Hawaii Day Three

On our third day in Honolulu we were picked up by another tour guide in the morning.  We went on a “circle island” tour.  We basically went around the island stopping off at different points.  We saw very nice and less crowded beaches.  We went up into the mountains and saw some incredible views.  We saw the Dole plantations, and stopped and had the best pineapple ice cream I have ever had.

Then we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center.  I wasn’t sure what to expect there, but everything I read was that it was a must visit.  I don’t know if I agree, but we did have a good time.  The Polynesian Cultural Center is actually located on a BYU campus, and it pretty much ran by the students.  When we first got there we watched a little parade on a river when students were demonstrating different island cultural dances.

After the parade it was a little boring.  We walked around looking at different cultural demonstrations of different things.

Evenings at the Cultural Center they have a luau.  The luau was interesting, and it was nice to have some good local food, but it did seem very commercialized.  Later talking to other people I leaned that pretty much all the luaus on the island are that way now.

After the luau was watched an amazing show that included a lot of fire dancing.  The Polynesian Cultural Center may have been a little boring during the day, the food and show definitely made it worth the price.