chase the light

We’re up here on the north shore and drove down to Haleiwa for breakfast. We stopped along the way at Sunset Beach, Pipeline and Waimea. The surf was really rough and breaking again right on to the beach. Nice though. Click on the pic to heed the warning. After breakfast we walked around Haleiwa for a bit and grabbed a couple of Shave Ice’s at Matsumoto’s. Why is it only in Hawaii?????? Shave Ice is soooo good. Guess it’s kinda nice to be one of those things you get while in the islands.

After lunch we headed back up the coast to go to the Polynesian Cultural Center which was really a nice surprise. As touristy as it was it’s worth it. All of the major island groups are represented by people from those islands. Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, Marquesas, New Zealand, and Hawaii. All doing demonstrations regarding their culture through arts, dance, singing and daily life.

We kinda ran out of time but planned to come back on Friday because we had to get to the Luau. Yum. The luau area was huge and had a small stage show where they also cooked a pig in the ground. That little piggy didn’t quite make it all the way home. The food was really good and I think I actually went back for thirds. Ha! And dessert seconds. This little piggy had a good time.

After the luau we wandered back down to the entrance of the Cultural Center and waited for the main show in the arena to start. “Horizons”, ooooo sounds grand doesn’t it? Psych-out! It was! Lots of torches, singing, chanting and ushers carrying around signs saying no flash photography. That were lit up. “No flash photography” “No flash photography” “No flash photography” “No flash photography” OK, we get it. Show was great though. May be a bit pricy, but thumbs up.

So, the Polynesian Cultural Center is great. All that and it’s run by Brigham Young University. Mormons, running a theme park. You’d never now.