We wandered around and went to IHOP for breakfast yesterday morning. Terrible service and not such great food. Usually IHOP is great but not this time. Oh well, can't bat a hundred all the time.
We were back in time to change and go catch our luau bus. Now....a word about that luau.
There are luaus and there are luaus. The one we went to last night was utterly amazing. To begin with instead of their being from 100 to 500 people, there were only twenty. And the convo back and forth with them was hilarious! We were driven way up to the top of a mountain looking out over the hills to Honolulu. The park up there was closed to the public and the house is now a park house and the outside was all set up for a most amazing experience. I am putting pics below and if you read the captions it will explain and show what we did and saw.
The only thing I was disappointed about was part of the food. It was a farm to table menu...and the food was fantastic! But there was no poi, no macaroni salad (my fave), no Lomi Lomi salmon (another must as a luau is really the only place you can get it) and no more endless drinks. You only got two and had to pay for any more. But all that was a small price to pay considering the experience we had. More below.
We were driven back down the mountain in our vans that held ten guests. And those guests were so enjoyable...except four of them. I am not going to mention their nationality but I gotta tell ya, talk about rude. They talked whilst the driver told us history and jokes and general info. And one of them didn't stop moving. At the site, while we were being regaled with information and history and story, she didn't quit moving the whole time...exercising, swinging her arms around, kicking her legs, swinging back and forth...showboating. Then, when the reed braiding and other crafts were being demonstrated, she got the others to exercise along with her, clapping hands, slapping their bodies. So frigging rude!!!
Today we met the bus, it held about twenty people, and did the circle island tour. It was fun! It rained then shined then rained then shined through the whole trip. Our driver/guide was wonderful! Funny, charming and full of info.
We stopped at a macadamia farm, viewpoints, monk seal laying on the beach, chinaman hat rock, blowhole, north shore viewing, one hour to snorkel at a beach with turtles and the Dole Pineapple Plantation. All in all a fantastic day.
And now we are lying in bed watching Survivor. We walked across the street to a food/grocery store and bought stuff...bread, salads, cream cheese, cheese cake, chicken blah blah blah and came back to our room and snuggled in to tv and home made supper. Sigh! What more could one want!...well maybe a good looking Hawaiian waiting on us..one way or the other!!!!
Such a fantastic couple of days. But now we are ready to relax and not do too much. Yes!!! Vacation time! TTYL
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| THESE STUPID PICTURES ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF ORDER....OUR CAMERO |
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| OUR DRIVER AND LUAU HOST RENO. THAT IS THE IMU (PIG COOKING) PIT. |
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| WE WERE EACH GIVE A BIG LEAF AND SHOWN HOW TO WRAP A PIECE OF SWEET POTATO TO COOK IN THE IMU PIT |
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| THAT IS COOKIE'S WRAPPED PIECE OF POTATO |
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| COOKIE HOPPED RIGHT IN THERE AS A VOLUNTEER AND TOOK GIANT LEAVES AND THREW THEM IN THE PIT |
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| WE WERE ENTERTAINED BY A WONDERFUL FIRE DANCER |
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| ON THE TRIP TODAY WE SAW A MONK SEAL, SHE IS EITHER SICK OR GIVING BIRTH, OR RESTING |
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| MY SHRIMP FROM THE SHRIMP TRUCK....THE HOT AND SPICY ONE....DELICIOUS AND FUN |
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| THE SEATING AREA FOR EATING OUR SHRIMP |
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| THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS OF THE LUAU |
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| THE BLOW HOLE....WHICH DIDN'T BLOW |
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| CHINAMAN'S HAT ROCK |
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| A LOOKOUT STOP ON THE WAY UP TO THE LUAU |
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| A VERY GRACEFUL DANCER AT THE LUAU |
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| COOKIE MAKING A BRACELET |
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| THE VIEW ON THE WAY DOWN |
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| OUR BUS TOAY FOR THE CIRCLE ISLAND TOUR |
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| THE WOMAN IN WHITE...WHOSE HANDS ARE A BLUR, NEVER QUIT MOVING...VERY RUDE |
Love that pic of the blow hole! - TJ
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