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Sunday Luau

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Sunday was a great day of tasty treats from Hawaii. After waking up at a reasonable time. About 7:30AM, you see it takes a while to get use to the 5 hour time difference. Wednesday I woke up at about 3:00am in the morning. That would be 8:00am Florida time. That gave me a lot of free time till any coffee shops opened. So being able to sleep in till 7:30 was great.
Now earlier in the week we had stopped by a little donut shop called "The Royal Hawaiian Cafe and Lounge". Well we were back for our custom made malasadas. A dozen or more were waiting for us when we got there Sunday morning. The malasadas were very tasty. We did take a few for later.
After breakfast we hung out by the pool to save our energy because this evening we were attending a Hawaiian Luau. 
Once again we would be traveling across the island. After a scenic drive we arrived at the Courtyard Marriott King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel.  There was where we would
be attending the "Island Breeze Luau He 'Ohana Kakou" (We Are A Family).  We arrived a little early and had time to look at some of the Hawaiian artwork on display in the lobby. There was a handmade racing outrigger canoe. In the description of the canoe it was made from one tree,
carved in a single piece. It looked to hold 6 people. There were also painting of many events and people from the history of Hawaii. 
At 5:30 they began letting us line up and receive our wrist band and Hawaiian Lei. 

After getting checked in we moved out to the luau. everything was set up ready for a crowd of hungry, thirsty people. We were seated and then the bar opened. Everyone headed that way and found a table full of mai tai and other tropical drinks. While drinks were being served we also had a chance to get "Hawaiian tattoos"  and see the opening of the kalua,
the underground oven where the pig was cooked.
Then an announcement
that the Royal canoe and King Kamehameha and his royal court were arriving. They paddled into our lagoon and then proceeded from the shore to the stage. 

We then were invited to go to the the Hawaiian buffet that was ready for us. and it was quite a spread. 

I tried a little of everything that was offered.
I'm not sure what my favorite was because I cleaned my plate! 
After dinner we had the dancers come to stage and perform dances from all the different Polynesian Islands. It was quite impressive to see all the different dances and costumes. 
We had a lot of fun.


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  1. P.A.February 1, 2020 at 4:42 PM

    So very cool! You guys really had a wonderful trip. I love the pictures and the canoe was beautiful

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  2. Chan BlissFebruary 1, 2020 at 4:48 PM

    Still got two more days to write about.

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