Hawaii
We took a little break from our travels in Hawaii for a day or so. We got in to Hawaii in the morning and rested for a few hours. When we woke up from our jet lag stupor we headed down to the pool. It was so beautiful there and even warmer than Okinawa. We stayed in the Hale Koa hotel, the military resort on Waikiki beach. It was so nice to take a break and so relaxing. Here's Matthew by the pool.
Anna wanted to swim on her own...but Scott helped her.
We had to pose by the banyan tree 'cause Scott and I came here on our honeymoon and took a picture by the tree. Five years later we're back...and plus two and a half.
We went to the luau at the Hale Koa. The luau was awesome!! Despite our bumpy (literally and figuratively) travel day, being at the luau made me so happy! I've only been to a few luaus in Hawaii, but this was the best yet! Here we are at the luau enjoying our tropical beverages - we got the non-alcoholic ones of course.
They had some little demos and crafts for the kids to try, including swinging these poi balls. They loved it!
Matthew liked his shell lei and special hat! Anna was afraid of the hat so she didn't get one.
Taking the pig out of the imu - the oven in the ground. It smelled so good!
Sitting down to dinner. The food was SOOO GOOD!! The best Hawaiian food I've had!
Fresh tropical fruits, lomi lomi salmon, a spicy seaweed salad (not that weird or foreign to us coming from Japan), a vinegared cucumber and papaya salad and poi!
We also ate kahlua pork (delicious!!), some kind of Hawaiian chicken, beef and fish (I don't know what they all were called, but they were tasty!) fried banana, roasted sweet potato with toasted coconut and fried rice. And for dessert coconut cake and haupia. Some of these things I've only heard of and never eaten, so it was all very exciting for me...and did I mention, delicious!
Of course there was a little show - very fun. Here are the fire dancers - Matthew's favorite part. He talked about it a lot afterward. The pictures turned out dark and blurry of course, but it was cool. It was so nice to take a little break in Hawaii! More travel adventures to come.
We took a little break from our travels in Hawaii for a day or so. We got in to Hawaii in the morning and rested for a few hours. When we woke up from our jet lag stupor we headed down to the pool. It was so beautiful there and even warmer than Okinawa. We stayed in the Hale Koa hotel, the military resort on Waikiki beach. It was so nice to take a break and so relaxing. Here's Matthew by the pool.
Anna wanted to swim on her own...but Scott helped her.
We had to pose by the banyan tree 'cause Scott and I came here on our honeymoon and took a picture by the tree. Five years later we're back...and plus two and a half.
We went to the luau at the Hale Koa. The luau was awesome!! Despite our bumpy (literally and figuratively) travel day, being at the luau made me so happy! I've only been to a few luaus in Hawaii, but this was the best yet! Here we are at the luau enjoying our tropical beverages - we got the non-alcoholic ones of course.
They had some little demos and crafts for the kids to try, including swinging these poi balls. They loved it!
Matthew liked his shell lei and special hat! Anna was afraid of the hat so she didn't get one.
Taking the pig out of the imu - the oven in the ground. It smelled so good!
Sitting down to dinner. The food was SOOO GOOD!! The best Hawaiian food I've had!
Fresh tropical fruits, lomi lomi salmon, a spicy seaweed salad (not that weird or foreign to us coming from Japan), a vinegared cucumber and papaya salad and poi!
We also ate kahlua pork (delicious!!), some kind of Hawaiian chicken, beef and fish (I don't know what they all were called, but they were tasty!) fried banana, roasted sweet potato with toasted coconut and fried rice. And for dessert coconut cake and haupia. Some of these things I've only heard of and never eaten, so it was all very exciting for me...and did I mention, delicious!
Of course there was a little show - very fun. Here are the fire dancers - Matthew's favorite part. He talked about it a lot afterward. The pictures turned out dark and blurry of course, but it was cool. It was so nice to take a little break in Hawaii! More travel adventures to come.
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