If you every plan on going to Hawaii, you MUST visit the Polynesian Culture Center. BYU Hawaii has organized this visitors center to help international, polynesian students pay for their schooling. It's not religious by any means. It's just a beautiful "theme park" that teaches the diversity of the polynesian culture. Tahiti, Samoa, New Zealand, etc. It's an all day event with a luau and an amazing show at the end of the night. (Check out the hula dancing at the end!) Full of entertainment! I love this culture. So family oriented, full of laughter, and they know how to eat! It was POURING most of the day but we had a great time in our stylish ponchos. We got a chance to see the temple, too. It got a bit crazy with the rain, but I was really proud of the kids. They did amazing and had a great time as well! Thank you to my mom and dad for treating us to such a special day!
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| One of our tour guides from New Zealand. All of the workers call everyone "cousin." |
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| My attempt at art. |
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| Garrett trying Poi, kind of a Hawaiian sweet potato dish, without the sweet. |
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| Knox tried it too. |
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| Reaction. |
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| Hula lesson. |
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| Tattoos. |
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| Samoan teaching how to make fire. He was hilarious. All of the shows were so entertaining! |
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| Poi balls. My dad has a real bad memory of these. Nuff said... |
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| Knox even did good in the rain. |
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| Visitors center at the temple. |
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| The Johns were the only ones brave enough to take their picture in front of the temple with the crazy weather conditions. |
Amazing show at the end of the night. The kids only saw about 5 minutes of it. They were out like lights from the crazy day! Highlight of our trip!
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