Monday was just delightful! We were due in Waikiki at 4:30 for a Luau, but we got up, and got out early. We moseyed our way up the east coast as suggested by Jeff's dive master.
We found a beautiful park Kualoa Park. We were impressed with the trees which seemed to grow in a fashion suggesting their harmony with the winds coming off the water. Once we took the short walk to the beach Jeff found a coconut and grabbed it.
We continued along the east coast of Oahu and found an anomaly, red water. The locals looked at us confused then gave us a variety of explanations for iron in the water to algae. Now we wished we would have pulled off the road and got pictures of it. It looked really weird!
We continued up the coast and turned to head toward Wakiki with the intention of hanging out there for the day prior to the luau. We went for brunch at the very hotel we gifted to Charissa and Neil for college graduation. They had a three story aquarium! You were able to sit int he dining room which was one wall of the restaurant. Jeff of course was chomping at the bit to gear up and dive in. We settled for brunch and a look at the fish:-) As we pulled up to the restaurant/hotel, we found ourselves a block and a half from where Nicky and Michael were staying. We hoped that we were in time to have them join us for brunch, which they had just finished, but they joined us all the same. We just had a delightful chat and a massive brunch. Soooo much fresh fruit! Yum! After brunch we headed for their hotel room to have a gander at Amanda's exquisite wedding gown, the pictures Michael had shot etc. Then we parted ways for the afternoon as they had things to do and Jeff and I had sightseeing...okay Dave and Buster's to see! Jeff and I had a ball at Dave and Busters. For those of you unfortunate readers unfamiliar with D&B's it is a HUGE video arcade with proprietary games that Jeff and I can dump $$$$ into, just to hear the clink:-) We miss the D&B's in Ohio, so when we are on vacation in a city which has one, we make every attempt to visit. We still had money on our power card so we returned after the luau and had great fun spending our winnings!
The luau was a bit wet, but our spirits were not dampened by the light rain and eventually it moved off. They pulled a pig our of the ground, that had been marinating for heaven only knows how long to serve amongst the guests.
Everyone looked so festive,and seemed to enjoy the luau.
Everyone had a laugh at my expense which started days before. Jeff and I had dinner on the beach. The ambience was lovely the food not to my particular liking that particular moment, so I ate the edible flowers. Jeff laughed so hard as he said "Here, I take you out to a nice restaurant and you eat the flowers!" Once shared with that group, it quickly became the joke of the vacation. Comment's like when Amanda throws the bouquet, make sure you just catch with your teeth! I digress, so there were were at the luau and STILL everyone thinks it is great to pass down their flowers for me to eat and Nicky and Amanda also tried one and discovered they actually tasted a bit like pineapple and weren't bad at all! I stepped away from the table for a short time, during which, Derek, not knowing my degree of vegetarianism put a flower on my plate that had previous been sitting atop his gravy or something smothered in animal! I popped the flower in my mouth and though I was going to redecorate the tablecloth in my own unique way! Gross! He later laughed when speaking with me about my vegetarian choice and the bouquet I eventually ate over time. I told him that I said nothing at the time but KNEW that flower had previously resided in gravy. He had the most memorable grin, but said nary a word. The dancing was good of course, and Jeff and I had a dance to the Hawaiian Wedding Song, as did all married couples in attendance. Such fun!
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