Adventures with Liz

Place of Refuge: Day 8

Finally stole my computer back from the crazy hordes. Apparently I’m the only one with a computer that works on the wireless.

Today we went to the Place of Refuge. There was a cultural festival going on, so we watched people make traditional Hawaiian crafts like baskets and hair wreaths and sampled some traditional Hawaiian food, including taro, ahi, sugar cane, and sweet potato. Sweet potato, by the way, is actually purple. What we in the continental U.S. call a sweet potato is not actually a sweet potato, but a yam. Despite the strange color, I think the purple sweet potato was the best thing there.

Then we went snorkeling. We saw another sea turtle! They are so graceful in the water; it’s quite a contrast from how slow they are on land. There were also lots of pretty fishes. But the Pacific is so cold, and once again, the sun wasn’t out (not that my burnt skin minded), so I didn’t last too long.

That was really it. Sorry this is such a short entry (although my faithful readers are probably thankful…less boredom for them!). No pictures either…they’re all on my underwater camera. Thanks for all the fun comments I’ve been getting; it’s great to hear from you all! Aloha!

posted by Liz @ 4:46 AM