Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Hawaii - Day 7 - Polynesian Culture Center

Don't. Even. Get. Me. Started. The Polynesian Cultural Center rocked my freakin' socks off!

We started the day with a tour of the Dole Pineapple Plantation. I had no idea that pineapple's grew close to the ground on big spikey plant things. I have tons of photos and so when I put together the "Eddo's Super Freakin' Amazing Hawaiian Trip Journal" you WILL BE AMAZED.

For a late lunch we ate in the North Shore area at a restaurant called Rosie's Cantina - it was the bomb. Smothered chimichangas, Enchiladas Suizas, Quesadillas, and some of the freshest salsa I ever ate. We really did get three meals and share them - it ruled.

Then we ventured over to the Polynesian Cultural Center which is a lot like the Disney Land of Cultural Centers. 7 cultural islands were recreated - Fiji, Tahiti, Aetorea, Tonga, were among some of the cultures that were recreated. It was really spectacular and overall I think we took over 400 pictures today.


Tahitian Treat

After about 5 hours of shows and canoe rides we drove back to the North Shore and had pizza at a little hole-in-the-wall pizza joint called "Pizza Bobs". We had Barbecue Chicken pizza with fresh pineapples - it was tasty, not as good as the Mexican food we had for lunch, but tasty nonetheless.

There is way too much to talk about in a single postbut soon you will have more than you ever wanted to know.

Hugs and the Fijian word for today - Bula Vinaka - Live Long, Happy, Prosperous Lives...

10 Comments:

Faith in Florida said...

Oh man...I am SOOOOO jealous right now:)

5:35 AM  
Robin said...

Are you sure those words are Fijan and not Vulcan? Sounds amazingly similar to "Live long and prosper"!

6:32 AM  
Melissa said...

The Polynesian Cultural Center is definitely cool! And please tell me you got a Dole Whip at the Dole Plantation - they are the best! :) If not, you HAVE to get one before you leave! The pictures and stories are bringing back great memories - I'm jealous you are there!

6:36 AM  
Angelica said...

That sounds awesome. I'm looking foward to seeing more pictures.

6:36 AM  
jes said...

remember when that movie Blue Crush came out? About the surfer girls in Hawaii? After I saw that movie, I promised myself that I would move to the big island and become a surfer girl.

however, after seeing your picture of the Tahitian Treat, now I am promising myself to move to HI and become a dancer on a floating board in the canal.

That would be so cool.

7:23 AM  
Melissa said...

Jes, FYI, that movie Blue Crush was actually shot on Oahu at the hotel that Austin and I stayed at on our honeymoon. :)

7:59 AM  
Cookie723 said...

Oh how fun - I am itching to go on vacation....gee, wonder where I should head! :)

9:11 AM  
Edgy Mama said...

Robin knows Vulcan? Hmmmm.

10:21 AM  
Live, Love, Laugh said...

wow, your trip has been awesome!!! You have been missed around here!

2:57 PM  
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11:28 PM  

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