Hawaii! (continued)

Everyday we've been going to the beach, and a man- made lagoon next to it. The swimming pool is really boring because they don't let you do anything fun, such as jump off the edge. The lagoon is my favorite because it isn't as good as the beach in terms of waves, but it didn't have tons of rocks you have to step on to get to deeper spots. Yesterday my family went to the Polynesian Culture Center, which was really cool. The culture center represents different cultures of different islands in the Pacific Ocean, such as Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Fiji, Hawai'i, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga, and Aotearoa (New Zealand). My family went to four islands: Tonga, New Zealand, Hawai'i, and Samoa. Tonga was my favorite, because the "natives" pulled three men out of the crowd to play with them. One guy, from Missouri, was really good. Another guy from New Jersey couldn't really follow what the guy was doing, so started singing "Who Let the Dogs Out!" and got one of the drummers really mad. The last guy, a Japanese guy, couldn't understand anything. The drummer asked him to say "Are you ready?" in Japanese, but the guy didn't understand what he meant and just copied the way he said it. It was really funny, and the guys got crowns in the end, which were really weird because there was a little tuft at the top that the drummer guy pulled up to full length. After the drummers we went to have a canoe ride. It made my arms really tired, but it was pretty cool. Later we went to dinner in the Aloha Luau. There were my deserts than options in the main course, so it was pretty cool. There were also Hawaiian dancers dancing almost the whole time, and music. After that we went to this show called Ha, The Breath of Life. It was awesome, especially because there were these fire dancers that had sticks that looked like knives and had fire on both ends. They twirled them around, threw them, had two at a time, they did everything with them! There was also a part where they had a big bonfire and all the men were walking through the fire and sitting on it with these funny giant skirts. The show is amazing, and there is no other way to describe it. The people in it really had talent. They knew how to dance like natives and all. After the show we all got on a bus and drove back to the hotel (a little more than an hour away from the center). It was a very exciting day.