Hawaii- Day 3

Sorry, but the time change has really messed me up on my posts and when to talk to my kids back home. Here’s some fun things we did yesterday. The tide was really far out in the morning so we were able to walk on the break. You could only see it through the waves the day before. HI KIDS!

I was having a great time on the rocks until I spotted this. And then I saw more and more and more. I got off those rocks way quicker than I got on. What is it with crabs and their little eyes? It creeps me out!

Hubby’s on the other side of the break wall standing on a sand bar. Look how shallow it still is. I’m still on the rocks here, because I haven’t seen all the crabs yet.

Fish like to hang out around the break wall. The little black ones were so cute, but we couldn’t get a picture of them because they were so fast. They would jump out of the water every few seconds.

After the beach, we drove around the island a bit. Our first stop was Hanauma Bay. We are making our way back there later this week to snorkel.

This is the Halona Blow Hole. The tide was still low so we didn’t see a big blow, only a few little spouts.

Looking from Halona Blow Hole to Makapu’u Point.

This whole area of the island reminded me of Jurassic Park.

The mountains are so steep and green.

Chinaman’s Hat .

A palm tree at the Kualoa Beach Park.

A cute little red headed bird. I have no idea what it is, but it was cute.

We finally made it to the Polynesian Cultural Center. The drive should have taken about an hour, but because of all our stops it was about 2 1/2 hours before we got there.

We started out at the Center by watching the Canoe Pageant. The islands were all represented. Above is Hawaii, below is Tonga.

This is Tahiti. They all danced traditional dances for their island.

And played traditional music. This is New Zealand.

This is Samoa. Their costumes were very colorful.

And this is Fiji. The pageant was about a half hour, then we went around to each  island area for a show and information about the islands.

We took a canoe ride back to the area for the Luau. This picture is for Ammon and Zach. I knew they would appreciate seeing the Dum Dum’s bums.

Yummy Luau food! The purple food on the bottom is a sweet potato and the one on top is a roll. Also shredded pork, terayaki chicken, rice, pineapple, and salad. No, I didn’t get any poi.

Yummy, pina colada smoothie!

This one’s for Amanda. Cute guy smiling at you from a tree.

After the Luau, we saw the show Ha: Breath of Life. It was so good. I couldn’t take pictures because for some reason I couldn’t get my flash to turn off, but here’s what the stage looks like.

And before we left we had to take a picture with some interesting tiki’s.

Look kids, daddy made a new friend.

What a fun and long day. I’m surprised we made it back to the hotel without falling asleep.