thursday

We decided to rest most of the day on Wednesday because we were really worn out from our trip to the big island. But, on Wednesday night we did the most touristy thing to do while in Hawaii. We went to a Luau. We narrowed it down to two possible ones to go to and finally picked the Paradise Cove one. They served alcohol and the other one didn't so we figured it would make it more tolerable with a little liquor in the system. Before the meal and show they had Hawaiian games and craft demonstrations. They had a guy climb a palm tree and throw out a bunch of flower petals on everyone. They had hula lessons. They had a royal court processional with hawaiian dancing and uncovering of the kalua pig. It was very touristy and a little cheesy. The time for food finally came. It was all you can eat and the food was actually pretty good. There was kalua pig, fish, lomi salmon, chicken, rice, salads, poi, dessert, etc. While we were eating at long tables there was a show on the main stage that consisted of lots of hula dancing, music and singing, and fire twirling. We did get to see a pretty good sunset which was nice. I am not sure it was worth the $68 each but I guess if you are in Hawaii you should go to one.







Thursday was a pretty low key day also. We have completed most things on our list of stuff to do. We tried to go to the beach in the morning but it was overcast all morning and kind of chilly so we did not stay too long. Today was the day that we did the USS Arizona Memorial (Pearl Harbor). It has been closed since we have been here because of constructions nearby but it reopened today. They only let so many people a day go to it because it is not that big and they have to ferry people over to it. So, you go early in the morning and get a ticket for an allotted time. We got there at 8am and the next available tour over there was 12:40 so we had to waste some time. There was a bunch of stuff to see around the visitor center. Anyway, we finally made over to the memorial. It was really cool to be there and see it after studying about it in school and hearing about it your whole life. It wasn't amazing or anything but definitely worth seeing.