Hawaii Day 4

Day four in Hawaii was very busy! We woke up and were going to try to find the Hukilau Cafe which was close on Mondays which was great because we were going to be heading their on Tuesday with Ban and Lorena. We wanted to take some time before we left to drive around Laie.

This picture is at Brigham Young University Hawaii. I took a lot of pictures of the college for our friend Lauren who will be attending there in January. Lo, you are soo lucky!

After driving around we checked into the Turtle Bay Resort on The North Shore where we stayed for our last night on Oahu.

These pictures were all taken from our room.

We didn't actually have time to swim in the pools but aren't they beautiful?

Ryan on the balcony, just in case you couldn't tell.

After we checked in we headed to the Polynesian Cultural Center where Ban was kind enough to let us use his discount. They had some of the most amazing surfboards there. Probably too nice to surf on though.

Next we watched the water show that was basically a parade of all the different islands and cultures on boats. The music was fantastic and we even got to sit next to a crowd of Japanese people!

Here is Ryan playing some of the Polynesian games they have to try.

Here is Ryan spear throwing! While Ryan was spear throwing I had the opportunity to watch a guide make a fish toy out of leaves. He actually gave me his which was nice!

In Haiti they gave Ryan a tattoo and we practised stick dancing

When we reached Tonga we wanted to watch the drum show. They need three volunteers and decided on them based on where you were from. Since we are technically living in Utah we said Utah and Ryan got picked. There were three men California, Japan and Utah. Luckily Ryan was there to help interpret for the Japanese man. They all had to take turns pounding on the drums and speaking the language. I actually filmed it, if anyone wants to see.

After this we attended the Luau at the PCC. There were so many people which was a lot of fun. We got to talk to people from literally all over the world who were visiting the PCC.

We watched wonderufl entertainment and enjoyed an awesome authentic meal!

Here is the drink we were served. A pina colada, yum!

When we arrived back at the hotel we enjoyed the views before the sun went down.

Here's for another amazing day in paradise!