March 11 2011, Last day! Luau at Paradise Cove

Posing with the good lookin' Hawaiian.

Our own dancers on stage!

Learning another hula dance!

Smooches for the dancer from Tahiti.

The Belo USA staff with Karen and Jackie from YFU.

The beautiful sunset at Paradise Cove.

In green and blue our two hula dancers, Oskar (Sweden) and Matheus (Brazil)

Gustaf (Sweden) Monitor Carleigh and Lucas (Sweden) at the luau

Climbing the coconut tree to shower the crowd with flowers.

Our beautiful students with their new bracelets!

Looking very Hawaiian, some students with our Chaperones!

Aloha!

We are happy to say we survived the tsunami in Hawaii! Everything went fine over night.

We finally left Kapiolani Community College after endless hours of evacuation and barely any sleep. We were all very tired on the buses. Even though we were tired we noticed the many ships on the sea. They were out there because the risk of destruction is much less than when in harbor. After a quick update which Raphael gave us, most of us chose to go straight to bed to make up for lost nights sleep. Others hung out at the hotel pool or in the lobby because we could not go to the beach after the tsunami.

Until 4pm we ate, slept, and hung out. Unfortunately the hiking and snorkeling were cancelled because of everything that had happened but then again, how many people can say to have experienced a tsunami?

At 4 we all met in the lobby to go to the Luau at Paradise Cove on the other side of the island. There we first started out with getting shell necklaces and drinks and afterwards a group picture. For a few hours we had time to walk around the beautiful place to participate on different activities; getting tattoos, making our own flower laces and head bands, buying souvenirs, color sand, Hawaiian style fruit punch, boat tour, and several shows including hula dancing and games.

Finally after a beautiful sunset a bunch of very hungry students were ready for the delicious dinner buffet including salads, fruit, Hawaiian pork, THE PURPLE STUFF and tasty dessert. After we were stuffed with coconut-cake and pineapple the actual show began:

The host entered the show with a typical Hawaiian song, which led to a little lesson about the basic Hawaiian words. Then it was time for the dance moves, which were actually performed by ourselves. Most of our group got up onto the stage, where some local dancers taught us how to dance the hoola dance. Finishing up the introductory part the real dancers came up on the stage and amazed us with beautiful dances and a fire show. Later in the night more students participated in the show and demonstrated their abilities. When the show was over so was our Luau experience.

On the way home we watched "50 first dates" and when arriving at the hotel we had our final meeting with all the students recalling all our wonderful Hawaii memories and experiences together and then we went over the departures for tomorrow. As the last evening together it was great thanks to the wonderful staff members both from the YFU and Belousa that made this trip possible and so amazing. Thank you!!!

Tulle & Elli