PCC Polynesian Culture Center

We had a pretty decent morning for the first two hours we were up.  We went to breakfast and got ready to head to the PCC for our day.  We got the car and started driving from Waikiki and the heavens opened up.  It was so flooded that when you got out of the car, the water was pooled at your ankles.  When we finally found the correct road to get there, it continued to rain on us.  We took the Pali highway Dave as we were going to stop at the lookout on the way.  Somehow in the rain we missed it.  I don't think we could have seen anything anyway as the clouds were on the ground.  We stopped at the macadamia nut outlet on the way there and  were drenched just trying to get in and out..  We did buy some things to snack on and quickly made one small box of the chocolate covered macadamia nuts disappear!

 

 

 

We got back in the car and made it to the PCC about 3 minutes after they opened for the day.  We picked up our tickets at Will Call and headed out to meet our tour guide.  Her name was Jo-ei and she was from the Philippines.  We were in Jo-ei's "family" all right?  Everything she said she would put all right family? at the end of the sentence.  Cute at first but it got on your last nerve when you are drenched and walking around in a monsoon for 5 hours!  We had one stretch of sunshine for a couple hours but we were drowned rats by the time we arrived back in Honolulu at 10 PM last night and it was still raining here when we got back!   The highlights were the canoe show with the dancers from each country which was beautiful and the sun was out then.  The dinner with the roast pork was delicious and by the time we ate we were really hungry and very wet.  The final show of the night was called HA Breath of Life.  It was really a beautiful show complete with the fire dancers and torches.  The rain followed us back to Honolulu and we were so exhausted from walking around and being wet, none of us said much when we got to the room except "good night Jo-ei family!

 



 

 

 

Ok, if you want to check out pictures that we are posting as it happens, go to Debbie's Instagram account at DCHawaii.  The sun is out temporarily so we are preparing to go to breakfast then head out to Diamond Head, Pearl Harbor and maybe Pali if it doesn't pour all day today.  More tomorrow.