Day Five: Beachy's Goin' to the Beach
Yes, I did in fact go to the beach today ( I realize that this post is a day late, but I'm gonna pretend it's not). But not before I took all sorts of pictures of the pig that was going to be our dinner. Oh yes, we had a luau last night. But, they started cooking the pig at 7am. So, some of us headed up there to see how the whole burying-the-pig-in-a-pit-in-the-ground thing works. It's quite interesting.
They have this really interesting process--build a fire (with stones that get really hot). After about two hours, they take the stones and put them inside the pig. Then they put the pig in a wire cage kind of thing to protect it, and stick it in the fire. Put some leaves on it, cover it with plastic, and call it good for five hours. And voila! You're pig is roasted.
But that wasn't all that we did yesterday--we also went to Turtle Beach. Where, sadly, I did not see any turtles. But I did get to enjoy some sunshine and relax for several hours. Yay for Friday afternoons. The other big event of the day was the Luau with Alumni from Cedarville that live here on Oahu. Our group definitely outnumbered them!
We had a unique dinner (that is my polite way of saying I didn't really like most of it). There was pulled pork, pork wrapped in some kind of green vegetable leaves, some kind of macaroni salad (unlike anything I had ever tasted before), poi, rice, and noodles with chicken.
I liked the pork, and the noodles, and the rice. I'll leave it at that. At least I tried everything else. I don't usually consider myself a picky eater, but there are just some things that I cannot force myself to eat. Poi would be one of them.
After dinner we had a nice little program--some singing, a dance or two, some of the students talked about their experiences at school, then the professors talked. That was about it. So now I can say I have been to a luau. Last night was definitely an experience, one that I enjoyed. The food--that's a different story. With that, it's an acquired taste, and also something that you probably have to grow up with to really appreciate and enjoy. That's all I'm saying on that front.
I would have posted more pictures, but the internet here is kinda slow, so I only have the patience for one or two at a time. I'll probably eventually post a few pictures on Facebook as well, but I'm making no promises!
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| Putting hot stones in the pig |
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| Covering it with leaves |
But that wasn't all that we did yesterday--we also went to Turtle Beach. Where, sadly, I did not see any turtles. But I did get to enjoy some sunshine and relax for several hours. Yay for Friday afternoons. The other big event of the day was the Luau with Alumni from Cedarville that live here on Oahu. Our group definitely outnumbered them!
We had a unique dinner (that is my polite way of saying I didn't really like most of it). There was pulled pork, pork wrapped in some kind of green vegetable leaves, some kind of macaroni salad (unlike anything I had ever tasted before), poi, rice, and noodles with chicken.
I liked the pork, and the noodles, and the rice. I'll leave it at that. At least I tried everything else. I don't usually consider myself a picky eater, but there are just some things that I cannot force myself to eat. Poi would be one of them.
After dinner we had a nice little program--some singing, a dance or two, some of the students talked about their experiences at school, then the professors talked. That was about it. So now I can say I have been to a luau. Last night was definitely an experience, one that I enjoyed. The food--that's a different story. With that, it's an acquired taste, and also something that you probably have to grow up with to really appreciate and enjoy. That's all I'm saying on that front.
I would have posted more pictures, but the internet here is kinda slow, so I only have the patience for one or two at a time. I'll probably eventually post a few pictures on Facebook as well, but I'm making no promises!
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