January 8, 2006
We finished breakfast then boarded a bus for the #1 paid attraction of Hawaii, The Polynesian Cultural Center. The certer has seven native villages with authentic homes and structures, shows preformed by students from the countries: Tonga, Tahiti, Marquesas, Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand and Samoa. We tasted coconut bread in Tahiti, Maria wove a dish for the audience in Tonga, and she danced with the natives in Marquesas. At mid day it began to rain and that turned into a down pour. We bought ponchos to stay as dry as we could along with all the other tourists. It poured the rest of the day. The dancers just danced in the rain. Maria got cold and was glad when we went into the Imax theater to see a movie about the coral reef. Hawaii's largest and most authentic luau was next. We each recieved a fresh flower lei. Four natives did the ritual of removing the well roasted pig from the fire pit, or imu. The food was very yummy. We had a royalfeast that harkened back to the days of old with ...