The fire dancer amazed us!
Dancing hula on stage!
Showing off for the crowd!
The deep blue Pacific with the bright setting sun.
Bright smiles to match the sunset!
The guy dancers were very popular!
All tattooed up with matching flowers!
You can never have enough pictures on your exchange trip!
All Hawaiian with the bright flowers in their hair!
Pretty girls at the luau at Paradise Cove.
Another breath taking view of Hanauma Bay.
Ready to see the colorful fish and sea turtles!
The beautiful Hanauma Bay.
Snorkeling is the best!
One of the most colorful fish in Hanauma bay!
Hello again!
We ate a lovely breakfast at Lulu's (as usual) and that Stuffed French Toast was still amazing... But then it started raining. And we totally freaked out! BUT then, the sun came out and the day became beautiful again... All at breakfast!
We were then free to ride off to Hanauma Bay to go snorkeling! The bay was made from a volcanic crater that was flooded and eroded into the ocean. A beautiful reef formed over time and the water is shallow and SUPER clear there! All that came between us and the reef was a short video about the reef rules. "Don't step on me, Under the sea..." (Little Mermaid tune) This started our wonderful underwater adventure.
We walked down into the crater and we put on our SUNSCREEN ;) and super cute equipment and got really happy because the time was finally here to go find some fishes! And we sure did find some colorful, exotic fish! Some of us were very very lucky and saw sea turtles!!! During our time at the bay, we also had a photo shoot, sunbathed, and just enjoyed our final moments in such a beautiful place! Eventually (and unfortunately) we had to pack up and leave the beach.
We ate some lunch in Waikiki, shopped, hung out a little bit at the pool and then got ready for the big LUAU (feast/party/celebration) at Paradise Cove! We showed up looking our most Hawaiian. When we arrived, we were welcomed by typical (cute!) Hawaiians, who gave us shelled leis (necklaces) and tropical drinks. Before dinner, we got to do different Hawaiian cultural activities, like lei-making, hula dancing, spear-throwing and we saw the Huki Lau ceremony. We even saw how they prepare the famous Kalua Pork! Then we ate dinner and had yummy dessert! Very Hawaiian.
After dinner came the best part: Learning to dance hula from the the extremely good looking and beautiful dancers. We enjoyed the show with dancing and fire-knife dancing (!!!) performances. Luca and Biancia (Italians represent!) were brave enough to go on stage with the Tahitian dancers and try to dance like pros! It was fun for everyone!
The show finally ended with "Mahalo and Aloha" and we slowly made our way back to the bus. We quickly started realizing that this is our last night together and that the time has passed so fast! We made such good friends in only a week and experienced so many amazing things here in Hawaii!
We will never forget this trip and we agree that it was one of the best trips in our entire lives!!! We not only got to know about Hawaii, but about cultures from all over the world. We are all OHANA and "cousins" and will be forever!
We are so Hawaiian now that we even made our own word: "MALOHA" to you (Mahalo + Aloha, or Thanks and goodbye- for now)
Thank you to Belo USA for the wonderful opportunity to be here!
Shaka! (~hang loose~)
Bianca from Italy
Elisa from Italy
Karolina from Czech Republic
Christin from Germany
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